• Mr Nigel Joseph Kelly
Correspondence address: 10 /16, 10 Colvilles Place, East Kilbride, G75 0SN
Date of birth: October 1966
Nationality: British
Country of residence: Scotland
Occupation: Director
Nature of control: Ownership of shares – More than 25% but not more than 50%

• Andrea Maria Kelly
Correspondence address: 10 /16, 10 Colvilles Place, East Kilbride, G75 0SN
Date of birth: January 1970
Nationality: British
Country of residence: Scotland
Nature of control: Ownership of shares – More than 25% but not more than 50%

• Statement of Capital (Share Capital)
Class of Shares: ORDINARY
Currency: GBP
Number Allotted: 1000
Aggregate nominal value: 1000
Amount paid per share: 1
Amount unpaid per share: 0

• Statement of Capital (Total)
Currency: GBP
Total Number of shares: 1000
Total Aggregate nominal value: 1000

• Full Details of Shareholders

Shareholding 1: 500 Ordinary shares held as at the date of this return
Name: Andrea Maria Kelly

Shareholding 2: 500 Ordinary shares held as at the date of this return
Name: Nigel Kelly

Strategy

• The company invested in key generic and branded products that maintained and grew market share. Quality management and enhancement will continue.
• The company has reciprocal trading with eleven European Countries.
• Upgrading of the facilities to support the increasing level of business.
• They use the services of external consultants to assist in maintaining health and safety matters to the highest possible standards. They seek to achieve consistent compliance at all level with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and associated regulations.
• The company obtains feedback from its customers to anticipate business trends and to continue to offer the type and quality of services that its customers expect.
• The business has credit insurance in place for certain customers to cover the possibility of future bad debts.
• Waste paper and materials are recycled where possible and efforts are being made to reduce energy and water consumption.
• The company is exposed to a moderate level of price competition for its products as is the nature of the Generics Market. The company manages this risk by having competitive pricing for a wide range of products with a strong emphasis on quality and a robust supply chain.
• The company’s exposure to credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk is at a low level. The company manages these risks by financing its operations through retained profits with monitoring and forecasting of cash flow.
• The company is exposed to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.
• The company is monitoring the situation considering the “Brexit” vote to leave the European Union to minimise short term financial risk to the company.

Ambition

To provide independent pharmacy in Scotland with a personal, efficient, reliable and professional service.

• Retail Pharmacies across the UK and Ireland
• GP Surgeries
• Hospitals
• The company also exports pharmaceuticals to the European Union, Middle East and Africa

Customer Reviews on Google

2018: 1 5-stars review

2020: 2 reviews

• September: 1 5-stars review
• October: 1 1-star review

“For a company that ended up in the papers for covid outbreak, you would think your staff would know no to visit houses (75 clarkwell road ml39rq 21/10/20) when they aren’t supposed too during this pandemic eh? Your driver with van reg SH68 FFT obviously thinks he’s a law to himself and blocking drive ways passed to the police.”

• To maintain an effective customer service to customers
• To offer high quality products
• To offer wide & fast delivery

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during 2019, amounted to 282 (2018: 268).

Employee Reviews on Glassdoor

1. Jan 16, 2018
Horrible environment
Former Employee – Anonymous Employee

Pros
Fellow workers are very decent people, considering the toxic working enviroment. The vending machine is usually well stocked. Really struggling to find 20 words.

Cons
Rubbish pay, long hours, no leadership, management who have no idea what they are doing, no pay rise for 4 years, while company makes more money than it ever has. Bullying culture towards employees.

Advice to Management
Treat staff with dignity and respect

2. Dec 14, 2018
Current Employee – Anonymous Employee in East Kilbride, Scotland
He/she has been working at Ethigen full-time for more than 5 years

Pros
Good company to work for. Opportunity to earn good money.

Cons
Some more individual attention would be good.

Advice to Management
Try to find time to give more one to one feedback.

3. Apr 26, 2017
Good for a start
Former Employee – Warehouse Operative/Picker in Glasgow, Scotland
He/ she worked at Ethigen part-time for less than a year

Pros
There is always a chance to do overtime, friendly supervisors, multicultural environment

Cons
You are a number nothing else to the management, required to work at the weekend and overtime is a highly recommended every so often, very hard to approach by public transport

Indeed

1. 12 September 2020 – ORDER PACKER (Former Employee) – East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire
My job was an order packer. I was scanning medication on a computer. The managers were terrible when faced with a problem. If you weren’t a favorite of theirs, you were hated.

I wouldn’t recommend working here. I worked there for the money. Even then, it wasn’t worth the hassle.

Pros
Money

Cons
Management, workplace

2. Customer Relations Manager (Former Employee) – East Kilbride – 28 January 2018
Ethigen is a place where you are made to feel part of a well-oiled machine right from day 1. Lovely company to work for and staff very welcoming.
There are opportunities to progress within the business and fun office atmosphere, proactive in charity work and passionate team leaders, experts in their fields. Having a high level of computer literacy is essential in being successful within your job role at this company and having a positive friendly manner in which to converse and build important relationships with customers and returning clients.

Pros
Weekly bonus competitions/ staff events/ occasional free breakfast/ lunch

Cons
Target-driven office environment

• Their mobile ordering app powered by SwiftCloud
• They maintain continuity of supply
• They are the first to market with off patent products
• All their generic medicines are charges at net price to ensure transparency and for easy of comparison with the drag tariff

Annual Report File

Locations

Head Office
10 – 16 Colvilles Place, East Kilbride, G75 0SN
Scotland

Social Media

LinkedIn

Awards

Ethigen was ranked on Grant Thornton UK’s “2019 Top Track 250” league table (Britain’s private mid-market growth companies with the biggest sales).

Articles

Glasgow Times Evening, 3rd September
“Employee in intensive care after coronavirus outbreak at Glasgow firm”

Competitors List (alphabetical order)
Criterion: Industry subcategory, Company Size and Product

The wholesale pharmaceutical sector of the UK economy is highly competitive and the company’s future financial performance would be at risk if it failed to anticipate business trends.

Baymed

Crosspharma Pharmaceuticals (DE Group)

Strathclyde Pharmaceuticals Ltd (Munro Group)