01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD
- Company number
- 01932827
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
2 October 2025Next statement due
16 October 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 40.2%
- Mean bonus gap
- 29.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 83.2%
- Men receiving bonus
- 72.7%
- Women in top quartile
- 38.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 57.0%
Earlier reporting years (7)
- 250 to 49925.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99923.4% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49929.3% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49926.4% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4990.6% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99924.2% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49918.3% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022
- Approved
- 4 April 2022
- Sectors
- Healthcare and pharmaceuticals
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
05 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Labs Consumables ePunchout 2
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON · ocds-b5fd17-b0ef2b29-86ff-4166-aeb3-8ecc382ae73e
- Award value
- £1,500,000
- Contract period
- 1 June 2025 – 31 May 2027
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
GSS25021 - Sartorius Cubis® II Microbalances.
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-9bb300eb-9c3b-4621-a80b-0d1b353b7ae2
- Award value
- £17,806.20
- Contract period
- 13 January 2025 – 28 February 2025
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
CENTRAL Centrifuge and Ancillary Equipment
University of Bristol · ocds-b5fd17-c010bfa5-5b10-442d-8678-dce7addd69b3
- Award value
- £71,140
- Contract period
- 8 January 2025 – 31 January 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Procurement of UV-Vis Scanning Spectrometers
University of Bristol · ocds-b5fd17-5217ef4f-bb55-44c0-ad35-177e1660b6b0
- Award value
- £129,000
- Contract period
- 16 December 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
GSS23744 - UK Research and Innovation: Molecular Biology and Laboratory Chemicals Framework
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-88661dc5-8540-4486-9164-372167ad7c5f
- Award value
- £0.01
- Contract period
- 1 August 2024 – 31 July 2028
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
portable qPCR machines
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ocds-b5fd17-77dbae2b-73d1-40d1-a5c2-34fd95cf9305
- Award value
- £30,919.30
- Contract period
- 2 January 2024 – 2 January 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
Procurement of Lab equipment for sample analysis improvement
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ocds-b5fd17-5f251a81-0fb5-4841-9f49-9f1a6fca59f6
- Award value
- £73,071.26
- Contract period
- 23 November 2023 – 22 December 2023
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
Equipment for Biomedical Laboratory - A call-off from Lot 11 (one stop shop) of the LUPC awarded framework agreement for Laboratory Equipment (General) and Associated Post Installation Services (ref:LAB5061LU)
LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY · ocds-b5fd17-53c87c8f-d60c-4714-873f-e99f5fcd251d
- Award value
- £259,000
- Contract period
- 6 June 2023 – 30 September 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
2423 - General Lab Equipment
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-db654bb5-155a-4b18-950b-1b0c5853a5cf
- Award value
- £5,000,000
- Contract period
- 4 April 2023 – 3 April 2027
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
2423 - General Lab Equipment
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-db654bb5-155a-4b18-950b-1b0c5853a5cf
- Award value
- £5,000,000
- Contract period
- 10 March 2023 – 9 March 2027
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
CS22579 - Refrigerated Superspeed Centrifuge
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-cf46f9a4-4de1-4ec1-b44c-e2872f1ec0d9
- Award value
- £35,475
- Contract period
- 25 November 2022 – 31 March 2023
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
Laboratory consumables for use on e-punch out system
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON · ocds-b5fd17-69d41b1c-55f1-4ca5-9088-a6f9f5ec7ca9
- Award value
- £1,500,000
- Contract period
- 7 September 2022 – 6 September 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
UK SBS RE21225 Laboratory Consumables Framework
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-07c0fe19-3af5-4960-8ffd-434ac3f5a93b
- Award value
- £9,500,000
- Contract period
- 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
Supply of Handheld Raman Equipment
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-86bd05a7-13fe-4287-8414-f62b2a1f5255
- Award value
- £177,897
- Contract period
- 24 February 2022 – 23 February 2026
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
QUNT95166-250B UltraPlex 1-Step ToughMix (4X), Bulk 250ml A1999E
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) · ocds-b5fd17-a01c9c21-9dd3-43f1-9ff0-6b50555f4f16
- Award value
- £48,000
- Contract period
- 22 February 2022 – 22 February 2022
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
Purchase of CO2 Incubators x 8
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency · ocds-b5fd17-64c5a438-311e-404e-8ec2-4692c26d4b3c
- Award value
- £50,000
- Contract period
- 6 January 2022 – 31 December 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Contract for the Supply and Installation of a Thermo Scientific Sorvall LYNX 6000 Superspeed Centrifuge, 3-Phase to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-ea740ea4-acdd-497e-83e3-11327f7958bd
- Award value
- £42,138.11
- Contract period
- 21 December 2021 – 1 February 2022
- Procedure
- Other - Direct award
Ultraplex 1-step Toughmix
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) · ocds-b5fd17-3d435833-ff3e-477a-87c6-3cb6ea80d833
