PILL BOX CHEMISTS LIMITED
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Cash
£495k
+191.2% vs 2024
Net assets
-£730k
-19.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
168
-6.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£43k
-70.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £52,369,924 | £47,391,788 | £52,170,203 | +10.1% | |
| Operating profit | £506,186 | £788,800 | £648,722 | -17.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £51,743 | £144,980 | £42,768 | -70.5% | |
| Net profit | -£99,938 | -£43,298 | -£119,052 | -175% | |
| Cash | £2,189,299 | £170,108 | £495,326 | +191.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,845,210 | £7,615,762 | £7,295,528 | -4.2% | |
| Net assets | -£567,797 | -£611,095 | -£730,147 | -19.5% | |
| Equity | -£567,797 | -£611,095 | -£730,147 | -19.5% | |
| Average employees | 198 | 179 | 168 | -6.1% | |
| Wages | £3,164,391 | £3,079,303 | £3,154,347 | +2.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £30,000 | £30,000 | £30,000 | 0% |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 1.7% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | -0.1% | -0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.5% | 10.4% | 8.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.17x | 2.21x | 2.00x | |
| Interest cover | 1.11x | 1.22x | 1.07x |
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
- PILL BOX CHEMISTS LIMITED 2002-12-16 → present
- HEATH END PHARMACY LIMITED 1999-06-09 → 2002-12-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MUS Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing budgets, forecasts and available financial resources, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- PILL BOX CHEMISTS LIMITED · parent
- Bassil Limited 100%
- Gorham Medical Limited 100%
- Abington Pharmacy Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group faces a number of operating risks and uncertainties. There are a small number of risks that could impact the group 's long term performance and steps are taken to understand and evaluate these in order to achieve our objective of sustainable growth.”
- “The business operates in regulated markets and could be adversely affected by changes to existing regulation,now regulation and/or failure to comply with regulation.”
- “Pharmaceutical wholesale sales are subject to a range of regulations relating to such things as product margins, product traceability and the conditions under which products must be stored.”
- “The directors monitor the banking facilities and interest rates on a regular basis to make sure that the company is not exposed to material levels of interest rate risk. The company has in place variable interest rates on its loans over a medium term period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIRDEE, Harminder Kaur | Secretary | 1999-06-09 | — | British |
| VIRDEE, Davinder Singh | Director | 1999-06-09 | Sep 1965 | British |
| VIRDEE, Harminder Kaur | Director | 2004-06-18 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-06-09 | 1999-06-09 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-06-09 | 1999-06-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Davinder Singh Virdee | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2017-06-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-07-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-05-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2018-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.