PORVAIR PLC
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Cash
£23M
+66.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£168M
+9.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,011
+0.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£23M
+11.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £176,013,000 | £192,639,000 | £193,977,000 | +0.7% | |
| Operating profit | £21,240,000 | £22,797,000 | £24,664,000 | +8.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £20,090,000 | £20,912,000 | £23,290,000 | +11.4% | |
| Net profit | £15,970,000 | — | £18,170,000 | — | |
| Cash | £16,839,000 | £13,741,000 | £22,873,000 | +66.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £163,562,000 | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £140,438,000 | £153,254,000 | £167,681,000 | +9.4% | |
| Equity | £140,438,000 | £153,254,000 | £167,681,000 | +9.4% | |
| Average employees | 1,009 | 1,007 | 1,011 | +0.4% | |
| Wages | £47,290,000 | £48,775,000 | £51,586,000 | +5.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £682,000 | £765,000 | £810,000 | +5.9% |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.1% | 11.8% | 12.7% | |
| Net margin | 9.1% | — | 9.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.0% | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.22x | 2.85x | 3.20x | |
| Interest cover | 16.65x | 11.78x | 19.47x |
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
- PORVAIR PLC 1982-11-30 → present
- ALNERY NO. 152 LIMITED 1982-09-03 → 1982-11-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have made appropriate enquiries and reviewed the current financial position, including the information detailed in the business and the forecast covering the twelve months from the date of this report ("the going concern assessment period") and have concluded that they have a reasonable expectation that the Group and Company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the twelve months from the date of approval of this Annual Report & Accounts.”
Group structure
- PORVAIR PLC · parent
- Porvair Filtration India Private Limited 60%
- Porvair Holdings B.V. 100%
- Porvair Selee Filtration Technology (Hubei) Company Limited 100%
- Seal Analytical Limited 100%
- Seal Analytical Shanghai Company Limited 100%
- Kbiosystems Limited 100%
- Dahlman Industrial Group B.V. 100%
- Dahlman Filter Services B.V. 100%
- J G Finneran Associates, Inc. 100%
- Microfiltratex Limited 100%
- Kbiosciences Limited 100%
- Plates Maat- en Constructiewerken B.V. 100%
- Porvair Trading Limited 100%
- Porvair Filtration Group Limited 100%
- Porvair Filtration Group Inc 100%
- Porvair Sciences Limited 100%
- Pulse Instrumentation GmbH 100%
- Ratiolab Kbsolutions 100%
- Seal Analytical GmbH 100%
- Selee Corporation 100%
- Technisch Bureau Dahlman B.V. 100%
- Ratiolab GmbH 100%
- Ratiolab Hungary Kft. 100%
- European Filter Corporation NV 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOUGLASS, Andrew Stephen | Secretary | 2025-06-26 | — | — |
| ANSON, Lisa Mary Whewell | Director | 2025-10-01 | Apr 1968 | British |
| CAMAN JAVVI, Hooman | Director | 2025-01-06 | Aug 1987 | Swedish,Iranian |
| MACKAY, Sheena Mary | Director | 2024-10-28 | May 1961 | Scottish |
| MILLS, James Alan | Director | 2021-04-12 | Jun 1973 | British |
| NICHOLAS, John Edward | Director | 2017-10-01 | Aug 1956 | British |
| SHARMA, Amitabh | Director | 2023-01-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, Stephen Michael | Secretary | 2004-01-31 | 2004-09-06 |
| MORAN, Mark | Secretary | 2000-12-29 | 2004-01-31 |
| SYMONDS, Kenneth John | Secretary | — | 2000-12-29 |
| TYLER, Christopher Patric | Secretary | 2004-09-06 | 2025-06-26 |
| BINGHAM, Lewis Gordon | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2000-09-20 |
| BOSTWICK, Ernest | Director | — | 2000-11-30 |
| CLARKE, John Neil | Director | 1994-09-01 | 1995-11-30 |
| COLLINSON, Anthony Ralph | Director | — | 1996-04-12 |
| DEAN, Paul David | Director | 2012-08-02 | 2020-02-03 |
| GATENBY, Michael Richard Brock | Director | 2002-06-25 | 2013-04-16 |
| GREENWOOD, Peter William | Director | — | 1999-07-05 |
| HALAI, Jasi Hari | Director | 2019-06-18 | 2023-01-31 |
| HALLIWELL, Allen, Dr | Director | — | 1994-11-30 |
| KOPF, Ralph Eugene | Director | 1995-12-18 | 1997-07-31 |
| MARTIN, Sarah Jean | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2025-11-04 |
| MATTHEWS, Charles Lewis | Director | 2005-01-24 | 2018-04-17 |
| MORAN, Mark | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2004-01-31 |
| MORGAN, John Mansel | Director | — | 2006-04-12 |
| OST, Michael Stuart | Director | 1999-07-05 | 2005-01-24 |
| RAJAGOPAL, Krishnamurthy, Dr | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2016-11-10 |
| SEXTON, John Stirling, Dr | Director | 2007-01-29 | 2007-10-02 |
| STOCKS, Benjamin Denys William | Director | 1998-02-16 | 2025-04-15 |
| SYMONDS, Kenneth John | Director | — | 1998-12-01 |
| TYLER, Christopher Patric | Director | 2004-09-06 | 2021-04-20 |
| VAWDA, Sarah Bibi | Director | 2023-06-26 | 2024-04-02 |
| WALKER, Andrew John | Director | 2005-01-24 | 2014-04-08 |
| WALLIS, William Oscar Francis | Director | — | 2002-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 310 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 5
- 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.