GENTRONIX LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-29 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-15
Watchouts
Cash
£877K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
Equity attributable
Employees
64
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £7,492,268 | £15,916,708 | |
| Operating profit | — | £661,300 | £1,060,893 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £534,933 | £1,023,076 | |
| Net profit | — | £919,347 | £1,663,066 | |
| Cash | — | £1,857,704 | £876,710 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,478,241 | £4,282,428 | |
| Net assets | — | £1,726,152 | £3,582,428 | |
| Equity | — | £1,726,152 | £3,582,428 | |
| Average employees | — | 54 | 64 | |
| Wages | — | £2,269,587 | £4,016,364 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £498,891 | £855,655 |
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 2023-08-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 8.8% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 12.3% | 10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 19.0% | 24.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 77.6% | 57.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.24x | 1.44x | |
| Interest cover | — | 4.83x | 22.60x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- GENTRONIX LIMITED 1999-07-29 → present
- GENETRONIX LIMITED 1999-07-15 → 1999-07-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Nunn Hayward LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- GENTRONIX LIMITED · parent
- Scantox UK Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In September 2024 the company announced it had been acquired by Scantox Group, a Danish headquartered and Private Equity owned specialist CRO”
- “The exceptional costs relate to company professional advisory fees and one-off staff costs associated with the share sale transaction.”
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, in February 2025, the Company completed a significant capital restructuring involving the conversion of multiple classes of shares into a single class of ordinary shares. The following share classes were converted: All issued and outstanding preference shares; All Ordinary B shares; All Ordinary C shares; and All Ordinary D shares.”
- “Following the acquisition of the Company and prior to the conversion of preference shares into ordinary shares in February 2025, all preference dividends accruing post-acquisition were formally waived by the relevant shareholders.”
- “In August 2024, Scantox UK Limited acquired 100% of the share capital of Gentronix Limited.”
- “All previously unpaid share premium has now been fully settled.”
- “All outstanding share options were exercised in full, resulting in the issuance of additional ordinary shares.”
- “Accumulated dividends on preference shares were paid in full.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BILLINTON, Nicholas, Dr | Director | 2014-01-16 | Apr 1976 | British |
| HINTON, Laura Kate, Dr | Director | 2020-11-03 | Jul 1979 | British |
| TATE, Matthew James | Director | 2016-10-27 | Sep 1982 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAULKNER, Claire Jane | Secretary | 2006-05-17 | 2007-08-10 |
| FEELY, Carol Patricia | Secretary | 1999-07-21 | 2006-05-17 |
| OSBORN, Terence John | Secretary | 1999-07-15 | 1999-07-21 |
| YATES, John Richard | Secretary | 2007-08-10 | 2024-09-06 |
| ARCHER, Richard | Director | 2005-07-19 | 2009-04-30 |
| BEASLEY, Steven Colin, Dr | Director | 2007-11-15 | 2017-09-22 |
| COLLINS, Peter Michael | Director | 2002-11-01 | 2003-11-30 |
| GOWER, Paul Antony | Director | 2009-10-15 | 2012-07-14 |
| GWYTHER, Alex Stephen | Director | 2022-03-28 | 2023-08-31 |
| LEVETT, Timothy Roland | Director | 2007-02-28 | 2022-03-28 |
| MCCULLOCH, Peter Frederick | Director | 2000-03-24 | 2007-03-23 |
| MCFERRAN, Derek Wilson | Director | 2023-03-17 | 2024-09-06 |
| MORGAN, Alan Stuart | Director | 2019-12-20 | 2024-09-06 |
| NICHOLSON, John Andrew | Director | 2004-06-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| OSBORN, Terence John | Director | 1999-07-15 | 1999-07-21 |
| OWENS, Nigel Johnson | Director | 2023-08-31 | 2024-09-06 |
| PICTON, Colin, Dr. | Director | 2005-07-19 | 2007-03-23 |
| ROWLAND, Clive Gary | Director | 1999-07-21 | 2001-06-22 |
| SETH_SMITH, Fredrick Alexander | Director | 1999-07-15 | 1999-07-21 |
| WALMSLEY, Richard Maurice, Dr | Director | 1999-07-21 | 2016-10-27 |
| WARNER, Angela | Director | 2012-08-22 | 2015-03-12 |
| WHITE, Darry Scott | Director | 2024-03-22 | 2024-09-06 |
| YATES, John Richard | Director | 2001-06-22 | 2024-09-06 |
| YOUNG, Richard Michael | Director | 2005-04-14 | 2009-07-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scantox Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-09-06 | Active |
| Northern 2 Vct Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-09-06 |
| Northern Venture Trust Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-09-06 |
| Nvm Private Equity | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-02-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-09-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-03 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-02-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-18 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2025-02-17 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-09-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-16 | 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
- 3
- 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.