ORCHID CELLMARK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-11 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-28
Watchouts
Cash
£335K
+113.4% vs 2023
Net assets
-£6M
-114.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
542
-2.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£7M
-182.7% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £30,115,000 | £28,192,000 | £32,823,000 | £33,104,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£2,344,000 | -£6,499,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£794,000 | -£5,990,000 | -£2,344,000 | -£6,627,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£1,114,000 | -£6,487,000 | -£2,385,000 | -£6,627,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £1,144,000 | — | £157,000 | £335,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £6,708,000 | — | -£1,478,000 | -£3,451,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £6,133,000 | — | -£2,739,000 | -£5,866,000 | |
| Equity | £6,184,000 | £7,110,000 | £7,247,000 | £6,133,000 | — | -£2,739,000 | -£5,866,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 528 | 539 | 554 | 542 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £16,308,000 | — | £17,709,000 | £18,428,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £154,000 | — | £171,000 | £97,000 |
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
+0.9%
£32,823,000 £33,104,000
highest in 4 filed years
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Cash
+113.4%
£157,000 £335,000
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Net assets
-114.2%
-£2,739,000 -£5,866,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-2.2%
554 542
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Operating profit
-177.3%
-£2,344,000 -£6,499,000
-
Profit before tax
-182.7%
-£2,344,000 -£6,627,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+4.1%
£17,709,000 £18,428,000
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -7.1% | -19.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -3.7% | -23.0% | -7.3% | -20.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 158.6% | 188.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.65x | 0.70x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | -47.44x |
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
- ORCHID CELLMARK LTD 2005-11-03 → present
- ORCHID BIOSCIENCES EUROPE LIMITED 2000-07-28 → 2005-11-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UHY Ross Brooke
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“With this investment by the new shareholders and the significant programme of work now being undertaken, the Directors consider the business to be a going concern.”
Group structure
- ORCHID CELLMARK LTD · parent
- Pinmoore Animal Laboratory Services Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “the business was sold to Eurofins Forensics Lux a division of Eurofins Scientific SE.”
- “Eurofins provided funding of £3.948m to help repay the company's overdue creditors and debt factoring loan in August to October 2024 as an inter-company loan by Eurofins Finance Luxembourg SARL.”
- “£3.500m of this was converted to equity in December 2024 and the remaining £5.382m had been converted to equity in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GANDERTON, Laura Jayne | Secretary | 2024-08-20 | — | — |
| CARNAGHAN, Mark Lindesay | Director | 2025-07-01 | Sep 1980 | British |
| NELSON, Andrew David | Director | 2024-08-20 | Apr 1980 | British |
| PEARSE, Mark Laurence | Director | 2024-08-20 | Nov 1967 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLOGNA, Thomas | Secretary | 2007-03-04 | 2011-12-16 |
| MARVIN, Donald Ray | Secretary | 2000-07-28 | 2002-09-29 |
| MELTZER, Warrent., Vice President And General Counsel | Secretary | 2005-03-08 | 2007-03-04 |
| SAVADELIS, Andrew | Secretary | 2002-09-29 | 2003-07-07 |
| SPICER, Michael | Secretary | 2003-07-09 | 2004-12-31 |
| SISEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-08-06 | 2018-08-07 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-07-28 | 2000-07-28 |
| ASHTON, Christopher Philip | Director | 2000-09-05 | 2002-09-24 |
| BOLOGNA, Thomas | Director | 2007-03-04 | 2011-12-16 |
| DERBYSHIRE, Roger Bernard | Director | 2008-12-09 | 2017-04-30 |
| EBERTS III, Floyd Samuel | Director | 2012-06-07 | 2018-08-07 |
| FOX, Mark Wilson, Finance Director | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2008-10-26 |
| HARTSHORNE, David John | Director | 2008-12-02 | 2024-08-20 |
| KELLY, Paul | Director | 2003-07-09 | 2006-09-01 |
| LAND, Raymond | Director | 2005-06-06 | 2006-09-01 |
| MARVIN, Donald Ray | Director | 2000-07-28 | 2003-01-31 |
| MELTZER, Warrent., Vice President And General Counsel | Director | 2005-03-08 | 2007-03-04 |
| PFOST, Dale | Director | 2000-07-28 | 2002-12-09 |
| PRINGLE, Robert Stewart | Director | 2017-05-12 | 2018-08-07 |
| SAVADELIS, Andrew | Director | 2002-09-29 | 2003-07-07 |
| SPICER, Michael | Director | 2003-07-09 | 2004-12-31 |
| VAN DORP, Rob | Director | 2024-08-20 | 2025-03-18 |
| VITTY, Graham John | Director | 2002-09-29 | 2005-10-28 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-07-28 | 2000-07-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurofins Scientific S.E. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-16 | Active |
| Dnaco | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-08-07 | Ceased 2025-04-16 |
| Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-02-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-14 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-12-10 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-10-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 6
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.