KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£1m
-20.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£20m
+3.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
253
+0.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.4m
+9.1% vs 2024
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 | £83,440,983 | £89,925,874 | £92,594,698 | +3% | |
| Operating profit | £6,448,170 | £5,451,196 | £5,325,880 | -2.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,675,625 | £5,824,769 | £6,352,126 | +9.1% | |
| Net profit | £5,088,554 | £4,335,159 | £4,697,020 | +8.3% | |
| Cash | £1,818,330 | £1,271,647 | £1,011,040 | -20.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,033,861 | £20,527,439 | £21,034,744 | +2.5% | |
| Net assets | £18,992,532 | £19,327,691 | £20,024,711 | +3.6% | |
| Equity | £18,992,532 | £19,327,691 | £20,024,711 | +3.6% | |
| Average employees | 231 | 251 | 253 | +0.8% | |
| Wages | — | £14,895,326 | £15,065,581 | +1.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £459,783 | £997,268 | +116.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £24,208 | £53,426 | +120.7% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £295,916 | £676,821 | +128.7% |
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% | 6.1% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 4.8% | 5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.2% | 26.6% | 25.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.7% | 60.3% | 63.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.62x | 1.58x | 1.73x | |
| Interest cover | 32.20x | 18.45x | — |
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 1 time since incorporation
- KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY (UK) LIMITED 1995-02-09 → present
- CASTLELAW (NO. 142) LIMITED 1994-07-14 → 1995-02-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors do not consider there to be a material uncertainty arising over the going concern basis of preparation to the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAND, Kevin Steven | Director | 2025-09-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| HUNJAN, Kamaljit Singh | Director | 2025-10-06 | Jun 1967 | British |
| PURBHOO, Jayesh | Director | 2025-02-01 | Apr 1976 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THORNTONS LAW LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2004-12-01 | 2026-07-13 |
| THORNTONS WS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-07-14 | 2004-11-30 |
| PERKS, Michael David Chumbley | Director | 2024-01-18 | 2025-02-28 |
| PRITCHARD, Ian | Director | 2024-01-18 | 2025-01-31 |
| ROBERTSON, John Stewart | Director | 1994-07-14 | 1995-02-09 |
| STORZ, Sybill, Dr | Director | 1995-02-09 | 2024-01-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Sybill Storz | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-28 |
| Gudrun Heine | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-07-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-15 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2025-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.