{"name":"GILSON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED","company_number":"02209142","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1987-12-29","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"3b Humphrys Road, Woodside Estate, Dunstable, England, LU5 4TP","postcode":"LU5 4TP","sic_codes":[{"code":33140,"description":"Repair of electrical equipment"},{"code":46180,"description":"Agents specialized in the sale of other particular products"}],"principal_activity":"the sale and service of instruments for pharmaceutical and research organisations","previous_names":[{"name":"ANACHEM INSTRUMENTS LIMITED","changed_on":"2011-01-28"},{"name":"BUNHILL SECURITIES LIMITED","changed_on":"2009-09-14"},{"name":"RANNOCH LIMITED","changed_on":"2006-06-26"},{"name":"A. MOLPID LIMITED","changed_on":"2000-01-10"},{"name":"I.G. LINTELS LIMITED","changed_on":"1999-09-01"},{"name":"NEWMEASURE LIMITED","changed_on":"1993-06-23"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Small","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":50,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","net_assets":1302,"cash":364,"average_employees":50},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","net_assets":1255,"cash":778,"average_employees":50},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","turnover":8573,"net_assets":953,"cash":747},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","turnover":7766,"net_assets":804,"cash":878}],"officers":{"current":1,"resigned":18,"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":3,"outstanding":2},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Gilson Scientific Limited is a long-established UK subsidiary of the international Gilson group, operating in the pharmaceutical and research instruments market. While the balance sheet shows a positive and improving net asset position (£1,302k), the company's financial position is heavily distorted by intercompany balances, with 82% of current assets comprising debtors (predominantly group receivables) and going concern explicitly dependent on parent company support. Cash has declined by 53% year-on-year to £364k, and standalone profitability is modest at approximately £47k. Credit can be extended conditionally, but a parent company guarantee from Gilson International B.V. is essential to mitigate the inherent concentration risk in this group-dependent structure.","website":"http://gilson.com","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/gilson-scientific","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/gilson-scientific/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/gilson-scientific/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02209142","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/gilson-scientific/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/gilson-scientific/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/gilson-scientific/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/gilson-scientific/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/gilson-scientific"}