FERRING VENTURES LTD
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Cash
£876k
EUR 1,004,268
+118.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£15m
EUR 17,167,798
+9.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£561k
EUR 643,239
+306.1% first positive since 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 | £17,371,667 | — | £610,501 | — | |
| Operating profit | £8,152,618 | -£1,209,753 | -£127,714 | +89.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,126,318 | -£272,256 | £560,997 | +306.1% | |
| Net profit | £7,752,584 | -£196,967 | £553,360 | +380.9% | |
| Cash | £2,978,589 | £400,897 | £875,866 | +118.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,595,568 | £22,008,390 | £19,333,506 | -12.2% | |
| Net assets | £14,566,818 | £13,713,765 | £14,972,787 | +9.2% | |
| Equity | £14,566,818 | £13,713,765 | £14,972,787 | +9.2% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | — | — | |
| Wages | £414,597 | £535,751 | £698,859 | +30.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £17,372 | £16,501 | £1,568 | -90.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £17,372 | £16,501 | £1,568 | -90.5% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.872 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 46.9% | — | -20.9% | |
| Net margin | 44.6% | — | 90.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.5% | -5.5% | -0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.7% | 50.5% | 50.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.77x | 0.32x | 0.29x | |
| Interest cover | 15.34x | — | -0.43x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- FERRING VENTURES LTD 2024-06-19 → present
- TRIZELL LTD 2016-07-12 → 2024-06-19
- FINVECTOR VISION THERAPIES LTD 2013-04-26 → 2016-07-12
- ARK THERAPEUTICS LIMITED 2001-01-31 → 2013-04-26
- EUROGENE LIMITED 1997-07-01 → 2001-01-31
- GLADSELECT LIMITED 1997-04-14 → 1997-07-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The parent company of Ferring Ventures S.A., Ferring Foundation B.V., has undertaken to provide Ferring Ventures S.A. and the Company with sufficient financial support to continue to trade, without significant curtailment of activities, and to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future being a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAUR, Ameeka | Secretary | 2021-01-01 | — | — |
| ENRIQUEZ, Jose-Javier | Director | 2021-12-20 | Jun 1978 | Swiss |
| RUFFIN, Nathalie | Director | 2024-02-26 | Dec 1975 | French |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLISS, Edward Robert Clegg, Dr | Secretary | 2010-05-21 | 2012-09-24 |
| DOCHERTY, Mark James | Secretary | 2013-03-15 | 2021-06-11 |
| DOCHERTY, Mark James | Secretary | 1997-05-14 | 1999-09-22 |
| PLUMMER, Nicholas Roger Clive | Secretary | 2004-04-19 | 2008-03-28 |
| STEVEN, Susan Margaret | Secretary | 2012-09-24 | 2013-03-15 |
| WILLIAMS, Martyn Douglas | Secretary | 2008-03-28 | 2010-05-21 |
| WILLIAMS, Martyn Douglas | Secretary | 1999-09-22 | 2004-04-19 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-04-14 | 1997-05-14 |
| BANKS, Russell Anthony | Director | 2011-02-25 | 2012-04-13 |
| BLISS, Edward Robert Clegg, Dr | Director | 2012-05-08 | 2012-11-14 |
| BOWYER, David Eric | Director | 2010-05-21 | 2011-02-25 |
| CARRARA, Dario Norberto Ramon | Director | 2021-12-20 | 2025-01-31 |
| DAVIS, Sean Anthony | Director | 2021-12-20 | 2024-02-14 |
| DOCHERTY, Mark James | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2021-06-11 |
| DOCHERTY, Mark James | Director | 1997-05-14 | 1997-06-27 |
| DUVALL, Jean Marie | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2020-12-09 |
| FECKER, Jesse Alan | Director | 2020-12-17 | 2021-12-20 |
| HOBBS, Jeffrey David | Director | 2020-12-09 | 2021-12-20 |
| HOLT, Elizabeth | Director | 1997-05-14 | 1999-01-13 |
| KEEN, Peter Stephen | Director | 1997-06-27 | 2002-11-29 |
| KURKIJARVI, Kalevi, Dr | Director | 2000-04-27 | 2002-11-29 |
| MARTIN, John Francis, Professor | Director | 1997-06-30 | 2012-07-31 |
| PARKER, Nigel Richard, Dr. | Director | 2014-05-16 | 2014-12-23 |
| PARKER, Nigel Richard | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2010-05-05 |
| RICHMOND, Marcus Henry, Sir | Director | 1997-06-27 | 2002-11-29 |
| ROSS, Iain Gladstone | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2013-03-15 |
| SCHROPP, Erik Henricus Maria | Director | 2020-12-09 | 2021-12-20 |
| SHAW, Robert | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2021-01-22 |
| TURNER, Dennis Michael John | Director | 1999-09-22 | 2002-11-29 |
| VENABLES, David Charles, Dr | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2013-03-15 |
| VERNON, Geoffrey | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2002-11-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Martyn Douglas | Director | 1999-09-22 | 2012-07-31 |
| YLA HERTTUALA, Seppo, Professor | Director | 2001-01-10 | 2013-03-15 |
| YLA-HERTTUALA, Seppo, Professor | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2015-06-23 |
| YLA-HERTTUALA, Seppo, Professor | Director | 1997-06-30 | 2000-04-25 |
| ALPSLOPE LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2013-12-24 | 2014-05-16 |
| BELLRING LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2013-12-24 | 2014-05-16 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-04-14 | 1997-05-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 249 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-06-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-19 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-06-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-19 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
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