SERVIER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-02 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
+7.8% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
8
+33.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£647K
-15% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-09-30 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £3,584,000 | £4,072,000 | £2,101,000 | £2,022,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £767,000 | £745,000 | £656,000 | £173,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £813,000 | £776,000 | £761,000 | £647,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £676,000 | £743,000 | £692,000 | £969,000 | |
| Cash | — | £8,167,000 | £11,518,000 | £12,485,000 | £13,460,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £11,344,000 | £11,750,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Equity | £11,269,000 | £11,344,000 | £11,750,000 | £12,819,000 | £13,788,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 13 | 11 | 6 | 8 | |
| Wages | — | £857,000 | £609,000 | £513,000 | £859,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-3.8%
£2,101,000 £2,022,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
+7.8%
£12,485,000 £13,460,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
+33.3%
6 8
-
Operating profit
-73.6%
£656,000 £173,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-15%
£761,000 £647,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+67.4%
£513,000 £859,000
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2018-09-30 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 21.4% | 18.3% | 31.2% | 8.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 18.9% | 18.2% | 32.9% | 47.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 6.8% | 6.3% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 69.92x | 42.59x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 131.20x | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SERVIER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 1979-12-31 → present
- DERRYWAY LIMITED 1979-10-22 → 1979-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, with confirmation of the continued support of SAS, have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company is facing certain on-going litigation matters, along with other group companies, which are discussed further in note 21.”
- “The audit business of Haines Watts was acquired by Cooper Parry Group Limited on 30th September 2024. Haines Watts has resigned as auditor and Cooper Parry Group Limited has been appointed in its place”
- “The Company has contingent liabilities relating to legal action, arbitration and regulatory proceedings occurring in the usual course of its activities.”
- “On June 27, 2024, the Court of Justice confirmed the General Court's findings and sanctions against Servier (€228 million); the court also decided that the General Court wrongly annulled the abuse of dominant position on the perindopril market, and found that some agreements between Servier and Krka were anti-competitive”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENNSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-09-30 | — | — |
| ANDRIOT, Pierre Jean Bernard | Director | 2014-10-14 | Dec 1962 | French |
| BELISSA-MATHIOT, Patricia | Director | 2024-05-31 | Jan 1961 | French |
| BERTRAND, Claude Philippe | Director | 2019-04-18 | Jun 1962 | French |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Charles Michael | Secretary | 2006-07-05 | 2021-09-30 |
| LOVELAND, Roger Arthur | Secretary | — | 2006-07-05 |
| ARNAUD, Jean Claude | Director | — | 1999-03-29 |
| CAMPBELL, David Bruce | Director | — | 1992-10-02 |
| CANET, Emmanuel | Director | 2010-09-27 | 2019-04-18 |
| FAURE, Regine | Director | — | 2010-09-27 |
| LARCHER, Marie Christine Madeleine | Director | 1999-12-15 | 2018-09-10 |
| ODOBEZ, Veronique | Director | 1992-08-01 | 1995-09-01 |
| RUAUX, Michel | Director | — | 1999-12-10 |
| SETA, Jean Philippe, Dr | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2014-10-14 |
| SHANKLAND, Keith Alan | Director | — | 1992-09-01 |
| SMITH, Trevor Ronald | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2001-10-22 |
| TALLEC, Benoit, Dr | Director | 2001-10-22 | 2002-02-04 |
| TALLEC, Benoit, Dr | Director | 1995-09-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| TUPINON-MATHIEU, Isabelle Odette | Director | 2018-09-10 | 2024-05-31 |
| VANHOUTTE, Paul Michael Georges | Director | 1999-03-29 | 2001-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivier Jacques Gerard Laureau | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-01-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-09-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-09-29 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-07 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-10-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-09-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-03 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.