CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-17 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£236M
+495.2% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
-21.5% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £0 | £0 | |
| Operating profit | — | £10,702,000 | £6,453,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,873,000 | £2,254,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £2,873,000 | £2,254,000 | |
| Cash | — | £14,244,000 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £261,021,000 | £236,477,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £39,732,000 | £236,477,000 | |
| Equity | £43,359,000 | £39,732,000 | £236,477,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 |
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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-100%
£14,244,000 £0
-
Net assets
+495.2%
£39,732,000 £236,477,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-39.7%
£10,702,000 £6,453,000
-
Profit before tax
-21.5%
£2,873,000 £2,254,000
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | 4.1% | 2.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 84.8% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 908.45x | 962.50x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.14x | 1.15x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on all of the available evidence, the directors have considered the intent and ability of Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. to provide financial support as required, noting no issues, and consequently have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate financial resources to continue in existence for the foreseeable future. In conclusion, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Charles River Laboratories Saint-Constant S.A 1%
- Charles River UK Limited 1%
- Charles River Discovery Research Services U.K. Limited 1%
- Celsis Limited 1%
- KWS Biotest Limited 1%
- Biofocus DPI (Holdings) Limited 1%
- Celsis Group Limited 1%
- Celsis International Limited 1%
- Cobra Biologics Holdings Limited 1%
- Cobra Biologics Limited 1%
- Charles River Deteccao Microbiannae de Endotoxina Participacoes Ltd 0.01%
- Beijing Vital River Animal Laboratory Technology Co., Ltd. 1%
- Hainan New Source Biotech Co., Ltd 1%
Significant events
- “On 14 June 2024 and 13 December 2024, discount notes payable to Charles River Nederland B.V., the Company's immediate parent, were converted to new Unilateral Loan Notes. On the same days as they were issued, the loan notes were converted to equity through the issuance of 155,817,531 and 55,072,992 ordinary shares of £1 each respectively, amounting to 210,890,523 new ordinary shares in total.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENEGHAN, Rushna | Secretary | 2021-01-01 | — | — |
| DUNN, Colin | Director | 2015-09-01 | Nov 1967 | British |
| HENEGHAN, Rushna | Director | 2021-01-01 | Jun 1963 | American |
| KNELL, Michael Gunnar | Director | 2025-09-29 | May 1976 | American |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Gary | Secretary | 2008-01-31 | 2019-12-22 |
| HAWKES, George Harold | Secretary | 1999-12-10 | 2000-12-31 |
| MEDHURST, Clive William | Secretary | 2001-01-01 | 2008-01-31 |
| PRICE, Sarah Margaret | Secretary | 2019-12-23 | 2020-12-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-12-10 | 1999-12-10 |
| ACKERMAN, Thomas Francis | Director | 2000-02-18 | 2015-08-31 |
| FOSTER, James C | Director | 2007-03-12 | 2015-08-31 |
| HAWKES, George Harold | Director | 1999-12-10 | 2000-12-31 |
| JOHST, David P | Director | 2007-03-12 | 2020-05-20 |
| PEASE, Flavia Houaiss | Director | 2022-06-06 | 2025-09-29 |
| PRICE, Sarah Margaret | Director | 2020-05-20 | 2020-12-31 |
| SHAUGHNESSY, Dennis Robert | Director | 1999-12-10 | 2005-04-25 |
| SMITH, Alan Roy | Director | 2000-02-18 | 2007-03-12 |
| SMITH, David Ross | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2022-06-06 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-12-10 | 1999-12-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles River Nederland Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-09-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.