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Cash

£1.9m

-34.3% vs 2024

Net assets

Equity attributable

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

£3.3m

+4.8% vs 2024

Accounts

5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £11,841,785£12,708,845 +7.3%
Operating profit £3,185,411£3,343,301 +5%
Profit before tax £3,193,276£3,345,052 +4.8%
Net profit £2,356,727£2,616,949 +11%
Cash £1,116,703£1,360,072£1,756,434£2,821,429£1,853,003 -34.3%
Total assets less current liabilities £1,383,852£2,583,707£4,609,955£6,909,438£9,492,017 +37.4%
Net assets £1,081,289£2,338,195£4,461,341£6,818,068
Equity £1,081,289£2,338,195£4,461,341£6,818,068
Average employees 35384642
Wages
Directors' remuneration

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 2021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 26.9%26.3%
Net margin 19.9%20.6%
Return on capital employed 46.1%35.2%
Current ratio 3.15x5.25x

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 2 times since incorporation

  1. YORKTEST LABORATORIES LIMITED 2002-07-01 → present
  2. YORK NUTRITIONAL LABORATORIES LIMITED 2001-02-26 → 2002-07-01
  3. YORK NUTRITIONAL LABORATORY LIMITED 1998-05-27 → 2001-02-26

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Abridged
Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor
Azets Audit Services Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 32 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
WIECHULA, John Secretary 2019-10-01
DAWSON, Richard David Neil Director 2018-12-12 Jul 1969 British
MILLMAN, Richard Fraser Director 2023-02-21 May 1967 British
WIECHULA, John Paul Director 2019-01-29 Nov 1984 British
Show 32 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ASHWORTH, Philip Secretary 2002-12-02 2007-07-17
BEGLEY, Fiona Secretary 2011-08-31 2014-05-14
CULLIGAN, Janice Elaine Secretary 2001-07-19 2002-12-02
HARRISON, Beverley Clare Secretary 2007-07-17 2010-05-18
MCGLEN, Julia Lindsey Secretary 2010-05-18 2011-08-31
VAREY, Mark Alister Secretary 1998-05-27 2001-10-19
A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2017-08-29 2019-10-01
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1998-05-27 1998-05-27
BAILEY, Stephen Graham Director 2012-08-06 2013-09-26
BEGLEY, Fiona Ann Director 2011-08-31 2014-05-14
BROOKES, Jonathan Director 2015-12-14 2018-12-14
BROOKS, Eugenia Director 2004-05-14 2005-05-31
CHARLESWOTH, Allan Director 2001-08-10 2002-12-02
COUSINS, Peter David George Director 2001-07-19 2004-12-20
CULLIGAN, Janice Elaine Director 2001-07-19 2004-05-14
GISSEL, Peter Director 2015-12-14 2017-07-13
GRAHAM, John Director 1998-07-01 2007-12-19
GREEN, Andrew David Director 2014-04-17 2015-09-25
GRONNOW, Julia Lindsey Director 2014-04-17 2016-02-04
HALL, James David Director 2017-07-13 2021-11-29
HARDMAN, Thomas George Director 2007-07-17 2012-12-31
HARRISON, Beverley Clare Director 2004-07-29 2010-05-18
HART, Gill, Dr Director 2005-06-01 2011-08-31
HART, Gillian Ruth, Dr Director 2015-12-14 2024-04-15
JANSEN, Rachel Fiona Director 2015-12-14 2018-12-12
MUSGROVE, Dale Director 1998-05-27 2001-10-20
ORME, Anthony Director 2020-11-01 2021-10-05
ROBARDS, Anthony William, Professor Director 1999-07-30 2009-03-31
TROTTER, Owen Director 2022-03-02 2022-07-21
VAREY, Mark Alister Director 1998-05-27 2001-10-19
WHITEMORE, Robert Leonard Director 2004-11-15 2007-04-30
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1998-05-27 1998-05-27

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Yorktest Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2017-07-13 Active
Ingemino Finance Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2017-07-13

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 168 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-07-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2026-06-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small PDF
2025-06-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-05-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small PDF
2024-04-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-06-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-05-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small PDF
2023-02-21 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-09-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2022-08-08 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2022-08-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-07-28 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2022-06-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-03-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2021-11-29 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-10-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small PDF
2021-06-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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