CEPHEID UK LIMITED
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Cash
£10m
-15.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
+85.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
54
-8.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6m
+47.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £63,786,915 | £66,832,945 | £65,313,084 | -2.3% | |
| Operating profit | £4,037,595 | £3,444,586 | £5,448,869 | +58.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,277,548 | £4,073,588 | £6,024,546 | +47.9% | |
| Net profit | £5,435,101 | £4,097,919 | £5,914,421 | +44.3% | |
| Cash | £20,499,376 | £12,351,241 | £10,393,710 | -15.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,145,276 | £7,283,690 | £13,136,493 | +80.4% | |
| Net assets | £9,860,862 | £6,952,639 | £12,913,215 | +85.7% | |
| Equity | £9,860,862 | £6,952,639 | £12,913,215 | +85.7% | |
| Average employees | 63 | 59 | 54 | -8.5% | |
| Wages | £6,192,710 | £6,658,716 | £4,891,861 | -26.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £430,944 | £346,524 | £158,886 | -54.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £21,326 | £45,721 | £38,001 | -16.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £234,011 | £179,788 | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 5.2% | 8.3% | |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 6.1% | 9.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 39.8% | 47.3% | 41.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.6% | 71.2% | 54.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 1.26x | 1.30x |
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
- CEPHEID UK LIMITED 2009-01-28 → present
- STRETTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED 2002-04-22 → 2009-01-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the Company's financial performance, forecast cash flows, available liquidity, group support arrangements, and potential downside risks, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue to operate for the duration of the assessment period. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- CEPHEID UK LIMITED · parent
- Cepheid Diagnostics & Lifesciences (Private) Limited 100%
- Cepheid Diagnostics And Life Sciences Limited 100%
- Cepheid Switzerland LLC 100%
Significant events
- “On 3 April 2025, the Company changed its registered office from Oakley Court, Kingsmead Business Park, Frederick Place, High Wycombe, England, HP11 1JU to Unit 4 Blythe Valley Innovation Centre, Central Boulevard, Blythe Valley Business Park, Solihull, United Kingdom, B90 8AJ. During the year, the Company also relocated its operational activities to serviced office facilities at WeWork, London.”
- “During the prior year ended 31 December 2024, the Company paid a cash dividend of £7 million to its immediate parent undertaking, Cepheid Inc. No dividend was paid during the year ended 31 December 2025. Instead, in August 2025 the Company advanced a £5 million InterOpco loan to Launchchange Operations Limited, a fellow group entity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVOT, Louis Antoine Baudoin | Director | 2026-01-31 | May 1974 | French |
| COTTAM, James Allan | Director | 2023-05-10 | Dec 1980 | British |
| MAITLAND, Luke | Director | 2024-10-31 | Sep 1986 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, Andrew Mark | Secretary | 2002-04-22 | 2010-10-20 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-04-22 | 2002-04-22 |
| BISHOP III, John Lawrence | Director | 2016-05-05 | 2016-11-04 |
| BROUCHON, Nicolas | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2026-01-31 |
| CHEEK, James Bernard | Director | 2022-09-16 | 2023-05-10 |
| COTTAM, James Allan | Director | 2016-05-05 | 2022-09-16 |
| HANCOX, Jane | Director | 2004-08-01 | 2008-10-31 |
| KOCMOND JR, Warren Charles | Director | 2016-11-18 | 2019-12-02 |
| LABUSSIERE, Corinne | Director | 2010-10-20 | 2016-05-02 |
| WALKER, Andrew Mark | Director | 2002-04-22 | 2010-10-20 |
| WALKER, Dena Allison | Director | 2002-04-22 | 2010-10-01 |
| WATERHOUSE, Timothy John | Director | 2012-07-17 | 2016-04-20 |
| WATERHOUSE, Timothy John | Director | 2010-10-20 | 2012-05-01 |
| WHITE, Daniel | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2024-10-31 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-04-22 | 2002-04-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danaher Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-11-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-22 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.