AIR LIQUIDE LIMITED
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Cash
£0
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£53m
+13.2% vs 2023
Employees
10
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6.2m
+10.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,735,000 | £6,070,000 | +5.8% | |
| Operating profit | £398,000 | £653,000 | +64.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,578,000 | £6,171,000 | +10.6% | |
| Net profit | £5,468,000 | £6,217,000 | +13.7% | |
| Cash | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £47,436,000 | £53,470,000 | +12.7% | |
| Net assets | £47,037,000 | £53,254,000 | +13.2% | |
| Equity | £47,037,000 | £53,254,000 | +13.2% | |
| Average employees | 10 | 10 | 0% | |
| Wages | £481,000 | £487,000 | +1.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £104,000 | £121,000 | +16.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,000 | £5,000 | 0% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 10.8% | |
| Net margin | 95.3% | 102.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.8% | 1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.0% | 10.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.24x | 2.02x | |
| Interest cover | 1.18x | 1.52x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- AIR LIQUIDE LIMITED 2007-06-05 → present
- LINDE GAS UK LIMITED 1990-06-07 → 2007-06-05
- FORK LIFT SPARES LIMITED 1987-02-25 → 1990-06-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through cash balances and access to funds as part of the Air Liquide SA group's cash pooling arrangement that is administered in the UK by the immediate parent company, Air Liquide UK Limited. The company has received confirmation from Air Liquide UK Limited of continued financial support for a period of no less than 12 months from the date these financial statements are approved and confirmation that there is no intention to withdraw the cash pooling facility. The company's financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. As of the date of the board of directors approving the company's 2024 financial statements, the company's management has determined that there were no material uncertainties that cast a doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months.”
Group structure
- AIR LIQUIDE LIMITED · parent
- Air Liquide Healthcare Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHENSON, Melina Jayne | Secretary | 2026-07-28 | — | — |
| ARMENGOL, Julien | Director | 2026-07-28 | Sep 1983 | French |
| DÉHAN, Emmanuel | Director | 2026-06-25 | Dec 1961 | French |
| LANG, Brandon Gary | Director | 2026-07-28 | Dec 1971 | South African |
| MACKEY, Peter | Director | 2026-07-28 | Apr 1971 | British |
| NICOLAS, Jean Francois | Director | 2026-07-28 | Oct 1963 | French |
| TEN CATE, Gert Jan | Director | 2026-07-28 | Jun 1981 | Dutch |
| VILLEPONTOUX, Sylvie | Director | 2026-07-28 | Aug 1968 | French |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATEMAN, Russell | Secretary | 2018-08-01 | 2026-07-28 |
| CAI, Yuan | Secretary | 2011-04-15 | 2012-03-01 |
| CLARK, Julia Gay | Secretary | 1999-01-08 | 2004-11-23 |
| HASNIP, Matthew John | Secretary | 2012-03-01 | 2018-08-01 |
| HUMBER, Paul Edmund | Secretary | 2006-12-21 | 2008-05-31 |
| KETTLE, Anthony Latham Stanley | Secretary | 1993-01-01 | 1999-01-08 |
| REYNOLDS, Andrew Joseph | Secretary | 2008-06-01 | 2011-05-24 |
| SIMMONDS, Peter John | Secretary | 2004-11-23 | 2006-12-21 |
| SIMMONDS, Peter John | Secretary | — | 1992-12-31 |
| BEAUCHAMP, Bernard | Director | 2014-09-09 | 2014-11-20 |
| BENBELKACEM, Reida Abdel Krim, Mr. | Director | 2022-07-19 | 2025-09-01 |
| BERARDI, Alejanoro | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2010-12-22 |
| CHARACHON, Remi | Director | 2016-01-05 | 2021-07-05 |
| CHASSAIGNE, Jean Louis | Director | 2008-07-21 | 2015-01-15 |
| CLARK, Julia Gay | Director | 2003-01-13 | 2004-11-23 |
| COMBIER, Alain | Director | 2010-12-22 | 2016-01-05 |
| CONDES, John Joseph | Director | 2017-11-27 | 2025-09-30 |
| DEHAN, Emmanuel Nicolas Lucien | Director | 2024-12-03 | 2026-05-27 |
| DELLON, Jean Baptiste | Director | 2007-05-31 | 2010-06-01 |
| DENEUX, Patrick | Director | 2010-06-30 | 2013-12-10 |
| EGGENDORFER, Gunnar, Dr Rer Nat | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1994-02-23 |
| ESCUDIE, Philippe Marcel Georges | Director | 2015-01-26 | 2019-07-23 |
| GOEDL, Rainer | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| HASNIP, Matthew John | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2020-12-08 |
| HOLLAND, Michael George | Director | — | 1993-11-04 |
| HONECKER, Christopher J | Director | 2020-12-08 | 2023-07-26 |
| INGERSON, William Anthony | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2007-06-30 |
| KREMER, Hans-Hermann, Dr | Director | 1994-02-23 | 2003-01-13 |
| LEVINSON, Benedicte | Director | 2008-07-21 | 2013-12-10 |
| LIVINGSTON, Judith Bridget | Director | 2019-07-23 | 2021-12-01 |
| MARTIN, Steven Paul | Director | 2013-06-03 | 2014-02-05 |
| MURPHY, Richard Peter | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2018-08-01 |
| PETIT, Olivier | Director | 2007-05-31 | 2009-12-11 |
| RICHARD, Louis-Francois Augustin, Antoine | Director | 2021-07-05 | 2024-12-03 |
| SAINZ DE MIER, Lucia | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| STEPHENSON, Melina Jayne | Director | 2023-07-26 | 2026-07-28 |
| VALLE, Sophie Erika | Director | 2022-07-19 | 2025-09-11 |
| VILLEPONTOUX, Sylvie | Director | 2010-06-30 | 2015-12-10 |
| WEBBER, John Laurence | Director | 2014-08-28 | 2017-11-27 |
| WELLER, Heinz | Director | — | 1999-06-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Liquide Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 207 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-08-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 8
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.