ABBOTT RAPID DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-16 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+70.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£18M
+8.3% vs 2023
Employees
47
-9.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+11% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,454,000 | £26,415,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,033,000 | £1,060,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,792,000 | £1,990,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,332,000 | £1,747,000 | |
| 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 | |
| Wages | £3,703,000 | £3,887,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £692,000 | £477,000 |
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
-
Turnover
-0.1%
£26,454,000 £26,415,000
-
Cash
+70.8%
£1,588,000 £2,713,000
-
Net assets
+8.3%
£16,302,000 £17,659,000
-
Employees
-9.6%
52 47
-
Operating profit
+2.6%
£1,033,000 £1,060,000
-
Profit before tax
+11%
£1,792,000 £1,990,000
-
Wages
+5%
£3,703,000 £3,887,000
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.3% | 6.0% | |
| 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.”
Significant events
- “On 30 June 2025, the Company exited its leased offices on Hazel Grove, Stockport and relocated its operations to Abbott House in Maidenhead. Ten office-based employees affected by the relocation are being offered redundancy arrangements. Costs associated with the office exit and relocation are estimated at £360,000.”
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 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2021-12-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.