BIOMERIEUX UK LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4M
+132.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£16M
+17.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
141
+1.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.3M
-12.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £88,999,966 | £87,275,297 | £93,417,948 | +7% | |
| Operating profit | £3,904,953 | £3,975,241 | £3,594,114 | -9.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,905,648 | £3,706,166 | £3,250,633 | -12.3% | |
| Net profit | £2,985,139 | £2,748,298 | £2,440,198 | -11.2% | |
| Cash | £823,437 | £589,038 | £1,370,373 | +132.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,418,141 | £15,773,979 | £17,926,109 | +13.6% | |
| Net assets | £14,041,081 | £13,269,829 | £15,579,139 | +17.4% | |
| Equity | £14,041,081 | £13,269,829 | £15,579,139 | +17.4% | |
| Average employees | 128 | 139 | 141 | +1.4% | |
| Wages | £9,323,310 | £10,368,851 | £11,010,477 | +6.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £390,097 | £405,127 | £383,567 | -5.3% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 4.6% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 3.1% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.3% | 25.2% | 20.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 70.5% | 72.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 0.93x | 0.95x | |
| Interest cover | 40.79x | 11.09x | 9.91x |
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
- BIOMERIEUX UK LIMITED 1990-10-11 → present
- API BIOMERIEUX (UK) LIMITED 1987-09-02 → 1990-10-11
- API LABORATORY PRODUCTS LIMITED 1972-07-19 → 1987-09-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Thus on this basis, alongside the support provided from its parent company, the Directors continue to adopt a going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEMARIN, Ivan | Secretary | 1998-04-30 | — | French |
| CHEMARIN, Ivan | Director | 2011-08-15 | Jun 1967 | French |
| PLAYE, Bertrand | Director | 2024-04-26 | Oct 1971 | French |
| SKINGLEY, Paul | Director | 2022-07-19 | Apr 1973 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATSON, Maurice Ernest | Secretary | — | 1998-04-30 |
| ADELUS, Benoit | Director | 2001-01-31 | 2007-01-24 |
| BERNARD, Thierry | Director | 2002-11-15 | 2011-08-15 |
| BERTON, Max | Director | 1999-11-10 | 2002-11-14 |
| BOMBARDE, Bruno Paul | Director | 1995-09-08 | 1999-02-19 |
| COMTE, Veronique Audrey | Director | 2018-05-05 | 2021-01-25 |
| DOUCET, Michel | Director | — | 1995-03-15 |
| DURANO, Jean-Marc | Director | 2007-02-09 | 2011-08-15 |
| EVANS, Ronald Shaw | Director | — | 1992-11-12 |
| JACQUEROUD, Henri | Director | 2011-08-15 | 2018-05-05 |
| JACQUES, Stephen James | Director | 2001-09-24 | 2008-03-11 |
| LACHAUSSEE, Michel Marie Marcel | Director | 1995-12-15 | 1998-02-06 |
| MARCINIAK, Vincent | Director | 2021-01-25 | 2024-04-26 |
| MENDEZ, Rocio | Director | 2019-09-18 | 2022-03-01 |
| MERIEUX, Alexandre | Director | 2006-09-18 | 2011-08-15 |
| PELLING, William Edward | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2001-09-24 |
| PORTA, Renato, Doctor | Director | 1998-02-06 | 1999-11-10 |
| TERROT, Claude | Director | 1995-03-15 | 2005-06-29 |
| TISSIER, Jean-Louis | Director | 2011-08-15 | 2019-09-18 |
| VILLET, Philippe | Director | — | 2001-01-31 |
| WALPOLE, Malcolm William | Director | — | 1995-09-08 |
| WATSON, Maurice Ernest | Director | — | 1998-04-30 |
| WELLS, Christopher, 9/05/2010 | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2011-08-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomerieux Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.