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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-03

Overdue

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1 item

Cash

£681K

+17.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£28M

-1.5% vs 2023

Employees

71

-11.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£770K

-2.5% vs 2023

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Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £10,424,591£9,725,099
Operating profit -£1,544,713-£1,540,315
Profit before tax -£750,915-£769,707
Net profit -£718,494-£684,170
Cash £578,565£681,325
Total assets less current liabilities £28,960,395£28,441,067
Net assets £28,537,460£28,095,761
Equity £28,537,460£28,095,761
Average employees 8071
Wages £4,360,644£3,539,645
Directors' remuneration £221,999£200,816

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -14.8%-15.8%
Net margin -6.9%-7.0%
Return on capital employed -5.3%-5.4%
Current ratio 7.54x7.47x

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 3 times since incorporation

  1. BIO-RAD ABD SEROTEC LTD 2013-05-17 → present
  2. MORPHOSYS UK LIMITED 2007-01-02 → 2013-05-17
  3. SEROTEC LIMITED 1982-06-01 → 2007-01-02
  4. SEVENDALE LIMITED 1981-12-16 → 1982-06-01

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
KPMG LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The company's activities are to manufacture and distribute antibodies principally to customers within the group and to a small number of third-party customers. The activities of the company are considered by the directors to be integral to the operations of the group as the group could not readily replace the company's manufacturing capability in the short to medium term. The ability of the company to continue as a going concern is therefore dependent on the ability of the Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. group to continue as a going concern and Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. group entities paying for intra-group services and products in accordance with the transfer pricing policies in place, during the forecast period. There are no known concerns with the group's ability to continue as a going concern. The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicate that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides in revenue, margins, the anticipated impact of the current economy on the operations and its financial resources, the company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period. The company continues to use the group cash pooling arrangement. At 31 December 2024 the company was a net contributor to the cash pool and is expected to remain a net contributor throughout the going concern assessment period, even taking account of reasonably possible downsides. The nature of the agreement and structure of the cash pooling arrangement means that the company will have immediate unrestricted access to both the cash it has deposited and any additional cash it requires to continue its operations during the forecast period, in the unlikely event that this should this be necessary. Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. BIO-RAD ABD SEROTEC LTD · parent
    1. Bio-Rad AbD Serotec GmbH 1% · Germany · sale and distribution of antibodies

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 18 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2017-05-31
MARLES, Lee Keron Director 2017-03-27 Feb 1977 British
SCHWARTZ, Norman David Director 2013-03-18 Mar 1950 American
Show 18 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BERNARD, Anne Secretary 2006-01-11
BERNARD, James Edward Secretary 2006-02-21 2007-07-31
HAYES, Brenda Rose Secretary 2007-07-31 2014-07-01
LITTLEBOY, Stephen Charles Secretary 2006-01-11 2006-02-21
BERNARD, Adam Charles Director 2000-05-31 2002-11-21
BERNARD, Edward Director 2008-01-11
BERNARD, James Edward Director 2000-05-31 2007-07-31
BERNARD, Timothy Matthew Director 2000-05-31 2008-05-30
FEGER, Dieter Director 2009-06-02 2013-11-06
GOWER, Geoffrey James Director 2012-09-14 2015-09-30
HARLAN, Hal Pinckney Director 2006-01-11
HOLSTEIN, Jens Hendrik Director 2011-06-01 2013-01-10
LANE, Andrew Charles, Dr. Director 2008-05-30 2012-06-19
LEMUS, David Director 2006-01-11 2011-03-10
LINGELBACH, Dieter Director 2006-01-11 2008-12-31
MORONEY, Simon Director 2006-01-11 2013-01-10
REW, Christopher Director 2013-06-12 2017-03-27
WADLER, Sanford Saul Director 2013-03-18 2013-11-06

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 160 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-12-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-02-21 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-12-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-11-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-12-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-04-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-12-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-08-18 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2020-08-18 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2020-04-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-10-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-04-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2018-10-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2018-04-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2017-10-23 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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