PFEIFFER VACUUM LTD
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Cash
£2.3M
-38.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£6.3M
-12.1% vs 2023
Employees
32
+18.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1.7M
-26.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
We draw attention to note 1.2 in the financial statements, which explains that Pfeiffer Vacuum Ltd intends to cease trading, and the business transferred to Busch UK Ltd in 2025. Therefore the directors' do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,149,979 | £23,898,822 | -5% | |
| Operating profit | £2,233,004 | £1,649,140 | -26.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,244,770 | £1,653,109 | -26.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,716,020 | £1,240,699 | -27.7% | |
| Cash | £3,707,759 | £2,268,238 | -38.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,372,654 | £6,313,648 | -14.4% | |
| Net assets | £7,171,494 | £6,301,598 | -12.1% | |
| Equity | £7,171,494 | £6,301,598 | -12.1% | |
| Average employees | 27 | 32 | +18.5% | |
| Wages | £1,470,968 | £1,361,983 | -7.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.3% | 26.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 3.41x | 3.72x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“We draw attention to note 1.2 in the financial statements, which explains that Pfeiffer Vacuum Ltd intends to cease trading, and the business transferred to Busch UK Ltd in 2025. Therefore the directors' do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Pfeiffer Vacuum Ltd intends to cease trading and the business transferred to Busch UK Ltd in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUSCH, Kaya Attila | Secretary | 2025-10-15 | — | — |
| BUSCH, Attila Kaya | Director | 2025-02-17 | Dec 1974 | German |
| BUSCH, Sami Sinan | Director | 2025-02-17 | Jun 1973 | German |
| HULBERT, Timothy Martin | Director | 2025-02-14 | Sep 1970 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALDWIN, Ian Michael | Secretary | 2024-04-23 | 2025-10-15 |
| DEVINE, Stella Maureen | Secretary | 1996-12-24 | 1999-12-24 |
| DIXON, Susan Mary | Secretary | 1999-12-24 | 2024-04-23 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-12-24 | 1996-12-24 |
| DONDORF, Wolfgang | Director | 2003-08-15 | 2007-06-30 |
| SAELZER, Daniel | Director | 2019-03-20 | 2025-02-18 |
| WHEAL, Robert Lewis | Director | 1996-12-24 | 2003-08-15 |
| WIEMER, Matthias, Dr | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2019-03-20 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-12-24 | 1996-12-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kaya Attila Busch | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-09-01 | Active |
| Mr Sami Sinan Busch | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-09-01 | Active |
| Mrs Ayla Cevher Busch | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-09-01 | Active |
| Pfeiffer Vacuum Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.