LAUNCH DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.1m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£10m
Equity attributable
Employees
47
Average over period
Profit before tax
£314k
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,523,805 | — | |
| Operating profit | £218,797 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £313,923 | — | |
| Net profit | £347,988 | — | |
| Cash | £2,134,036 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,207,314 | — | |
| Net assets | £10,116,767 | — | |
| Equity | £10,116,767 | — | |
| Average employees | 47 | — | |
| Wages | £2,607,982 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.2% | |
| Current ratio | 5.57x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the analysis performed management concluded that the company has adequate financial resources to continue operating as a going concern for a period of a: least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, the directors of Launch Diagnostics Limited therefore consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Ian Antony | Director | 2025-04-28 | Jul 1971 | British |
| ODEZUGO, Chibuike | Director | 2025-11-20 | Feb 1986 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDINER, Tony Peter | Secretary | 2022-10-21 | 2024-08-29 |
| TWYCROSS, John | Secretary | — | 2010-10-30 |
| TWYCROSS, Margot | Secretary | 2010-10-30 | 2011-01-10 |
| BLANDY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-01-10 | 2022-10-21 |
| COUGHLIN, Christina, Dr | Director | 2024-04-30 | 2025-03-24 |
| GARDINER, Tony Peter | Director | 2022-10-21 | 2024-08-29 |
| HOFFMANN, Frédéric | Director | 2025-03-24 | 2025-11-20 |
| HUTCHINSON, Michael | Director | — | 2010-09-10 |
| MCGURK, Anne | Director | 2025-04-28 | 2025-11-20 |
| SMITH, David Alastair Maclaughlin, Dr | Director | 2022-10-21 | 2024-04-30 |
| TWYCROSS, John | Director | 2010-10-30 | 2022-10-21 |
| TWYCROSS, John | Director | — | 2010-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch Diagnostics (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-13 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-01-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.