PROMEGA UK LIMITED
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Cash
£4.2m
+71.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£16m
+8.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
58
+1.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.7m
-66% lowest in 3 filed years
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 Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,792,860 | £30,089,772 | £30,115,218 | +0.1% | |
| Operating profit | £4,863,940 | £5,028,497 | £1,681,080 | -66.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,958,999 | £5,133,399 | £1,743,687 | -66% | |
| Net profit | £3,678,828 | £3,814,179 | £1,260,164 | -67% | |
| Cash | £4,125,742 | £2,417,803 | £4,156,286 | +71.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,557,094 | £14,448,596 | £15,708,760 | +8.7% | |
| Net assets | £14,557,094 | £14,448,596 | £15,708,760 | +8.7% | |
| Equity | £14,557,094 | £14,448,596 | £15,708,760 | +8.7% | |
| Average employees | 56 | 57 | 58 | +1.8% | |
| Wages | £3,409,926 | £3,935,370 | £4,171,479 | +6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £307,199 | £347,415 | £349,593 | +0.6% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.2% | 16.7% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | 13.7% | 12.7% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.4% | 34.8% | 10.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.9% | 22.4% | 21.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.86x | 2.65x | 2.97x |
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
- PROMEGA UK LIMITED 1996-10-11 → present
- PROMEGA LIMITED 1989-10-30 → 1996-10-11
- PAYSTEP LIMITED 1989-09-18 → 1989-10-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has adequate financial resources and after reviewing its forecasts and projections for the next 12 months, the directors believe the company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and so continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Deborah Jane | Secretary | 2007-09-24 | — | British |
| LINTON, William Alderman | Director | — | Jul 1947 | American |
| MCCALL, Derek | Director | 2001-02-28 | Dec 1958 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOWMES, Stephen Roger | Secretary | 2002-04-02 | 2007-09-07 |
| HEFFERNAN, James Gerard, Doctor | Secretary | — | 1993-04-14 |
| STANSFIELD, Roy | Secretary | 1993-04-14 | 2002-03-28 |
| HEFFERNAN, James Gerard, Doctor | Director | — | 2000-01-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Alderman Linton | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2025-01-01 | Active |
| Promega Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-29 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-09-26 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2019-09-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
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.