KOWA PHARMACEUTICAL EUROPE CO. LTD.
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Cash
£13M
-11.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£22M
+23.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5.6M
+20.5% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £18,144,000 | £19,367,000 | £18,592,000 | -4% | |
| Operating profit | £3,525,000 | £4,377,000 | £4,974,000 | +13.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,067,000 | £4,609,000 | £5,555,000 | +20.5% | |
| Net profit | £2,564,000 | £3,452,000 | £4,167,000 | +20.7% | |
| Cash | £10,758,000 | £14,149,000 | £12,568,000 | -11.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,357,000 | £17,809,000 | £21,976,000 | +23.4% | |
| Net assets | £14,357,000 | £17,809,000 | £21,976,000 | +23.4% | |
| Equity | £14,357,000 | £17,809,000 | £21,976,000 | +23.4% | |
| Average employees | 17 | 18 | — | — | |
| Wages | £1,371,000 | £1,405,000 | £875,000 | -37.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £245,000 | £295,000 | £185,000 | -37.3% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.4% | 22.6% | 26.8% | |
| Net margin | 14.1% | 17.8% | 22.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.6% | 24.6% | 22.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.85x | 5.92x | 4.58x | |
| Interest cover | 6.14x | 9.60x | 13.70x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “sale of the IOL business in 2024”
- “There were no subsequent events.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDC NOMINEE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-02-01 | — | — |
| EDAMATSU, Tadashi | Director | 2025-07-14 | Feb 1970 | Japanese |
| KANDA, Toshio | Director | 2020-07-01 | Sep 1973 | Japanese |
| KANEZASHI, Yoshihisa | Director | 2023-08-16 | Sep 1975 | Japanese |
| KAWAGOE, Junichi | Director | 2025-07-14 | Jan 1964 | Japanese |
| SHIGENAKA, Masataka | Director | 2024-10-01 | Oct 1972 | Japanese |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-04-01 | 2021-02-01 |
| EXCELLET INVESTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-09-26 | 2005-04-01 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-09-26 | 2000-09-26 |
| COOMBS, Roderick Joseph, Dr | Director | 2012-11-15 | 2025-03-31 |
| INAZU, Yuji | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2021-06-29 |
| INOUE, Yoshiro | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2004-05-28 |
| IRELAND, Robert | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2011-05-23 |
| KASHIO, Kazuaki | Director | 2021-06-29 | 2024-01-16 |
| KAWAGOE, Junichi, Dr | Director | 2006-08-16 | 2020-07-01 |
| KIMURA, Shigeru | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2021-06-29 |
| KINOUCHI, Hitoshi | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2025-07-14 |
| KUGA, Hiroshi | Director | 2009-06-26 | 2011-05-23 |
| KUGA, Hiroshi | Director | 2004-05-28 | 2006-08-14 |
| MIWA, Naoki | Director | 2023-01-09 | 2025-07-14 |
| MIWA, Yoshihiro | Director | 2000-12-18 | 2004-05-28 |
| MORIBE, Mutsumi | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2017-06-29 |
| NAGASHIMA, Takahiko | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2012-11-15 |
| NARUSAWA, Takashi | Director | 2016-03-24 | 2019-07-01 |
| OGAWA, Michiyuki | Director | 2000-09-26 | 2001-10-25 |
| PARIS, Drummond | Director | 2006-08-16 | 2013-12-11 |
| PICARD, Gilles | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2015-04-14 |
| SAKAI, Hideki | Director | 2000-09-26 | 2009-06-26 |
| SHIRAISHI, Koichi | Director | 2009-06-26 | 2019-07-01 |
| TAGASHIRA, Yasuhiro | Director | 2004-05-28 | 2006-08-14 |
| TAMURA, Koji | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2012-11-15 |
| TANABE, Sohei, Dr | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2019-07-01 |
| TOBITA, Takashi | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-07-01 |
| YAMAMOTO, Torao | Director | 2000-09-26 | 2015-07-01 |
| YAMASHITA, Koji | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2017-06-29 |
| ZAAT, Ralph Antonius, Dr | Director | 2016-03-24 | 2024-01-16 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-09-26 | 2000-09-26 |
| QUICKNESS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-09-26 | 2000-09-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshihiro Miwa | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-06-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-18 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-06-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-30 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.