THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE
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Cash
£25m
+43.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£322m
-0.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
403
+1.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2026-03-31
Net assets
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Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £42,786,000 | £52,700,000 | £58,013,000 | +10.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£10,317,000 | -£6,819,000 | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£10,097,000 | -£6,919,000 | -£2,190,000 | +68.3% | |
| Cash | £22,509,000 | £17,202,000 | £24,657,000 | +43.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £331,551,000 | £324,632,000 | £322,442,000 | -0.7% | |
| Net assets | £331,551,000 | £324,632,000 | £322,442,000 | -0.7% | |
| Equity | £331,551,000 | £324,632,000 | £322,442,000 | -0.7% | |
| Average employees | 384 | 398 | 403 | +1.3% | |
| Wages | £14,481,000 | £16,420,000 | £17,808,000 | +8.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -23.6% | -13.1% | -3.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.9% | 7.2% | 7.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.61x | 1.27x | 1.33x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE 2012-10-18 → present
- THE INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH 1988-01-01 → 2012-10-18
- HOUGHTON POULTRY RESEARCH STATION(THE) 1956-01-07 → 1988-01-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Trustee Directors have concluded that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis and there are no material uncertainties which the Trustee Directors have identified.”
Group structure
- THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · parent
- Pirbright Innovations Limited 100%
Significant events
- “the new high-containment large animal facility (Brooksby) has made significant progress and will be operational in 2026 together with the new Centre for Veterinary Vaccine Innovation and Manufacturing (CVIM) building.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 66 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATTS, Helen Kay | Secretary | 2019-11-25 | — | — |
| HARDY, Alison Cheney | Director | 2021-01-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
| HARRY, Tim, Dr | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jul 1955 | British |
| HISCOX, Julian Alexander, Professor | Director | 2026-03-26 | Apr 1969 | British |
| LOGAN, Paul, Dr | Director | 2021-01-01 | Apr 1958 | British |
| MAGEE, Linda, Dr | Director | 2023-01-30 | Sep 1959 | British |
| NORRIS, Paul Francis Walter | Director | 2025-04-01 | Feb 1968 | British |
| TSANG, Michael Steven | Director | 2024-07-25 | Sep 1982 | British |
| TURNER, Charles Michael Robertson, Professor | Director | 2022-11-17 | Dec 1958 | British |
| WALKER, Ian, Dr | Director | 2025-01-01 | Mar 1978 | British |
| WEBSTER, Tamsin | Director | 2023-10-12 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 66 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Arthur George | Secretary | 1999-09-25 | 1999-11-22 |
| GRICE, Andrew Stephen | Secretary | 1999-11-22 | 2004-12-21 |
| JAMIESON, Brian, Doctor | Secretary | 2004-12-22 | 2005-07-31 |
| MARSHALL, Terence William | Secretary | — | 1999-09-24 |
| SHAW, Richard Stirling | Secretary | 2005-08-01 | 2016-02-08 |
| SIMPSON, Keith | Secretary | 2016-02-08 | 2019-11-25 |
| ARMOUR, James | Director | — | 1997-10-31 |
| BARBER, Alan John | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2008-03-04 |
| BATEMAN, Ian | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-11-18 |
| BLACK, Ian | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2023-06-07 |
| BLACKWELL, Jenefer Mary, Professor | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2004-03-31 |
| BLANCHARD, Michael David | Director | 1996-11-01 | 2001-04-01 |
| BUTLER, Richard Charles | Director | 2013-12-19 | 2015-03-25 |
| CHESTER, Rona Elizabeth | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| COLES, Jonathan Roger Elliott | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| CRAIG, Alison, Dr | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2016-06-28 |
| DAVISON, Ann Catherine | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2003-03-17 |
| DOUGAN, Gordon, Professor | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2003-10-31 |
| ELVES, Michael William, Dr | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2002-10-12 |
| EMERY, Vince, Professor | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2026-07-17 |
| EWART, John | Director | 1995-11-01 | 1998-02-11 |
| FREEDMAN, Robert Ben, Professor | Director | 2009-02-01 | 2009-03-27 |
| GEMMILL, Paul Conquest | Director | 2009-02-01 | 2009-03-27 |
| GRENFELL, Bryan Thomas, Professor | Director | 2003-11-01 | 2004-05-31 |
| GRIFFIN, Emma | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| GULL, Keith, Professor | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2009-03-27 |
| IVERSEN, Susan Diana, Professor | Director | 2004-06-01 | 2009-03-27 |
| KANELLOS, Theofanis, Dr | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2018-12-31 |
| KEY, Timothy Maurice Thomas | Director | 2003-11-01 | 2014-11-21 |
| LECHLER, Robert Ian, Professor | Director | 1997-02-10 | 2003-01-31 |
| LOUTH, Roger | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2021-12-31 |
| LUTTICKEN, Heinrich Dieter, Doctor | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2007-07-04 |
| MADDERS, William Woodhouse | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2009-03-27 |
| MAYATT, Vanessa Linda, Dr | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2020-12-31 |
| MCCONNELL, Ian, Professor | Director | — | 1996-10-31 |
| MCKAY, James Climie, Dr | Director | 1998-05-19 | 2004-05-31 |
| MCKELLAR, Quintin Archibald, Professor | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2018-12-31 |
| MCKELLAR, Quintin Archibald | Director | 2003-02-01 | 2009-03-27 |
| MCMICHAEL, Andrew James, Professor Sir | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| MELDRUM, Keith Cameron | Director | — | 1997-04-19 |
| MILLER, Hugh Robert Peel, Professor | Director | 1998-06-08 | 2009-03-27 |
| MINSON, Anthony Charles, Professor | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2003-09-30 |
| MOLYNEUX, David, Professor | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2009-03-27 |
| OGILVIE, Bridget Margaret, Dame | Director | 1997-11-01 | 2003-10-31 |
| ONIONS, David Edward | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| OWEN, Michael John | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2004-06-10 |
| PICKERING, Brian Thomas | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| PILLAY, Deenan, Professor | Director | 2022-11-16 | 2025-07-31 |
| PRESTON, John Michael, Professor | Director | 1998-03-01 | 2001-02-28 |
| PRIMROSE, Sandy Blackadder, Doctor | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2020-08-10 |
| REDSHAW, Peter Sherwood, Exors Of Mr | Director | — | 1995-12-04 |
| REYNOLDS, Deborah Judith, Dr | Director | 2004-03-24 | 2008-03-23 |
| ROSS, Bertie, Sir | Director | 2013-12-19 | 2021-03-31 |
| ROWLANDS, David John, Professor | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2020-03-30 |
| SAMUEL, Michael John, Mr. | Director | 2009-02-01 | 2009-03-27 |
| SAMUEL, Mike | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2018-12-31 |
| SCOTT, John Michael | Director | — | 2001-04-01 |
| SCUDAMORE, James Marfell | Director | 1997-06-01 | 2004-03-31 |
| SKEHEL, John James, Sir | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2009-03-27 |
| SOULSBY, Ernest Jackson Lawson, Lord | Director | — | 1995-12-04 |
| STEPHENSON, John Robert, Professor | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2022-02-08 |
| TAIT, Andrew, Professor | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2001-10-01 |
| TIRARD, Jane Helen Mary | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| WEISS, Robert Anthony, Professor | Director | 1996-11-01 | 2006-10-31 |
| WYKE, John Anthony, Professor | Director | — | 1995-12-04 |
| THE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL | Corporate Director | 2009-03-27 | 2013-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 289 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.