PALL-EX (U.K.) LIMITED
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Cash
£284K
+13.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+13.9% vs 2024
Employees
192
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.2M
+27.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £106,109,000 | £114,618,000 | +8% | |
| Operating profit | £2,044,000 | £2,518,000 | +23.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,741,000 | £2,212,000 | +27.1% | |
| Net profit | £571,000 | £1,829,000 | +220.3% | |
| Cash | £251,000 | £284,000 | +13.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,018,000 | £15,662,000 | +4.3% | |
| Net assets | £13,125,000 | £14,954,000 | +13.9% | |
| Equity | £13,125,000 | £14,954,000 | +13.9% | |
| Average employees | 192 | 192 | 0% | |
| Wages | £7,584,000 | £7,770,000 | +2.5% | |
| 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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.6% | 16.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | 6.72x | 8.12x |
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
- PALL-EX (U.K.) LIMITED 1996-08-22 → present
- EMBASSY SECURITY LIMITED 1996-02-06 → 1996-08-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed the Company's ability to continue as a going concern and have not identified any material uncertainties that cast any doubt over the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. The Company meets its day to day working capital requirements through trading cashflow.”
Group structure
- PALL-EX (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
- Intercounty Distribution Limited 100%
- Pall-Ex London Limited 100%
- Shears Brothers Transport Limited 100%
- Pall-Ex Property Limited 100%
- Pall-Extra Limited 100%
- Cranleigh Distribution Services Limited 100%
- Pall-Ex Logistics Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1st August 2024 the Pall-Ex Group restructured and created the Pall-Ex Logistics brand. The Fortec depot within For-Ex Distribution along with the "owned operations" subsidiaries of Pall-Ex (U.K.) Limited were transferred to Pall-Ex Logistics Limited, a 100% owned, new subsidiary of Pall-Ex (U.K.) Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHANAN, Kevin | Director | 2014-11-24 | Jan 1965 | British |
| BYERS, Barry Terence | Director | 2020-03-10 | Mar 1975 | British |
| DUNHILL, David | Director | 2020-01-24 | Feb 1979 | British |
| NAYLOR, Michelle | Director | 2025-03-01 | Jun 1972 | British |
| ROBINS, Paul | Director | 2020-10-23 | Jan 1972 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWFORD, William | Secretary | 1997-06-13 | 2001-07-19 |
| FIELD, Martin Patrick | Secretary | 2001-08-01 | 2016-05-24 |
| SHARPLES, Hilary Lorraine | Secretary | 1996-08-22 | 1997-06-13 |
| WILKES, Samantha Victoria | Secretary | 1996-02-06 | 1996-08-22 |
| KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-02-06 | 1996-02-06 |
| ASSI, Anand Paul | Director | 2010-04-19 | 2016-05-24 |
| BATCHFORD, Robin Stephen | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2004-10-31 |
| CULBERTSON, Gerard Anthony | Director | 2021-05-20 | 2021-11-01 |
| DEVEY, Hilary Lorraine | Director | 1996-08-22 | 2019-11-12 |
| FAIRBROTHER, David | Director | 2021-04-29 | 2021-11-01 |
| FIELD, Martin Patrick | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2016-05-24 |
| GILLO, Geoffrey Michael | Director | 2015-07-22 | 2017-04-18 |
| HARGREAVES, Glenys Patricia | Director | 1998-03-04 | 2004-03-31 |
| HARRISON, John Cristain | Director | 1996-11-19 | 1997-06-03 |
| LARIMORE, Margaret | Director | 2021-04-29 | 2021-11-01 |
| MACNEILL, Fraser | Director | 2010-04-19 | 2014-09-12 |
| MARTIN, Christopher John | Director | 2004-12-17 | 2006-11-06 |
| MOOR, Ruth Elizabeth | Director | 2017-05-02 | 2019-06-16 |
| MURRAY, Mark Patrick | Director | 1996-08-22 | 1997-06-13 |
| NORTH, Antony John | Director | 1996-08-22 | 1996-11-19 |
| PAXTON, Peter Robert | Director | 2017-05-02 | 2022-04-12 |
| RUSSELL, Adrian Stephen | Director | 1997-12-23 | 2016-05-24 |
| TANCOCK, Christopher Hugh | Director | 2021-05-20 | 2021-11-01 |
| TANCOCK, Christopher Hugh | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2016-05-24 |
| WEBSTER, Dave | Director | 2021-04-29 | 2021-05-20 |
| WESTLEY, Neil Robert Denis | Director | 1996-02-06 | 1996-08-22 |
| KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-02-06 | 1996-02-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pall-Ex Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-11-12 | Active |
| Ms Hilary Lorraine Devey | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-01-07 | Ceased 2019-11-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.