LARNE CHEMISTS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.3m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2.3m
Equity attributable
Employees
311
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£564k
Period ending 2025-09-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,400,587 | £32,538,647 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,822,796 | £469,225 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £193,230 | -£563,988 | — | |
| Net profit | -£528,600 | -£919,236 | — | |
| Cash | £3,670,877 | £3,325,535 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,238,607 | £14,426,929 | — | |
| Net assets | £3,252,592 | £2,333,356 | — | |
| Equity | £3,252,592 | £2,333,356 | — | |
| Average employees | 307 | 311 | — | |
| Wages | £8,250,800 | £6,014,807 | — | |
| 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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 18 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | -1.1% | -2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.2% | 3.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 86.6% | 89.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | 1.11x | 0.45x |
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
- LARNE CHEMISTS LIMITED 1999-09-27 → present
- APM (N.I.) LIMITED 1998-06-19 → 1999-09-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Falconer Stewart Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- LARNE CHEMISTS LIMITED · parent
- Dorman Healthcare Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCULLOUGH, Kevin Paul | Secretary | 1998-06-19 | — | British |
| MCCULLOUGH, Kevin Paul | Director | 1998-06-19 | Jun 1963 | British |
| MCGRATH, Anne Marie | Director | 1998-06-19 | Jun 1964 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Patricia Mary Mccullough | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-30 |
| Mr Kevin Paul Mccullough | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-04 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-02-24 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-11-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-12-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-12-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.