ARGENX UK LTD
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Cash
£441
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£22m
+48.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
45
-2.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.4m
+3.5% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-08-24.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £14,232,125 | £20,185,810 | £22,423,453 | +11.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,096,353 | £2,350,402 | £2,380,690 | +1.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,094,005 | £2,316,984 | £2,397,881 | +3.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,313,349 | £2,217,161 | £1,762,920 | -20.5% | |
| Cash | — | — | £441 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,748,299 | £14,779,170 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £6,748,299 | £14,779,170 | £21,940,507 | +48.5% | |
| Equity | £6,748,299 | £14,779,170 | £21,940,507 | +48.5% | |
| Average employees | 40 | 46 | 45 | -2.2% | |
| Wages | £4,632,757 | £7,010,905 | £7,379,477 | +5.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £324,407 | £703,562 | £1,917,944 | +172.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £16,858 | £17,617 | £18,056 | +2.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £324,407 | £703,562 | £1,917,944 | +172.6% |
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 | 7.7% | 11.6% | 10.6% | |
| Net margin | 9.2% | 11.0% | 7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.2% | 15.9% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.3% | 22.5% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.81x | 4.44x | 3.44x | |
| Interest cover | 59.31x | 63.43x | — |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the company's solid financial performance, growth in sales, substantial current assets, and the availability of the support committed by its parent organization, the directors are satisfied that the company has access to sufficient funds to support its operations within the going concern period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAUER, Marc Christian, Dr | Director | 2024-12-07 | Oct 1976 | German |
| KNECHTEL, Pierre David | Director | 2022-08-11 | Jan 1973 | Canadian |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAZARS COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-08-11 | 2023-02-11 |
| HAUWERMEIREN, Tim Joris M. Van | Director | 2022-08-11 | 2022-08-11 |
| MURTHY, Ananthram | Director | 2022-08-11 | 2024-12-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argenx Se | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-08-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 13 of 13 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-09-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-11 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
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.