AURUM PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
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Cash
£671k
+662.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£516k
+104.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£189k
-36.8% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £917,000 | £10,836,000 | £9,240,000 | -14.7% | |
| Operating profit | £28,000 | £299,000 | £189,000 | -36.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £28,000 | £299,000 | £189,000 | -36.8% | |
| Net profit | — | £224,000 | £264,000 | +17.9% | |
| Cash | — | £88,000 | £671,000 | +662.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,000 | £252,000 | £516,000 | +104.8% | |
| Net assets | £28,000 | £252,000 | £516,000 | +104.8% | |
| Equity | £28,000 | £252,000 | £516,000 | +104.8% | |
| 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. 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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.1% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 100.0% | 118.7% | 36.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.5% | 91.2% | 90.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 1.10x | 1.11x |
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
- AURUM PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED 1991-07-03 → present
- ALGER LIMITED 1991-02-08 → 1991-07-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Turnover in the financial year decreased 15% to £9.2 million”
- “Net assets increased £0.3m to £0.5m”
- “On May 28th 2026 the previous loan facility was repaid and the Company is now party to a group loan facility in which it is a guarantor of borrowings of parent undertaking Orphea Limited for an amount of £110.0 million, and of other group entities for an amount of €500.0 million. This loan facility is secured by way of a floating charge over the assets of the Company and was due to expire in 2030.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUYANT, Foucauld | Secretary | 2024-09-30 | — | — |
| DE ULTRA DE SOUSA BARCELOS, Bruno | Director | 2023-01-17 | Aug 1973 | Portuguese |
| LASSERRE, Xavier Pierre Christian | Director | 2023-06-26 | Apr 1972 | French |
| MEHRAI, Alexander | Director | 2026-03-30 | Jun 1975 | British |
| RUYANT, Foucauld | Director | 2024-09-30 | Oct 1975 | French |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMERFORD, Martin James | Secretary | 2002-03-31 | 2006-02-28 |
| EARNSHAW, Jeremy Waring | Secretary | 2000-12-11 | 2005-09-30 |
| KNIGHT, Anthony | Secretary | 2007-07-13 | 2010-06-30 |
| LANNING, Linda Rosemary | Secretary | — | 1999-06-09 |
| LOFTHOUSE, Stephen David | Secretary | 2006-03-06 | 2006-11-03 |
| PINCHIN, Nicholas John | Secretary | 1999-06-09 | 2000-12-11 |
| WEST, David William | Secretary | 2006-11-03 | 2007-07-12 |
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-09-30 | 2006-03-06 |
| BOVOLENTA, Andrea | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2024-06-05 |
| BRYANT, Derek | Director | 1999-06-09 | 2002-03-31 |
| COMERFORD, Martin James | Director | 2002-03-31 | 2006-02-28 |
| DE SOUZA, Richard Anthony | Director | 2010-09-28 | 2014-01-06 |
| DELUARD, Bertrand | Director | 2019-03-11 | 2022-09-13 |
| EARNSHAW, Jeremy Waring | Director | 2000-12-11 | 2005-09-30 |
| ENGELEN, Thomas | Director | 2010-05-12 | 2011-11-15 |
| GORMAN, Louise | Director | — | 1999-06-09 |
| GORMAN, Richard | Director | — | 1999-06-09 |
| GROVER, Jason | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2017-02-28 |
| HARRIS, Michael Christopher James | Director | 2014-07-07 | 2019-01-01 |
| JOANNESSE, Roseline Georgette | Director | 2017-02-28 | 2019-03-11 |
| KAY, Andrew George | Director | 2004-09-03 | 2005-12-31 |
| LANNING, Linda Rosemary | Director | — | 1999-06-09 |
| LANNING, Michael George | Director | — | 1999-06-09 |
| LOFTHOUSE, Stephen David | Director | 2006-03-06 | 2006-03-06 |
| MONIN, Jean Bernard Claude | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2023-06-26 |
| OADES, Andrew Giovanni | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2010-07-13 |
| PARKER, John Francis | Director | 2000-11-24 | 2004-09-03 |
| PARRY, Philip Edward | Director | 2010-08-06 | 2022-12-31 |
| SAUNDERS, Martin John | Director | 1999-06-09 | 2005-09-30 |
| SCHMIDT, Emmanuel | Director | 2019-03-11 | 2022-12-31 |
| SILLITTO, Martin | Director | 2007-07-13 | 2012-01-26 |
| TAYLOR, Malcolm Archibald, Doctor | Director | 2002-03-11 | 2005-09-30 |
| THOM, Edward Wilson | Director | 2002-03-31 | 2008-11-03 |
| TITTERSHILL, Andrew David | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2007-03-30 |
| WEST, David William | Director | 1999-06-18 | 2007-07-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orphea Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-08-30 | Active |
| Macarthys Laboratories Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-08-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 211 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2023-09-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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