LIFE TECHNOLOGIES BPD UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-11 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-25
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£411M
+13.1% vs 2023
Employees
355
-16.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£47M
-21.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £278,252,000 | £213,059,000 | |
| Operating profit | £50,776,000 | £32,609,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £60,561,000 | £47,456,000 | |
| Net profit | £60,086,000 | £47,479,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £363,820,000 | £411,765,000 | |
| Net assets | £363,735,000 | £411,214,000 | |
| Equity | £363,735,000 | £411,214,000 | |
| Average employees | 425 | 355 | |
| Wages | £15,188,000 | £14,632,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £26,000 | £27,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-23.4%
£278,252,000 £213,059,000
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+13.1%
£363,735,000 £411,214,000
-
Employees
-16.5%
425 355
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Operating profit
-35.8%
£50,776,000 £32,609,000
-
Profit before tax
-21.6%
£60,561,000 £47,456,000
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Wages
-3.7%
£15,188,000 £14,632,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.2% | 15.3% | |
| Net margin | 21.6% | 22.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.0% | 7.9% | |
| Current ratio | 8.47x | 6.14x |
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
- LIFE TECHNOLOGIES BPD UK LIMITED 2015-12-31 → present
- HYCLONE UK LIMITED 1999-03-24 → 2015-12-31
- ACEMEXICO LIMITED 1999-02-25 → 1999-03-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has indicated its intention to provide any necessary financial support to enable the company to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- LIFE TECHNOLOGIES BPD UK LIMITED · parent
- Perbio Science UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Average employee numbers decreased by 70 (16%) in the year in line with the post pandemic demand reduction but are starting to increase again in the second half of 2024.”
- “Life Technologies BPD UK Limited have given a deferment bank guarantee in respect of future duty payable. At 31 December 2024 the company guaranteed £800,000 (2023: £800,000) to HM Revenue and Customs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-11-01 | — | — |
| AHMED, Syed Waqas | Director | 2020-03-23 | Nov 1979 | British |
| CAMERON, Euan Daney Ross | Director | 2018-10-31 | Mar 1976 | British |
| GREEN, Georgina Adams | Director | 2024-04-18 | Mar 1970 | British |
| SMITH, Anthony Hugh | Director | 2018-11-12 | May 1962 | American |
| STARR, Alison Jane | Director | 2024-04-18 | Jan 1977 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMSON, Mark Duncan | Secretary | 1999-03-18 | 2000-05-26 |
| CHARLTON, Caroline Margaret Rose | Secretary | 2001-02-08 | 2003-11-28 |
| GOVAERT, Hilde | Secretary | 2003-11-28 | 2004-04-16 |
| GREGG, Rhona | Secretary | 2015-09-10 | 2026-03-31 |
| WARD, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 2007-02-20 | 2014-12-18 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-02-20 | 2009-10-31 |
| DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON SERVICES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2004-04-16 | 2007-02-20 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-02-25 | 1999-03-18 |
| ADAMSON, Mark Duncan | Director | 1999-03-18 | 2000-05-01 |
| ASPINALL, Nicole | Director | 2019-02-21 | 2022-03-22 |
| COLEY, James Robert Ewen | Director | 2006-11-09 | 2012-04-18 |
| DELLAPA, John Anthony | Director | 2004-04-16 | 2006-08-18 |
| DUCHENE, Todd Michael | Director | 2004-04-16 | 2005-05-11 |
| FOSTER, Leland George, Doctor | Director | 1999-03-18 | 2004-04-16 |
| GRANT, Lucie Mary Katja | Director | 2013-02-07 | 2019-12-03 |
| INCE, Nicholas | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2018-10-31 |
| MCCONNELL, Sarah Hlavinka | Director | 2006-08-18 | 2006-11-09 |
| MEHTA, Chetan Praful | Director | 2006-08-18 | 2006-11-09 |
| MOODIE, Iain Alasdair Keith | Director | 2012-04-18 | 2013-02-07 |
| NORMAN, David John | Director | 2015-11-16 | 2024-04-18 |
| ROBINSON, Peter | Director | 2000-05-18 | 2003-04-16 |
| ROELLIG, Mark Douglas | Director | 2005-05-11 | 2005-12-09 |
| STRIJBOS, Marcus Ludhvicus Maria | Director | 2003-04-16 | 2004-04-16 |
| WHEELER, Kevin Neil | Director | 2007-03-14 | 2015-11-16 |
| WHITE, Sylvia | Director | 2006-11-09 | 2007-10-01 |
| WILKINSON, Richard | Director | 1999-03-18 | 2004-04-16 |
| WRIGHT, Katie Rose | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2015-09-04 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-02-25 | 1999-03-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-16 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-05-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.