ABBOTT RAPID DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
51
+8.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.8m
+43.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care 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 | £26,454,000 | £26,415,000 | £24,957,000 | -5.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,033,000 | £1,060,000 | £2,080,000 | +96.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,792,000 | £1,990,000 | £2,849,000 | +43.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,332,000 | £1,747,000 | £2,680,000 | +53.4% | |
| Cash | £1,588,000 | £2,713,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,302,000 | £17,659,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £16,302,000 | £17,659,000 | — | — | |
| Equity | £16,302,000 | £17,659,000 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 52 | 47 | 51 | +8.5% | |
| Wages | £3,703,000 | £3,887,000 | £4,380,000 | +12.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £692,000 | £477,000 | £141,000 | -70.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £353,000 | £224,000 | £126,000 | -43.8% |
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 | 3.9% | 4.0% | 8.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 6.6% | 10.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.3% | 6.0% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.0% | 26.7% | — | |
| Current ratio | 4.11x | 3.70x | — |
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 4 times since incorporation
- ABBOTT RAPID DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED 2019-11-18 → present
- ALERE LIMITED 2010-03-26 → 2019-11-18
- INVERNESS MEDICAL UK LIMITED 2008-04-01 → 2010-03-26
- BIO STAT LIMITED 1983-06-20 → 2008-04-01
- WAKEDISC LIMITED 1983-04-20 → 1983-06-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOND, David Andrew | Director | 2024-06-10 | Sep 1971 | British |
| DU TOIT, Gabrielle | Director | 2025-04-04 | Nov 1984 | South African |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COULING, Geoffrey | Secretary | 2007-10-02 | 2017-10-03 |
| FELLOWS, Trevor | Secretary | 2017-10-03 | 2024-06-10 |
| ISAACS, Janet | Secretary | — | 2007-10-02 |
| ALMOND, Bernard Andrew | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2007-10-02 |
| BLOMQUIST, Tomas | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2019-08-26 |
| BURROWS, Norman Frank | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2007-10-02 |
| CASSEY, Stuart Edward | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2015-09-23 |
| CHINIARA, Ellen Vanessa | Director | 2007-10-02 | 2017-10-03 |
| EPSTEIN, Gerald | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2001-06-09 |
| FARRELL, Michael David | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2017-10-03 |
| FELLOWS, Trevor | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2024-06-10 |
| FELLOWS, Trevor | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2007-10-02 |
| HALL, Gordon James | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| HORNE, David Norman | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2015-09-23 |
| ISAACS, Janet | Director | — | 2007-10-02 |
| ISAACS, Robert Arthur | Director | — | 2007-10-02 |
| LAVIN, James Patrick | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2006-08-14 |
| LLOYD, Samantha | Director | 2019-10-22 | 2024-06-10 |
| MARKS, Vincent, Professor | Director | — | 2007-10-02 |
| PARFERY, Brian Lawrence | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2005-07-05 |
| PRICE, Christopher Philip, Professor | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2007-10-02 |
| PRICE, Christopher Philip, Professor | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| RIGBY, Rachael Moreen | Director | 2024-06-10 | 2025-04-04 |
| WELCH, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 2007-10-02 | 2014-06-27 |
| YOOR, Brian Bernard | Director | 2017-10-03 | 2018-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Equity Holdings Unlimited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-01 | Active |
| Alere Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-07 | Ceased 2021-10-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 190 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.