LUCIDEON LIMITED
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Cash
£3.4m
+621.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9.4m
-11.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
177
-1.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£988k
+167.5% highest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of LUCIDEON LIMITED's latest filing
Materials testing lab Lucideon sees losses widen despite £12.9m turnover, as energy costs and a new share scheme weigh on the bottom line. 🔬📉
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £12,554,060 | £12,944,952 | £15,529,023 | +20% | |
| Operating profit | -£945,867 | -£1,349,867 | £1,047,313 | +177.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£950,820 | -£1,462,547 | £987,501 | +167.5% | |
| Net profit | -£1,032,465 | -£1,172,804 | £623,439 | +153.2% | |
| Cash | £1,006,611 | -£649,471 | £3,386,765 | +621.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,959,349 | £10,800,457 | £10,062,025 | -6.8% | |
| Net assets | £11,804,767 | £10,631,963 | £9,436,010 | -11.2% | |
| Equity | £11,804,767 | £10,631,963 | £9,436,010 | -11.2% | |
| Average employees | 180 | 180 | 177 | -1.7% | |
| Wages | £5,027,774 | £4,843,463 | £5,055,376 | +4.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £189,464 | £203,519 | £210,892 | +3.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £137,999 | £149,534 | £147,199 | -1.6% |
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 | -7.5% | -10.4% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | -8.2% | -9.1% | 4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.9% | -12.5% | 10.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.1% | 34.5% | 40.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.10x | 2.11x | 1.71x | |
| Interest cover | -27.58x | -11.94x | 11.42x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- LUCIDEON LIMITED 2014-01-31 → present
- CERAM RESEARCH LTD 1985-11-18 → 2014-01-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Directors are satisfied that the Company has adequate funding and banking facilities available that will allow for further growth for a period of at least 12 months from the date at which the financial statements are signed and hence have concluded it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis”
Group structure
- LUCIDEON LIMITED · parent
- Lucideon M&P Lab Inc 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALI, Noor Gary | Director | 2026-03-25 | Jul 1966 | British |
| EDGELL, Geoffrey John, Dr | Director | 2007-06-13 | Jun 1949 | British |
| KINSELLA, Anthony | Director | 2006-05-12 | May 1954 | British |
| MART, Elizabeth Katherine | Director | 2026-03-25 | May 1971 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAWCETT, Michael Alan | Secretary | 2015-08-03 | 2017-11-30 |
| KINSELLA, Anthony | Secretary | 2010-02-28 | 2015-08-03 |
| ROWE, Richard Henry | Secretary | — | 1998-09-01 |
| WOOD, Philip Edwin | Secretary | 1998-09-01 | 2010-02-28 |
| BILL, Christopher Ian | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2020-11-16 |
| BURNETT, John Michael Victor | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2005-05-31 |
| CUBBON, Robert Charles Patrick, Dr | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
| FAWCETT, Michael Alan | Director | 2015-08-03 | 2017-11-30 |
| HOLLAND, David Neil | Director | 2010-10-20 | 2012-06-27 |
| SANDERSON, Neil Edward | Director | — | 2007-03-20 |
| WOOD, Philip Edwin | Director | 2007-03-23 | 2007-05-18 |
| WROE, Jonathan | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2001-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucideon Group Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-03 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-15 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2021-11-30 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2021-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.