WATSON-MARLOW LIMITED
ActiveNo accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.
Sector comparison
SIC 21100Where the company stands among the 1,055 active companies whose first SIC code is 21100 (Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products).
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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. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: WATSON-MARLOW LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
WATSON-MARLOW LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02481019. It was incorporated on 14 Mar 1990. Its status is active. The registered office is in Falmouth (TR11). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products (21100), manufacture of pumps (28131), manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing (28930), manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies (32500).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 1,055 active companies whose first SIC code is 21100: It is older than 90% of them (median age 9.0 years).
Does it supply the public sector?
The company is named as a supplier in 5 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2017. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £372k. Its most frequent buyer is Public Health England (3 contracts). 1 of the awards is shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.
What do public registers and reports show?
It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly plastics, iron and steel articles, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly plastics, printed matter, machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 49 days to pay suppliers, and 33% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 0.9% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 5 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 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 21 Apr 2027.
Public contracts
5 contractsWATSON-MARLOW LIMITED is named as a supplier in 5 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2017. The 4 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £372k. 1 award is shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.
- Public Health England
- 3 contracts · £272k
- NHS Blood & Transplant
- 1 contract · £100k
- CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED
- 1 contract
- PHE_Scientific - Provision of Screw Capper UK NEQAS‡Public Health England · £12,000
- Award of contract for refurbishment of a laboratory filling/capping machinePublic Health England · £200,000
- Single Use EquipmentCENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £300,000 in total
- Supply of Filler / Dispenser Unit‡NHS Blood & Transplant · £100,000
- Provision of Capping Machines‡Public Health England · £60,000
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
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 49 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 33%
- Standard payment terms
- 0–62 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 26%
- 31 to 60 days 47%
- After 60 days 27%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 48
- 27%
- 19%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 49
- 21%
- 29%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 43
- 29%
- 34%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 45
- 24%
- 25%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 39
- 27%
- 28%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 38
- 29%
- 13%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 37
- 31%
- 12%
- Median hourly pay
- women 0.9% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 1% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 2.4% higher
- Employer size
- 500 to 999 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 9.5% lower
- women 6.4% lower
- 2023/24
- women 6.8% lower
- women 5.5% lower
- 2022/23
- women 8.2% lower
- women 8% lower
- 2021/22
- women 13% lower
- women 11.9% lower
- 2020/21
- women 15.7% lower
- women 8.9% lower
- 2019/20
- women 11.1% lower
- women 2.9% lower
- 2018/19
- women 15.9% lower
- women 4.6% lower
- 2017/18
- women 18.8% lower
- women 6.5% 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. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SPIRAX GROUP PLC)
- 2023
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SPIRAX GROUP PLC)
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SPIRAX GROUP PLC)
Earlier years (2)
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SPIRAX GROUP PLC)
- 2020
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SPIRAX GROUP PLC)
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
- Licence type and rating
- Temporary Worker (A rating), Worker (A rating)
- Routes
- Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, 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.
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: plastics, iron and steel articles, machinery, electrical equipment and rubber.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: plastics, printed matter, machinery, electrical equipment and iron and steel articles.
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
3 events- Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
- Spirax Group Plc registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.