SGS HOLDING UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-08 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£296K
-67.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+105.8% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£49M
+374.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£733,000 | £0 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,261,000 | £48,644,000 | |
| Net profit | £10,261,000 | £48,644,000 | |
| Cash | £922,000 | £296,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,023,000 | £110,746,000 | |
| Net assets | -£45,977,000 | £2,667,000 | |
| Equity | -£45,977,000 | £2,667,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-67.9%
£922,000 £296,000
-
Net assets
+105.8%
-£45,977,000 £2,667,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+100%
-£733,000 £0
-
Profit before tax
+374.1%
£10,261,000 £48,644,000
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -2.2% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.01x | 34.03x | |
| Interest cover | -0.09x | 0.00x |
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
- SGS HOLDING UK LTD 1998-11-18 → present
- BTB NOMINEES NO.1 LIMITED 1998-11-05 → 1998-11-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UNW LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Therefore, with net current assets of £11,592k (2024: net current liabilities of £65,131k) and net assets of £2,667k (2024: net liabilities of £45,977k) at the balance sheet date, after making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will continue to have adequate financial resources available to enable it to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due in the normal course of business for at least the next twelve months following approval of these financial statements and, accordingly, they continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SGS HOLDING UK LTD · parent
- SGS United Kingdom Limited 100%
- SGS Quay Pharmaceuticals Limited 100%
- SGS Vitrology Limited 100%
- SGS Cambridge Limited 100%
- SGS MIS Testing Limited 100%
- SGS Ashby Limited 100%
- SGS MIS Environmental Limited 100%
- SGS Baseefa Limited 100%
- SGS DMW Environmental Safety Limited 100%
- SGS EMICS Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 January 2026, the trade and assets of the company's subsidiary, SGS Quay Pharmaceuticals Limited, were transferred to another subsidiary, SGS United Kingdom Limited. The business continues to be operated as a going concern by SGS United Kingdom Limited following the transfer.”
- “SGS M-Scan Limited, SGS 121 Infinity Limited, Scientific Analysis Laboratory Limited, Alcontrol Netherlands Limited, Alcontrol Financial Limited, Alcontrol Holdings (UK) Limited, Alcontrol Holdings (Norway) Limited, Alcontrol Holdings Limited, and SGS Analytics United Kingdom Limited were dissolved in 2025, therefore the investments have been disposed in the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDAG, Catherine Anne | Secretary | 2007-01-01 | — | British |
| BOYD, Michael | Director | 2019-04-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| MCGURK, James | Director | 2018-07-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANKS, Malcolm Lester, Dr | Secretary | 1999-12-02 | 2002-03-31 |
| GRIFFITHS, Catherine Jane | Secretary | 2004-11-18 | 2007-01-01 |
| O'DELL, Gerard | Secretary | 2002-03-31 | 2004-11-18 |
| THORPE, Gerald Michael | Secretary | 1998-11-18 | 1999-06-30 |
| WOOD, Keith | Secretary | 1999-06-30 | 1999-12-02 |
| BOYES TURNER SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-11-05 | 1998-11-18 |
| ALBRECHT, Paul Herman Cecile | Director | 1999-08-16 | 2002-10-04 |
| BENNETT, Christopher Edwin | Director | 1999-08-16 | 2002-10-04 |
| DOUBLEDAY, Michael George | Director | 1999-08-16 | 2006-09-12 |
| EARL, Pauline | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| GRIFFITHS, Catherine Jane | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2019-02-08 |
| GUSTAFSSON, Torsten | Director | 2004-06-01 | 2008-06-18 |
| KEARNEY, James | Director | 2001-08-01 | 2004-03-31 |
| LEROY, Luc | Director | 2004-03-30 | 2007-10-01 |
| O'DELL, Gerard | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2007-01-01 |
| PRICE, Christopher Gordon | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2002-05-01 |
| ROMANET-GUEDEL, Romaine | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2001-08-01 |
| WOOD, Keith | Director | 1998-11-18 | 2001-03-01 |
| BOYES TURNER DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1998-11-05 | 1998-11-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sgs Group Management Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-02-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.