- Award value
- £47,680.52
- Contract period
- 1 November 2021 – 1 November 2021
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
Framework for the supply of centrifuges
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-e81fdd3b-2ed5-4c50-8ea9-500b558e42b8
- Award value
- £1,500,000
- Contract period
- 25 May 2021 – 23 May 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
National Microbiology Framework - Lot 2: Research and Development Goods and Services
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-14133027-6a6f-4a1f-8518-268021f54a78
- Award value
- £1,500,000,000
- Contract period
- 23 April 2021 – 22 April 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
National Microbiology Framework - Lot 2: Research and Development Goods and Services
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-14133027-6a6f-4a1f-8518-268021f54a78
- Award value
- £1,500,000,000
- Contract period
- 23 April 2021 – 22 April 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
National Microbiology Framework - Lot 1: Diagnostic Goods and Services
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-f7d14908-7da1-4faa-8801-324f837a758e
- Award value
- £3,000,000,000
- Contract period
- 9 April 2021 – 8 April 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
Biomedical Equipment call off from LAB5028
UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON · ocds-b5fd17-23c733c0-874d-4e4d-9fa2-9610b2f23837
- Award value
- £326,000
- Contract period
- 1 December 2020 – 30 April 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Contract for the Supply and Installation of an Autoclave to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-18551e18-a905-4a76-9709-71910971f4ab
- Award value
- £38,534
- Contract period
- 24 November 2020 – 5 April 2021
- Procedure
- Other - Mini Tender from LUPC Reference LAB5028 LU
Tender for the Supply of Laboratory Consumables and Reagents
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-2bc43731-390d-4cd6-9c72-e70cf1aa6a6d
- Award value
- £30,000,000
- Contract period
- 2 November 2020 – 1 November 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
Provision of Discover SP-D Microwave Digester
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-12931042-9374-4660-bf1d-6cb02d09b90c
- Award value
- £18,500
- Contract period
- 9 March 2020 – 28 February 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
PHE_Scientific_Provision of combined Micro Plate Reader / Spectrophotometer
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-58e6bfa4-9e2b-4a2a-b677-6f70fa7667ac
- Award value
- £15,000
- Contract period
- 2 March 2020 – 1 March 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
PHE_Scientific_Provision of Ultra Low Freezers (LAB5028)
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-3969dd92-fbbc-4da1-8bd8-867d6ce7b44d
- Award value
- £90,000
- Contract period
- 6 January 2020 – 5 January 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Contract for the Supply and Installation of Autoclaves to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-533d06f7-b7ab-408a-9861-6d629578b736
- Award value
- £82,654
- Contract period
- 28 August 2019 – 29 November 2019
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
University of Southampton - Further Competition for laboratory equipment under the LUPC - Supply, Delivery, Installation and Post InstallationsServices of General Laboratory EquipmentFramework
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON · ocds-b5fd17-4c744a4b-8693-469d-b290-bb4af3cabc35
- Award value
- £10,135
- Contract period
- 1 July 2019 – 31 August 2019
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
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06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Vwr Holdco Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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07 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
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08 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
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09 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Laboratory Consumables
University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation · updated 17 March 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Q PCR Cycler
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · updated 9 February 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
UK Research and Innovation - Molecular Biology and Laboratory Chemicals Framework
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · updated 12 September 2024
- Tender value
- £16,000,000
- Awards
- 11
General Lab Equipment
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · updated 29 November 2023
- Tender value
- £5,000,000
- Awards
- 6
Provision of Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography Equipment including Associated Servicing, Maintenance and Repairs
APUC LIMITED · updated 6 October 2022
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Laboratory Consumables
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · updated 22 September 2022
- Tender value
- £9,500,000
- Awards
- 238
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11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
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12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Wholesale of chemical products
Non-specialised wholesale trade
13 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
6 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
1 exact company-number registration.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
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14 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
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- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
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