WATSON-MARLOW LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-21 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
+88.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£49M
+5.2% vs 2023
Employees
600
-7.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£17M
+44.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £87,065,491 | £93,012,219 | |
| Operating profit | £5,417,000 | £14,586,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,689,000 | £16,929,000 | |
| Net profit | £10,898,000 | £13,363,000 | |
| Cash | £8,043,821 | £15,143,564 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £49,631,000 | £51,792,000 | |
| Net assets | £46,776,000 | £49,204,000 | |
| Equity | £46,776,000 | £49,204,000 | |
| Average employees | 650 | 600 | |
| Wages | £34,027,000 | £34,802,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,850,000 | £1,260,000 |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+6.8%
£87,065,491 £93,012,219
-
Cash
+88.3%
£8,043,821 £15,143,564
-
Net assets
+5.2%
£46,776,000 £49,204,000
-
Employees
-7.7%
650 600
-
Operating profit
+169.3%
£5,417,000 £14,586,000
-
Profit before tax
+44.8%
£11,689,000 £16,929,000
-
Wages
+2.3%
£34,027,000 £34,802,000
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 15.7% | |
| Net margin | 12.5% | 14.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.9% | 28.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.40x | 2.76x | |
| Interest cover | 4.26x | 11.45x |
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
- WATSON-MARLOW LIMITED 1990-06-13 → present
- ALNERY NO. 982 LIMITED 1990-03-14 → 1990-06-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have no reason to believe that the ultimate parent company will not be in a position to provide this support and, accordingly, have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WATSON-MARLOW LIMITED · parent
- Watson Marlow NV
- Watson Marlow AG
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, it was announced that the trade and assets of W-M Alitea AB, a Swedish group company, will be transferred to Watson-Marlow Ltd during 2025. This transaction is expected to have a material impact on future revenue.”
- “Following the balance sheet date, the decision was made to transfer a proportion of the tubing production to an American group company. This transaction is expected to have a material impact on future revenue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALVALLE, Julia Rosina | Secretary | 2022-12-14 | — | — |
| BLAIR, Steven | Director | 2026-01-31 | May 1981 | British |
| ETHERINGTON, Darren | Director | 2026-01-31 | May 1975 | British |
| JOHNSTON, Martin James | Director | 2012-09-17 | Sep 1969 | British |
| SCOTT, Phil | Director | 2024-09-02 | Jul 1978 | English |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, Mark Alan | Secretary | 2016-11-07 | 2020-12-31 |
| GODZICZ, Susan Mary | Secretary | — | 2011-02-01 |
| NICHOLSON, Simon | Secretary | 2015-08-31 | 2016-11-07 |
| PEARSALL, Steven John | Secretary | 2011-02-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| POPE, Darren | Secretary | 2022-03-08 | 2022-12-14 |
| ROSSETTI, Mary | Secretary | 2021-01-01 | 2022-03-08 |
| BALDING, Alan Stuart | Director | — | 1996-09-26 |
| BOYD, Kevin James | Director | 2016-05-11 | 2020-09-11 |
| BUTLER, Edward Peter | Director | 1993-08-06 | 2006-12-31 |
| BUTT, Abdul Mudassar | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2023-12-14 |
| CAPON, Amanda-Jane | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-07-31 |
| COLE, David George | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| DAVIS, Mark Alan | Director | 2016-05-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| ETHERINGTON, Darren Jason | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2022-09-21 |
| FORTUNE, Timothy Brook | Director | 1995-03-31 | 1998-05-19 |
| GADSDEN, Christopher | Director | — | 2010-08-03 |
| GEGG, Simon John David | Director | 1992-08-06 | 1995-03-31 |
| GODZICZ, Susan Mary | Director | — | 2019-12-31 |
| GREEN, Andrew John | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2019-04-15 |
| HARRIS, Simon John | Director | — | 1992-08-06 |
| HOOPER, Brian | Director | 2024-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
| MAGOR, Christopher Andrew | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| MARCHANT, David John | Director | — | 1994-07-11 |
| MEREDITH, David John | Director | 1998-05-19 | 2016-05-10 |
| MINES, Andrew John | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2024-09-02 |
| NICHOLSON, Simon | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2023-06-08 |
| PALLETT, Rachel | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2020-10-31 |
| PATEL, Nimesh Balvir | Director | 2020-09-11 | 2023-03-17 |
| PEARSALL, Steven John | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| RAWET, Mark Andrew | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| SILVER, Andrew Gordon | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2024-09-02 |
| VERNON, Mark Edward | Director | 2008-04-09 | 2014-01-15 |
| WHALEN, James Lawrence | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| WOODS, Richard | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2002-09-30 |
| WRIGHT, James Henry | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirax Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.