BECTON DICKINSON DISPENSING UK LTD
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Executive summary
Becton Dickinson Dispensing UK Ltd operates as the UK arm of a global medtech leader in the specialised niche of automated medication dispensing systems, where it claims market leadership. However, its FY2024 performance reveals significant headwinds: a 13.8% revenue decline driven by post-pandemic demand normalisation and NHS capital constraints, compounded by a £1.9m goodwill impairment on the Synergy Medical acquisition that erased 43% of net assets. The zero cash position and high leverage would be concerning in a standalone context, though parent company BD's treasury support mitigates immediate liquidity risk. The company's trajectory is broadly consistent with sector-wide patterns of pandemic demand pull-forward followed by normalisation, but the acquisition write-down raises questions about capital allocation discipline within this subsidiary.
Shareholders' funds
£2,683,892
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1993-12-09
- Employees
- 94 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 1030 Eskdale Road, Winnersh Triangle, Wokingham, Berkshire, England, RG41 5TS
- Postcode
- RG41 5TS
- Capital
- 178,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-12
- Next due by
- 2027-01-26
Nature of business (SIC)
- 33190 Repair of other equipment
Officers 3 current · 11 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by Becton, Dickinson And Company (19438010) — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 11
£201,099,362 total awarded value where published.
Showing the 5 most recent of 11.
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ARX LIMITED | 2016-03-01 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 10 NORTH ORBITAL COMMERCIAL PARK, NAPSBURY LANE, ST. ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL1 1XB | 2018-02-09 |
| UNIT 6 BEAUMONT WORKS, HEDLEY ROAD, ST. ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL1 5LU | 2015-12-18 |
| UNIT 6, BEAUMONT WORKS, HEDLEY ROAD, ST ALBANS AL1 5LU | 2003-05-14 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 65 similar companies in RG
The largest employer among its local peers (94 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1993.
No.1 of the largest repair of other equipment companies in Reading →
Competitors Reading
This company ranks 1 among repair of other equipment in Reading.
The class of 1993
49%
of the 25,070 companies incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2015-07-24
- Where
- Hertfordshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD545328 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2015-07-24 | — |
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