EVOTEC (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£14m
+3.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£53m
+9.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
442
-13.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.8m
+37.2% 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 | £57,005,090 | £60,604,695 | £51,492,466 | -15% | |
| Operating profit | £3,278,014 | £1,882,633 | £5,607,952 | +197.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,469,272 | £4,202,384 | £5,766,225 | +37.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,715,839 | £3,299,794 | £4,109,549 | +24.5% | |
| Cash | £12,035,940 | £13,601,501 | £14,071,738 | +3.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £80,091,296 | £70,478,868 | £68,574,018 | -2.7% | |
| Net assets | £44,413,607 | £48,585,863 | £53,123,013 | +9.3% | |
| Equity | £44,413,607 | £48,585,863 | £53,123,013 | +9.3% | |
| Average employees | 538 | 512 | 442 | -13.7% | |
| Wages | £28,120,381 | £26,749,830 | £25,167,282 | -5.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £206,472 | £186,769 | £285,265 | +52.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £35,320 | £39,114 | £81,847 | +109.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £190,242 | — |
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 | 5.8% | 3.1% | 10.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 5.4% | 8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | 2.7% | 8.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.8% | 37.9% | 23.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.12x | 5.15x | 4.13x | |
| Interest cover | 3.02x | 1.64x | 9.66x |
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
- EVOTEC (UK) LIMITED 2005-08-12 → present
- EVOTEC OAI LIMITED 2001-06-25 → 2005-08-12
- OXFORD ASYMMETRY INTERNATIONAL PLC 1998-02-11 → 2001-06-25
- OXFORD ASYMMETRY LIMITED 1991-12-19 → 1998-02-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the assessment performed, the Directors consider that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence throughout the going concern period and continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “As part of the Horizon programme, experimental scientific activities at the Abingdon discovery site are to be discontinued and Protein Sciences laboratory activities are planned to be transferred to Alderley Park.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PETRECZKY, Krisztina, Dr | Secretary | 2024-08-30 | — | — |
| BASHIR, Kamran | Director | 2025-03-01 | May 1982 | British |
| STOTEN, Adam, Dr | Director | 2022-07-28 | Dec 1975 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABDUL, Mary | Secretary | 2022-11-15 | 2024-08-30 |
| BADDELEY, Patrick Charles Morrish | Secretary | 1992-04-03 | 1997-06-24 |
| BASHIR, Kamran | Secretary | 2014-08-01 | 2019-07-31 |
| CLARK, June | Secretary | 1991-12-19 | 1992-04-03 |
| DARGEL, Christian, Dr | Secretary | 2021-04-13 | 2022-11-15 |
| HAY, Malcolm Edward | Secretary | 1997-06-24 | 2001-02-09 |
| JONES, Trevor | Secretary | 2014-01-01 | 2014-07-31 |
| NASH, Grant | Secretary | 2009-04-21 | 2014-01-01 |
| RICHARDSON, David | Secretary | 2001-02-09 | 2009-04-21 |
| SAGOO, Ranjeet Singh | Secretary | 2019-08-01 | 2021-04-13 |
| ALDAG, Jorn | Director | 2000-10-16 | 2008-12-31 |
| ASHTON, Mark Richard, Dr | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2008-04-16 |
| BOND, Colin Michael | Director | 2010-08-18 | 2016-06-30 |
| BRIMBLECOMBE, Roger William, Dr | Director | 1995-02-11 | 2000-05-03 |
| CAPALDI, Michael John, Dr | Director | 2000-06-22 | 2000-10-16 |
| CLARK, June | Director | 1995-09-01 | 1997-05-27 |
| COOK, Tim, Dr | Director | 1992-04-03 | 1995-02-27 |
| CROSS, Nicholas John | Director | 1992-04-03 | 2000-10-16 |
| DAVIES, Stephen Graham, Professor | Director | 1991-12-19 | 2000-10-16 |
| DOREY, Alan Jackson, Dr | Director | 1992-04-03 | 1992-08-04 |
| DOW, Robert James | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2000-10-16 |
| EHLERS, Dirk Horst, Dr | Director | 2001-12-14 | 2007-08-30 |
| HARTLEY, David, Dr | Director | 1995-02-12 | 1998-01-17 |
| HAY, Malcolm Edward | Director | 1997-06-16 | 2001-05-23 |
| HENCO, Karsten, Dr | Director | 2000-10-16 | 2001-06-30 |
| HUNNEYBALL, Ian Michael, Professor | Director | 2003-01-07 | 2005-05-20 |
| JESSEN, Timm Heinrich, Dr | Director | 2000-10-16 | 2004-06-30 |
| JOHNSTONE, Craig | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| LAING, Ian Michael | Director | 1992-04-03 | 2000-05-03 |
| LANTHALER, Werner, Dr | Director | 2009-03-19 | 2024-01-03 |
| MALECK, Klaus, Dr | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2010-08-18 |
| MARETT, Sean | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| MOSES, Edwin, Dr | Director | 1993-07-26 | 2001-06-30 |
| MULLER, Christophe, Dr | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-08-05 |
| PARISH, Ian Maxwell | Director | 1995-11-20 | 1996-09-30 |
| POLYWKA, Mario Eugenio Cosimino | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2019-01-01 |
| POLYWKA, Mario Eugenio Cosimino | Director | 1995-11-24 | 2002-08-31 |
| QUESTIER, Bernard Oscar Charel | Director | 2003-12-19 | 2004-08-30 |
| QUINN, Catherine Ward | Director | 1991-12-19 | 1992-04-03 |
| REDMOND, Michael | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2000-10-16 |
| REYNDERS, Ludo, Doctor | Director | 1998-01-09 | 2000-10-16 |
| ROUXEL, Laetitia | Director | 2023-03-28 | 2025-02-28 |
| SPILLNER, Ralph Enno | Director | 2016-07-18 | 2023-03-28 |
| THOMPSON, Ian Granville | Director | 1992-08-04 | 1995-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evotec Se | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 273 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
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.