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Next accounts due

2027-09-30 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-27 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-04-13

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

-£7K

+78.8% vs 2024

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

-£11K

-10% vs 2024

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2024-12-312025-12-31
Turnover
Operating profit -£9,000-£10,000
Profit before tax -£10,000-£11,000
Net profit -£10,000-£11,000
Cash
Total assets less current liabilities -£33,000-£7,000
Net assets -£33,000-£7,000
Equity -£33,000-£7,000
Average employees
Wages
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

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31

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 2024-12-312025-12-31
Return on capital employed 27.3%142.9%
Interest cover -9.00x-10.00x

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 4 times since incorporation

  1. SPECTRA-PHYSICS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2002-12-03 → present
  2. SPECTRA-PHYSICS HOLDINGS PLC 1991-12-06 → 2002-12-03
  3. PHAROS HOLDINGS PLC 1988-04-11 → 1991-12-06
  4. PHAROS UK LIMITED 1987-08-28 → 1988-04-11
  5. ACEFACE CONSULTANCY LIMITED 1987-07-28 → 1987-08-28

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has indicated its intention to provide any necessary financial support to enable the company to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. To this extent, the directors have received a letter of support from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. confirming their financial support for a period of at least twelve months from when these financial statements are authorised for issue. Thus, the directors believe that it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 21 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2009-11-01
AHMED, Syed Waqas Director 2020-03-23 Nov 1979 British
CAMERON, Euan Daney Ross Director 2018-10-31 Mar 1976 British
Show 21 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
GREGG, Rhona Secretary 2015-09-10 2026-03-31
JOHANSSON, Nils Erik Secretary 1997-12-19 2000-04-30
LOVERIDGE, David Graham, Dr Secretary 1997-12-19
SOLOMONS, Kenneth Sidney Secretary 2000-04-30 2003-05-28
WARD, Nicola Jane Secretary 2003-05-28 2014-12-18
A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2003-05-28 2009-10-31
ASPLUND, Erik Johan Gustaf Director 1999-05-26 2003-05-28
BERGLUND, Steven Walker Director 1991-08-13 1995-06-26
COLEY, James Robert Ewen Director 2002-05-16 2012-04-18
EDSELL, Patrick Letterly Director 1991-08-13
GRANT, Lucie Mary Katja Director 2013-02-07 2019-12-03
INCE, Nicholas Director 2015-09-10 2018-10-31
JOHANSSON, Nils Erik Director 2000-04-30
LOVERIDGE, David Graham, Dr Director 1997-12-19
MOODIE, Iain Alasdair Keith Director 2012-04-18 2013-02-07
NORMAN, David John Director 2015-11-16 2021-01-15
PERKINS, James Ian Director 2003-05-28 2004-12-01
RAPPE, Lennart Director 1995-06-26 1999-05-26
SMITH, Anthony Hugh Director 2018-11-12 2021-01-15
WHEELER, Kevin Neil Director 2002-04-24 2015-11-16
WRIGHT, Katie Rose Director 2010-12-01 2015-09-04

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 213 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-12-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-12-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-04-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-04-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-04-01 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-30 SH19 capital Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2025-12-30 SH20 capital Legacy
2025-12-30 CAP-SS insolvency Legacy
2025-12-30 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-12-20 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-12-19 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-04-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-04-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2023-04-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-04-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-04-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2021-09-24 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2021-04-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2021-04-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
9

last 12 months

Capital events
3

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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