BARD LIMITED

Active
Company number 00939600Private limited companyIncorporated 1968

Key figures

£96,773,000+4.6%
Net assets 2024/25
+4.6%
Average annual growth 2023/24–2024/25
025 m50 m75 m100 m2023/242024/25

† BARD LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 32500

Where the company stands among the 2,756 active companies whose first SIC code is 32500 (Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies).

Turnover£33,585,000
Higher than 71% · median £15,908,083 among 152 that publish turnover
Net assets£96,773,000
Higher than 98% · median £30,174
Total assets£101,791,000
Higher than 99% · median £141,257
Company age58.1 years
Older than 98% · median 6.0 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. BECTON, DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED£776.5m
  2. SSC HOLDCO (UK) LIMITED£701.9m
  3. ABBOTT DIABETES CARE LIMITED£589.9m
  4. JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL LIMITED£541.6m
  5. PEARSALLS LIMITED£399.8m
  6. SURGICAL SPECIALTIES UK HOLDINGS LIMITED£352.2m
  7. ICU MEDICAL BIDCO LTD£341.8m
  8. SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED£294.3m
  9. CONVATEC LIMITED£277m
  10. SURGICAL SPECIALTIES CORPORATION LIMITED£252.4m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 2,756. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: BARD LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

BARD LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00939600. It was incorporated on 30 Sep 1968. Its status is active. The registered office is in Crawley (RH11). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies (32500).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 30 Sep 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £33,585,000. Profit for the year was £4,281,000. Net assets were £96,773,000, up 4.6% on the previous year. Total assets were £101,791,000 and total liabilities £4,372,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 2,756 active companies whose first SIC code is 32500: By turnover it ranks higher than 71% of the 152 that publish turnover (median £15,908,083). By net assets it ranks higher than 98% of them (median £30,174). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £141,257). It is older than 98% of them (median age 6.0 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 55 public contract award notices from 28 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £7.8m. Its most frequent buyer is NHS Supply Chain (18 contracts). 39 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

What do public registers and reports show?

It is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a provider with one active location. It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly soaps and waxes, plastics, optical, medical and measuring instruments. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 36 days to pay suppliers, and 77% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2022/23 shows median hourly pay for women 12.1% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 4 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Jun 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 4 Oct 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Turnover32,378,00033,585,000
Profit for the year4,253,0004,281,000
Cash at bank and in hand40,000—
Total assets98,582,000101,791,000
Total liabilities5,488,0004,372,000
Net assets / total equity92,475,00096,773,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

