VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD, LE17 4XN : Companies House Number 01932827

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1985-07-23
Registered office: Hunter Boulevard, Magna Park, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 4XN
Postcode: LE17 4XN
Capital: 16,700,000 GBP
Accounts category: Full
Charges: 2 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Next due by: 2026-09-30
Financial year end: 31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2025-10-02
Next due by: 2026-10-16

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Nature of business (SIC)

46750 Wholesale of chemical products
46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade

Officers 4 current · 17 resigned

Lisa Adele MOORE Director

Appointed 2024-10-09

Martin Lee GLOVER Director

Appointed 2024-10-09

Lisa Adele MOORE Secretary

Appointed 2024-09-30

BILL HOGAN Director

MANAGING DIRECTOR Appointed 2006-01-23

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Group structure 3 subsidiaries

Controlled by VWR HOLDCO LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Public contracts won 42

£6,096,340,360 total awarded value where published.

Labs Consumables ePunchout 2

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON 2025-05-12 £1,500,000
GSS25021 - Sartorius Cubis® II Microbalances.

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 2025-01-13 £17,806
CENTRAL Centrifuge and Ancillary Equipment

University of Bristol 2024-12-18 £71,140
Procurement of UV-Vis Scanning Spectrometers

University of Bristol 2024-12-12 £129,000
GSS23744 - UK Research and Innovation: Molecular Biology and Laboratory Chemicals Framework

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 2024-08-20 £0

Showing the 5 most recent of 42.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).

Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2022 (period to 2022-03-31) — 3 years on the registry.

Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gender pay gap

18.8%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Previous company names

Name	Date changed
MERCK EUROLAB LIMITED	2002-01-02
BDH CHEMICALS LTD	1999-11-11
MERCK LTD.	1991-01-01
BDH CHEMICALS LTD.	1990-09-10
BDH LTD.	1986-03-06
BDH GROUP LIMITED	1985-11-05

Previous registered addresses 3

Address	Changed on
VWR, VWRI CUSTOMER SERVICE, CENTRE, HUNTER BOULEVARD, MAGNA PARK, LUTTERWORTH, LEICESTERSHIRE LE17 4XN	2006-10-23
VWRI CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTRE, HUNTER BOULEVARD, MAGNA PARK, LUTTERWORTH, LEICESTERSHIRE LE17 4XN	2005-10-24
MERCK HOUSE, POOLE, DORSET, BH15 1TD	2005-09-22

Among its peers

2nd oldest

of 22 similar companies in LE, trading since 1985

The class of 1985

49%

of the 15,386 companies incorporated in 1985 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

Property in England & Wales 2 titles

Leasehold: 2
Most recent registration: 2018-11-26
Where: Leicestershire (2)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
LT507424	Leicestershire	Leasehold	2018-11-26	—
LT271964	Leicestershire	Leasehold	2004-08-25	—

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