SWEDISH ORPHAN BIOVITRUM LTD
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Cash
£8.3m
+278,166.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£27m
+14.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
92
+53.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.4m
-26.5% lowest in 3 filed years
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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 | £60,061,362 | £78,410,391 | £88,685,092 | +13.1% | |
| Operating profit | £5,278,558 | £6,019,677 | £4,000,170 | -33.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,382,036 | £6,027,655 | £4,428,394 | -26.5% | |
| Net profit | £4,134,629 | £4,525,186 | £3,505,913 | -22.5% | |
| Cash | — | £2,970 | £8,264,507 | +278,166.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,310,032 | £23,902,941 | £27,194,614 | +13.8% | |
| Net assets | £19,277,032 | £23,600,296 | £26,942,301 | +14.2% | |
| Equity | £19,277,032 | £23,600,296 | £26,942,301 | +14.2% | |
| Average employees | 54 | 60 | 92 | +53.3% | |
| Wages | £7,261,114 | £12,919,531 | £14,550,678 | +12.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £258,987 | £349,278 | £403,658 | +15.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £17,703 | £33,891 | £28,457 | -16% | |
| Highest paid director | £232,320 | £349,278 | £403,658 | +15.6% |
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 | 8.8% | 7.7% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 5.8% | 4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.3% | 25.2% | 14.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.3% | 52.3% | 59.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.91x | 1.91x | 1.69x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 62.82x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- SWEDISH ORPHAN BIOVITRUM LTD 2010-06-11 → present
- SWEDISH ORPHAN INTERNATIONAL LTD 2002-08-30 → 2010-06-11
- TRUNKSPACE LIMITED 2002-02-08 → 2002-08-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP, Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for the period of 12 months following the signing of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KNOTT, Steve Wesley Andrew | Secretary | 2024-11-29 | — | — |
| FAHMY, Soufiane | Director | 2020-11-02 | Apr 1972 | French |
| HALL, Sharon | Director | 2023-03-02 | Nov 1970 | British |
| STENQVIST, Henrik | Director | 2018-07-20 | Apr 1967 | Swedish |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOM, Mats Peter | Secretary | 2007-11-12 | 2010-04-27 |
| COX, Simon Edward | Secretary | 2019-11-30 | 2024-11-29 |
| LAINE, Janne | Secretary | 2005-04-30 | 2007-09-27 |
| OSTANSJO, Par | Secretary | 2002-03-22 | 2005-04-30 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-02-08 | 2002-03-22 |
| COX, Simon Edward | Director | 2022-10-14 | 2023-03-02 |
| COX, Simon Edward | Director | 2020-03-11 | 2021-02-01 |
| DREGER, Christian Michael | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2019-11-11 |
| DUGDALE, Neil Alan | Director | 2015-06-22 | 2020-03-31 |
| EDVELL, Anders | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2012-04-24 |
| FAULKNER DUNKLEY, Bruce | Director | 2006-10-23 | 2015-06-22 |
| HANSEN, Bo Jesper | Director | 2002-03-22 | 2010-04-27 |
| HELLSTRÖM, Hege | Director | 2017-07-06 | 2018-12-31 |
| LAINE, Janne | Director | 2005-04-30 | 2007-04-27 |
| MCDONOUGH, Cameron Geoffrey | Director | 2011-08-15 | 2015-06-22 |
| NIKLASSON, Martin Alf Gunnar | Director | 2010-04-27 | 2011-01-01 |
| OLIVER, Michael | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2022-10-14 |
| RAFFENSPERGER, Alan Henry | Director | 2012-04-24 | 2017-07-05 |
| ROOTH, Kennet | Director | 2006-10-23 | 2011-08-15 |
| WALLIN, Mats-Olof | Director | 2015-06-22 | 2018-07-20 |
| WOOD, Philip | Director | 2019-12-06 | 2020-11-02 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-02-08 | 2002-03-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Orphan Biovitrum International Ab (Publ) | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.