SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES GROUP LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-14 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+11.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£30M
+4.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
368
+5.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
-37.5% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £111,865,495 | £115,060,743 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £4,154,023 | £2,682,389 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £3,853,925 | £2,407,818 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,577,214 | £1,423,554 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £18,032 | — | £6,828,882 | £7,595,715 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £19,158,191 | — | £36,511,357 | £37,117,546 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £17,834,324 | — | £28,902,177 | £30,325,731 | |
| Equity | £16,259,339 | £16,124,055 | £15,903,887 | £17,834,324 | £17,787,189 | £28,902,177 | £30,325,731 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 238 | — | 350 | 368 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £13,267,277 | £14,321,482 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £1,397,809 | £1,538,983 |
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
+2.9%
£111,865,495 £115,060,743
-
Cash
+11.2%
£6,828,882 £7,595,715
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+4.9%
£28,902,177 £30,325,731
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+5.1%
350 368
highest in 3 filed years
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Operating profit
-35.4%
£4,154,023 £2,682,389
-
Profit before tax
-37.5%
£3,853,925 £2,407,818
-
Wages
+7.9%
£13,267,277 £14,321,482
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 3.7% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 2.3% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 11.4% | 7.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 51.7% | 47.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.39x | 1.53x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 12.19x | 7.96x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sadofskys
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES GROUP LTD · parent
- SLS Group Limited 100%
- Scientific Laboratory Supplies Limited 100%
- Analab Analytical Laboratory Supplies Limited 100%
- Gem Scientific (2014) Limited 100%
- Gem Scientific Limited 100%
- Northern Balance Ltd 100%
- Sparks Lab Supplies Limited 100%
- Scientific Laboratory Supplies (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Aurora Scientific Limited 65%
- SLS Scientific Laboratory Supplies (Kenya) Limited 100%
- Flow Group Holdings Limited 100%
- Wolf Laboratories Limited 100%
- SCBS Holdings Limited 100%
- C & M Scientific Limited 100%
- Biostore UK Ltd 100%
- Flowcure Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group Directors believe that group is positioned well for future growth and has continued it programme of acquisitions with the addition of a new company into its service arm. This acquisition was completed in January 2025.”
- “During 2024, the largest company within the group completed the move to its new National Distribution Centre (NDC) in Nottingham. The Group Directors were pleased that the company met its internal timetable and budget for this transition.”
- “The group remains committed to growing its market share, turnover and EBITDA in a sustainable way. This is integrated into the group's overall long term strategic plan. The strategic plan includes initiatives to expand the business organically and were deemed necessary through further acquisitions into both new geographical markets and expansion of both customer, product, and service portfolios.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEWELL, Neil Andrew | Secretary | 2020-07-09 | — | — |
| BEWELL, Neil Andrew | Director | 2020-07-09 | Mar 1974 | British |
| CHAPMAN, Joshua James Robert | Director | 2020-07-09 | Aug 1985 | British |
| ROULSTONE, Ian Andrew | Director | 2020-07-09 | Jan 1968 | British |
| WENCKER, Dominique Etienne | Director | 2016-06-01 | May 1959 | French |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEWELL, Neil | Secretary | 2017-06-07 | 2017-06-07 |
| CHAPMAN, Kristen Jane | Secretary | 2016-07-04 | 2020-07-09 |
| BEWELL, Neil Andrew | Director | 2017-06-07 | 2017-06-07 |
| CHAPMAN, Robert Peter | Director | 2016-07-04 | 2020-07-09 |
| WOODWARD, Sean Anthony | Director | 2020-07-09 | 2023-12-31 |
| ZEMMOURI, Younes | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2020-07-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominique Dutscher Distribution Sas | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-07-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-10-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2020-10-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2020-10-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-10-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-09-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-09-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.