GENUS PLC
Genus plc is a FTSE 250-listed biotechnology business that provides elite genetics and breeding products for dairy, beef, and pork farmers through its ABS and PIC divisions.
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Cash
£48m
+12.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£476m
-7.3% vs 2024
Employees
3,307
-7.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£29m
+418.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £668,800,000 | £672,800,000 | +0.6% | |
| Operating profit | £6,400,000 | £42,400,000 | +562.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,500,000 | £28,500,000 | +418.2% | |
| Net profit | £2,400,000 | £19,300,000 | +704.2% | |
| Cash | £42,500,000 | £48,000,000 | +12.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £801,800,000 | £767,700,000 | -4.3% | |
| Net assets | £513,500,000 | £476,000,000 | -7.3% | |
| Equity | £513,500,000 | £476,000,000 | -7.3% | |
| Average employees | 3,581 | 3,307 | -7.7% | |
| Wages | £201,700,000 | £196,500,000 | -2.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £466,000 | £506,000 | +8.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £75,000 | £84,000 | +12% | |
| Highest paid director | £3,507,000 | £3,610,000 | +2.9% |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.8% | 5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.1% | 47.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.80x | 1.94x | |
| Interest cover | 0.35x | 2.26x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board confirms that the Group is a going concern and that the financial statements have been prepared on that basis. No material uncertainties have been identified that cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- GENUS PLC · parent
- ABS México, S.A. de C.V. 100%
- ABS Argentina S.A. 100%
- ABS Polsko Sp. z.o.o. 100%
- BOVEC SASU 100%
Significant events
- “On 3 September 2025, Genus plc has updated its strategic porcine collaboration in China with Beijing Capital Agribusiness Co. Ltd (BCA), the Group's domestic state-backed partner.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT, Lucie | Secretary | 2025-03-17 | — | — |
| WALTON, Vaughn | Secretary | 2025-01-01 | — | — |
| BAXTER, Celia Frances | Director | 2025-11-19 | Jan 1958 | British |
| FERGUSON, Iain George Thomas | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jul 1955 | British |
| GRAY, Lysanne Mary | Director | 2016-04-01 | Jan 1964 | British |
| HEUSER, Ralph, Dr | Director | 2024-01-01 | Sep 1963 | German |
| KNOX, Lesley | Director | 2018-06-01 | Sep 1953 | British |
| KOKKE, Jorgen | Director | 2023-05-02 | Oct 1968 | Dutch |
| REITER, Robert Stefan | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jul 1962 | American |
| RUSSELL, Andrew Paul | Director | 2025-08-01 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESWICK, Paul William | Secretary | 1994-09-26 | 1994-10-27 |
| CRICHTON, Cara | Secretary | 2014-01-27 | 2014-06-09 |
| CRICHTON, Cara | Secretary | 2013-04-13 | 2013-07-15 |
| FAIRALL, Lawrence David | Secretary | 1994-10-27 | 2001-03-31 |
| FARRELLY, Ian Brian | Secretary | 2006-06-12 | 2013-04-13 |
| HALL, Francis | Secretary | 2001-04-01 | 2002-12-10 |
| HARTLEY, Daniel William David | Secretary | 2014-06-09 | 2025-01-01 |
| KILROY, Thomas Edward | Secretary | 2013-07-15 | 2014-01-27 |
| TIMMINS, David Peter | Secretary | 2004-07-22 | 2006-06-12 |
| VICKERS, Christopher John | Secretary | 2002-12-10 | 2004-07-22 |
| ACTON, Thomas Philip | Director | 1995-06-13 | 2003-03-17 |
| AMIES, Stephen John | Director | 1994-10-27 | 1999-09-02 |
| BAYLEY, Julian James | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2001-03-30 |
| BECKETT, John Hartley | Director | 1994-10-27 | 2004-08-12 |
| BESWICK, Paul William | Director | 1994-09-26 | 1994-10-27 |
| BITAR, Karim | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2019-09-13 |
| BODEN, Martin Brett | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2009-02-26 |
| BUZZACOTT, Mike | Director | 2009-05-07 | 2016-11-17 |
| CHARLES, Ian | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2021-05-31 |
| CHIN, Jason William Karl, Dr | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2025-05-31 |
| CRAVEN, John Alexander | Director | 1994-10-27 | 1996-12-31 |
| FURR, Barrington John Albert, Professor | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2014-11-14 |
| HAWKINS, John Eric | Director | 2000-07-05 | 2010-11-11 |
| HENRIKSEN, Alison Jane | Director | 2020-01-13 | 2025-07-31 |
| KELLY, Thomas John | Director | 1994-10-27 | 1999-09-02 |
| LAWSON, Robert Arthur | Director | 2010-11-11 | 2020-11-25 |
| MASKELL, Duncan John, Professor | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2018-11-15 |
| NEVILLE, Thomas | Director | 1994-10-27 | 1997-08-28 |
| NORMAN, Colin Peter | Director | 1994-10-27 | 1995-05-31 |
| ROLLER, Michael Roy David | Director | 2003-03-17 | 2003-08-06 |
| SCROGGS, Cedric Annesley | Director | 1994-10-27 | 2000-03-31 |
| SHERWOOD, John Norman | Director | 1994-09-26 | 1994-10-27 |
| TIMMINS, David Peter | Director | 2004-03-29 | 2007-04-02 |
| TREHANE, Guy | Director | 1994-10-27 | 1999-09-02 |
| TURNER, Philip Noel Nigel, The Hon | Director | 2008-01-17 | 2018-11-15 |
| VAN DER BROEK, Lykele Jurrit | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2023-11-22 |
| WEIR, Robert | Director | 1994-10-27 | 1997-04-07 |
| WHITE, Edwin William | Director | 1994-10-27 | 2008-01-17 |
| WILSON, Stephen David | Director | 2013-01-14 | 2023-09-30 |
| WOOD, Richard Kenneth | Director | 1996-12-19 | 2011-09-30 |
| WORBY, John Graham | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2013-04-01 |
| YEO, Timothy Stephen Kenneth | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2004-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 739 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 8
- 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.