55 contracts

BARD LIMITED is named as a supplier in 55 public contract award notices from 28 public sector buyers since 2015. The 15 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £7.8m. 39 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers28
NHS Supply Chain
18 contracts
Procurement and Logistics Service
3 contracts · £6.4m
HULL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
3 contracts · £31.1k
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")
3 contracts
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd
2 contracts · £250.4k
Contracts
  1. Waiver - BCHC - BARD - Pure Drainage Bottles for patientsBirmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · £20,833 · runs until Nov 2026
  2. Interventional Radiology Products [ 5328098 ]‡Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service · shared by 28 suppliers, up to £783,000,000 in total · 9 lots
  3. Hypodermic Needles and Syringes - 5816231‡Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £24,423,000 in total · 3 lots
  4. Monopolar and Bipolar Diathermy Devices‡Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service · shared by 10 suppliers, up to £60,000,000 in total
  5. INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY AND INTERVENTIONAL NEURORADIOLOGY, CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY‡NHS Supply Chain · shared by 73 suppliers, up to £300,000,000 in total · runs until Feb 2027
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  1. INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY AND INTERVENTIONAL NEURORADIOLOGY, CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY‡NHS Supply Chain Operated by Health Solutions Team Limited acting as agent of Supply Chai… · shared by 56 suppliers, up to £902,000,000 in total
  2. NP69321 Endourology Consumables‡The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") · shared by 12 suppliers, up to £8,850,000 in total · 6 lots
  3. CLI-OJEU-46286 Interventional Cardiology, Radiology, Endoscopy and Surgical Urology Consumables‡NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University… · shared by 41 suppliers
  4. 9770650 SR8 CUE ENABLED ULTRASOUND SYSTEM‡HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY · £29,358
  5. Supply of Vascular Products : Grafts and consumables via Tower 6 (HST)University Hospitals of Leicester Nhs Trust · shared by 15 suppliers, up to £262,000 in total
  6. Patient Temperature Management‡NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership · £514,665
  7. Urology Products (2529408)‡Procurement and Logistics Service · £6,406,590 · 3 lots
  8. Interventional Radiology Products‡Procurement and Logistics Service · shared by 26 suppliers, up to £336,000,000 in total · 7 lots
  9. Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter and Removal Device‡University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · £16,441
  10. General Wound CareNHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 56 suppliers, up to £180,068,521 in total
  11. Endosurgery Devices and Related Products‡Procurement and Logistics Service · shared by 11 suppliers, up to £39,000,000 in total
  12. SERVICE MAINTENANCE OF SITERITE 8 ULTRASOUND MACHINESHULL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST · £10,080
  13. Advanced Wound Care and Lymphoedema Products and Services‡EU SUPPLY LIMITED · shared by 62 suppliers, up to £500,000,000 in total
  14. Wound Closure Products‡Collaborative Procurement Partnership LLP (CPP LLP) acting on behalf of Supply Chain Coor… · shared by 37 suppliers, up to £230,000,000 in total
  15. Wound Closure ProductsCOLLABORATIVE PROCUREMENT PARTNERSHIP LLP · shared by 37 suppliers, up to £230,000,000 in total
  16. Syringes Needles and Associated ProductsNHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 42 suppliers, up to £240 in total
  17. Siterite 8 Console ProbeWALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST · £16,415
  18. NP51820 Hernia Mesh‡The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £3,570,000 in total · 9 lots
  19. Structural Heart, Perfusion and Ventricular Assist Devices including ConsumablesNHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 16 suppliers, up to £85 in total
  20. Endourology Products and AccessoriesNHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 21 suppliers, up to £120 in total
  21. Urology Equipment and ConsumablesHealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as agent for the University Hospitals of Coventry and… · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £10,000,000 in total
  22. HEY/16/087 - RADIOLOGY VASCULAR & GENERAL CONSUMABLES‡Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · shared by 22 suppliers, up to £3,580,653 in total
  23. Respiratory and Suction ConsumablesNHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 38 suppliers, up to £167 in total
  24. Tower 2 - Surgical Mesh, Fixation Devices, Stress Incontinence and Bulking Agents‡Collaborative Procurement Partnership LLP (CPP LLP) acting on behalf of Supply Chain Coor… · shared by 25 suppliers, up to £34,800,000 in total
  25. Biopsy needles and tissue marker clips‡Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd · £126,241
  26. VACUUM ASSISTED BIOPSY DEVICE 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2022‡Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd · £124,200
  27. Service Maintenance of Encore Enspire for Lorad TableHull & East Yorkshire Hospitals Nhs Trust · £15,235
  28. Urology, Bowel and Faecal Management‡NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 49 suppliers, up to £82,680,000 in total
  29. Radiology Consumables, Endoscopy Consumables and Vascular ProductsNHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 34 suppliers, up to £90,000,000 in total
  30. Provision of Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy units plus associated consumablesBRISTOL & WESTON NHS PURCHASING CONSORTIUM · £311,154
  31. RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY EQUIPMENT AND CONSUMABLESNHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 12 suppliers, up to £30,000,000 in total
  32. HEY/18/051/SM - SERVICE MAINTENANCE OF ENSPIRE CONTROL MODULE ENCOR DRIVER FOOT SWITCH‡Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust · £14,935
  33. SHERLOCK ULTRASOUNDHULL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST · £21,000
  34. Central Venous Catheters and Associated ProductsNHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 11 suppliers, up to £40 in total
  35. F10709 Prescription Fulfilment Service for Continence and Stoma AppliancesSouth of England Procurement Centre
  36. Urology Products and associated support provision‡NHS Shared Business Services Ltd (NHS SBS) · shared by 20 suppliers, up to £118,000,000 in total
  37. Urinary Catheters & Drainage Bags‡National Services Scotland, National Procurement · shared by 9 suppliers, up to £7,474,531 in total
  38. Urinary Catheters & Drainage Bags‡National Services Scotland · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £7,600,000 in total
  39. General Wound Care Lots 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 and 18‡NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 46 suppliers
  40. HEY/14/009A - Female Urinary Incontinence Treatment Systems‡Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust · £52,000
  41. Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Rhythm Management, Diagnostic and Interventional Consumables and Associated Products‡NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 76 suppliers
  42. Cardiology Radiology Cardiac Rhythm Management And Associated Products.‡NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 28 suppliers, up to £101,380,000 in total
  43. FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR THE SUPPLY OF SUCTION CONSUMABLES‡NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 38 suppliers, up to £71,170,616 in total
  44. Imaging Radiotherapy Endoscopy and Ancillary Devices‡NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 64 suppliers, up to £1,538,517,000 in total
  45. Gynaecology and Urology Consumables Framework Agreement‡Surrey Hampshire Borders Nhs · shared by 23 suppliers, up to £20,000,000 in total
  46. Surgical Mesh, Fixation Devices and Bulking Agent Produvts, Stress Incontinence Slings and Accessories‡NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 21 suppliers, up to £29,295,000 in total
  47. Urology Bowel and Faecal Management products‡NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 39 suppliers, up to £86,600,000 in total
  48. NP518/15 Hernia Mesh‡The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £3,630,250 in total
  49. Patient Temperature Management‡NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 25 suppliers, up to £38,300,000 in total
  50. Vacuum biopsy needles and device‡YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · £115,500

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Apr 2023 – 30 Sep 2023
Average time taken to pay invoices
36 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
77%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 25%
  • 31 to 60 days 4%
  • After 60 days 71%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Mar 2023
42
25%
78%
30 Sep 2022
44
18%
84%
31 Mar 2022
48
19%
83%
31 Mar 2022
48
19%
83%
30 Sep 2021
33
41%
82%
31 Mar 2021
32
40%
81%
30 Sep 2020
19
82%
43%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2022/23
Median hourly pay
women 12.1% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 18.9% lower
Median bonus pay
women 35.1% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter63.2% womenLower middle73.7% womenUpper middle77.6% womenUpper pay quarter48.7% women
Earlier years (4)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2021/22
women 4.6% lower
women 18.2% lower
2020/21
women 4.1% lower
women 17.9% lower
2018/19
women 13.7% lower
women 31.7% lower
2017/18
women 23.4% lower
women 30.6% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. This report was submitted after the deadline. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements4
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BECTON DICKINSON INFUSION THERAPY UK)
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BECTON, DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BECTON, DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED)
Earlier years (1)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BECTON, DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED)

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Care Quality Commission1 location
  1. Not yet ratedBard Head OfficeCrawley · Community health - NHS & Independent

Active registered locations in England with their latest overall rating. View the provider at the CQC

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Routes
Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: soaps and waxes, plastics, optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery and electrical equipment.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 10 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

6 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £33.6m, net assets £96.8m
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £32.4m, net assets £92.5m
  3. Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Bard Holdings Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Bard Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.