BESPAK EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£181K
+141.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£175M
-5.2% vs 2023
Employees
816
-4.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£49M
-11.8% 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 | £188,729,000 | £195,009,000 | |
| Operating profit | £43,761,000 | £45,751,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £55,620,000 | £49,075,000 | |
| Net profit | £44,932,000 | £38,147,000 | |
| Cash | £75,000 | £181,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £184,157,000 | £174,648,000 | |
| Equity | £184,157,000 | £174,648,000 | |
| Average employees | 856 | 816 | |
| Wages | £35,487,000 | £34,019,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £378,000 | £98,000 |
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
+3.3%
£188,729,000 £195,009,000
-
Cash
+141.3%
£75,000 £181,000
-
Net assets
-5.2%
£184,157,000 £174,648,000
-
Employees
-4.7%
856 816
-
Operating profit
+4.5%
£43,761,000 £45,751,000
-
Profit before tax
-11.8%
£55,620,000 £49,075,000
-
Wages
-4.1%
£35,487,000 £34,019,000
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 | 23.2% | 23.5% | |
| Net margin | 23.8% | 19.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.0% | 27.1% | |
| Current ratio | 5.98x | 5.63x | |
| Interest cover | 30.50x | 15.38x |
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
- BESPAK EUROPE LIMITED 1998-04-24 → present
- FIVESOLE LIMITED 1998-02-24 → 1998-04-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The company is part of a cash pooling arrangement with its parent, Bespak Limited. A cash flow forecast for the period to 31 August 2026 (being the going concern review period) has been prepared for the Bespak Limited group as cash is managed at this level. The cash flow forecast shows that positive cash is maintained throughout the review period and indicates that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the group will have sufficient cash to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “On 1 April 2024, Bespak Limited completed a carve-out from Recipharm, uniting the UK's Kings Lynn valve site, Holmes Chapel fill-finish site, and the US R&D laboratory, plus Resyca (Netherlands/Germany) under one CDMO umbrella focusing on inhalation delivery systems.”
- “During the year, a loan receivable of £45,872,000 due from Consort Medial Limited was forgiven via formal deed of release and recognised directly to reserves.”
- “In July 2025, the Company settled its group relief balances with other UK subsidiaries within the RoarHoldco group, totalling £23.6 million at 31 December 2024, for cash consideration of £3.4 million, with the remaining £20.2 million waived.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIRST, Christopher Anthony | Director | 2022-11-01 | Apr 1977 | British |
| HODKINSON, Darren | Director | 2022-05-06 | Jan 1973 | British |
| KLUG, Oren | Director | 2022-03-15 | Sep 1984 | British |
| NEEVE, Maria Louise | Director | 2024-10-07 | May 1974 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLNUTT, Robert Edward Bruce | Secretary | 2009-02-27 | 2009-10-30 |
| COTTON, Richard John | Secretary | 2014-04-30 | 2014-07-15 |
| HAYES, Paul Andrew | Secretary | 2018-02-28 | 2018-09-07 |
| ILETT, John Edward | Secretary | 2015-11-02 | 2018-02-28 |
| JACKSON, Andrew Leonard | Secretary | 2018-09-07 | 2020-04-30 |
| LOBO, Matthew Joseph Edwin | Secretary | 2005-09-30 | 2006-03-08 |
| OWEN, Jennifer Margaret | Secretary | 2006-03-08 | 2009-02-27 |
| SCOTT, Alexandra Louise | Secretary | 1998-04-23 | 2005-09-30 |
| SLATER, John | Secretary | 2009-11-02 | 2014-04-30 |
| WARD, Iain Stuart | Secretary | 2014-07-15 | 2015-11-02 |
| OFFICE ORGANIZATION & SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-03-20 | 1998-04-23 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-02-24 | 1998-03-20 |
| BARR, Robert George | Director | 1998-04-23 | 1999-10-29 |
| BARRY, Joseph Richard Hainsworth | Director | 2011-10-31 | 2013-01-25 |
| BOUGHTON, Paul Victor | Director | 2008-03-17 | 2008-10-01 |
| CHAMBRE, Peter Alan | Director | 1998-04-23 | 2000-07-29 |
| CLARK, Alan Leslie | Director | 2000-07-29 | 2008-03-17 |
| COTTON, Richard John | Director | 2012-06-25 | 2016-12-13 |
| DAWSON, Andrew Robert Anthony | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2024-04-01 |
| DJAMARANI, Keyvan Mehdi | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2022-04-30 |
| DJAMARANI, Keyvan Mehdi, Dr | Director | 2006-05-08 | 2008-03-17 |
| DUNNING, Pamela Elizabeth | Director | 1998-03-20 | 1998-04-23 |
| EL-HAGE, Tarik | Director | 2025-01-20 | 2026-02-06 |
| ELDERED, Thomas Bengt | Director | 2020-02-04 | 2021-03-15 |
| GLENN, Jonathan Martin | Director | 2009-02-27 | 2020-02-04 |
| GLENN, Jonathan Martin | Director | 2006-09-11 | 2008-03-17 |
| HALL, Christopher Maxwell | Director | 2004-01-19 | 2008-03-17 |
| HAYES, Paul Andrew | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2020-02-04 |
| HILAIRE, Jean-Francois | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2022-11-01 |
| HIRST, Peter | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2025-04-17 |
| HOPCROFT, Martin Peter | Director | 2002-11-25 | 2006-07-26 |
| LEEDER, Colin William | Director | 2000-09-11 | 2004-01-19 |
| LODGE, Lisa | Director | 2022-05-06 | 2023-02-01 |
| OWEN, Jennifer Margaret | Director | 2006-03-08 | 2009-02-27 |
| PHILLIPS, James Alan | Director | 2004-01-19 | 2005-07-30 |
| PREECE, Robert John | Director | 1998-04-23 | 2002-11-25 |
| QUICK, Mark Royston | Director | 2020-02-04 | 2022-03-15 |
| WILSON, Clare Alice | Director | 1998-03-20 | 1998-04-23 |
| WOOLRYCH, Toby Richard | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2012-06-25 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-02-24 | 1998-03-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bespak Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-04-01 | Active |
| Consort Medical Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 196 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-17 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-28 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-17 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-05-16 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-02 | 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
- 0
- 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.