{"name":"BECTON DICKINSON DISPENSING UK LTD","company_number":"02879260","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1993-12-09","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"1030 Eskdale Road, Winnersh Triangle, Wokingham, Berkshire, England, RG41 5TS","postcode":"RG41 5TS","sic_codes":[{"code":33190,"description":"Repair of other equipment"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"ARX LIMITED","changed_on":"2016-03-01"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"30 September","last_made_up_to":"2025-09-30","next_due":"2027-06-30"},"employees":{"count":94,"accounts_date":"2025-09-30"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-09-30","profit_loss":35087,"net_assets":2683892,"average_employees":94},{"financial_date":"2024-09-30","profit_loss":-1702297,"net_assets":2648805,"average_employees":94},{"financial_date":"2023-09-30","net_assets":4351102,"cash":158835},{"financial_date":"2022-09-30","net_assets":3828897,"cash":76600},{"financial_date":"2021-09-30","turnover":12311399,"net_assets":3317448,"cash":83479}],"officers":{"current":3,"resigned":11,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":2,"outstanding":2},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/becton-dickinson-dispensing-uk","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/becton-dickinson-dispensing-uk/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/becton-dickinson-dispensing-uk/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02879260","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/becton-dickinson-dispensing-uk/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/becton-dickinson-dispensing-uk/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/becton-dickinson-dispensing-uk/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/becton-dickinson-dispensing-uk/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/becton-dickinson-dispensing-uk"}