SAFE OBSTETRIC SYSTEMS LIMITED
Company number 05923369 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Safe Obstetric Systems Limited presents a mixed risk profile. The company has achieved impressive balance sheet growth and maintains a solid net asset position of £2.7M, but the 2021 transfer of core IP to its US parent (CooperSurgical) has fundamentally undermined its independent earning power, with operating profit collapsing to £23k. Extreme cash volatility and significant related-party dependency through the CooperSurgical group structure raise legitimate concerns about minority shareholder protection and the company's strategic autonomy. The investment thesis hinges entirely on understanding the terms of the IP transfer and the nature of ongoing group arrangements.
Shareholders' funds
£2,716,227
Balance sheet as at 2022-10-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is designing and developing innovative and clinically effective obstetric products for use in emergency obstetrics.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2006-09-04
- Employees
- 1 (2022 accounts · was 2 in 2021)
- Registered office
- Delta Park 8 Concorde Way, Segensworth North, Fareham, England, PO15 5RL
- Postcode
- PO15 5RL
- Capital
- 2,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-10-31
- Next due by
- 2026-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-09-04
- Next due by
- 2026-09-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32500 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
Officers 3 current · 10 resigned
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BERKELEY TOWNSEND HUNTER HOUSE 150 HUTTON ROAD, SHENFIELD, BRENTWOOD, ESSEX, CM15 8NL | 2021-04-23 |
| LINDEN LEA, HILLWOOD GROVE, SHENFIELD, ESSEX, CM132PD | 2010-01-05 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 21 similar companies in PO
Trading since 2006.
Competitors Portsmouth
This company ranks 4 among manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies in Portsmouth.
The class of 2006
33%
of the 182,202 companies incorporated in 2006 are still active today; 65% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.