ABBOTT TOXICOLOGY LIMITED
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Cash
£7.4m
+29% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£36m
-33.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
321
-0.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5.1m
-233.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £34,625,000 | £38,132,000 | £36,830,000 | -3.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£3,564,000 | £1,359,000 | -£647,000 | -147.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,017,000 | -£1,530,000 | -£5,099,000 | -233.3% | |
| Net profit | -£7,426,000 | -£1,554,000 | -£9,114,000 | -486.5% | |
| Cash | £5,607,000 | £5,756,000 | £7,425,000 | +29% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,759,000 | £34,797,000 | £28,982,000 | -16.7% | |
| Net assets | -£25,545,000 | -£27,128,000 | -£36,167,000 | -33.3% | |
| Equity | -£25,545,000 | -£27,128,000 | -£36,167,000 | -33.3% | |
| Average employees | 311 | 324 | 321 | -0.9% | |
| Wages | £12,247,000 | £13,493,000 | £13,761,000 | +2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £960,000 | £1,080,000 | £1,188,000 | +10% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £23,000 | £28,000 | £19,000 | -32.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £448,000 | £493,000 | £538,000 | +9.1% |
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 | -10.3% | 3.6% | -1.8% | |
| Net margin | -21.4% | -4.1% | -24.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.9% | 3.9% | -2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 157.8% | 161.0% | 186.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.12x | 25.51x | 1.73x | |
| Interest cover | -1.43x | 0.46x | -0.23x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- ABBOTT TOXICOLOGY LIMITED 2020-05-01 → present
- ABBOTT TOXICOLOGY PLC 2020-05-01 → 2020-05-01
- ALERE TOXICOLOGY PLC 2012-06-20 → 2020-05-01
- CONCATENO PLC 2005-03-17 → 2012-06-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have concluded that there are no material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ABBOTT TOXICOLOGY LIMITED · parent
- Abbott Healthcare Connections Limited 100%
- Forensics Limited 100%
- Ig Innovations Limited 100%
- Cozart Limited 100%
- EDTS European Drug Testing Service AB 20%
Significant events
- “In November 2025, it was announced that the company would consolidate lab testing to one geographic site. The main laboratory site in Abingdon, UK has instrument utilization and site space capacity to far exceed specimen testing capacity beyond the existing projections and as a result a decision was made to close the second site based at Loughton, UK and consolidate operations in Abingdon.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEELEY, Jennifer | Secretary | 2022-01-14 | — | — |
| DEELEY, Jennifer | Director | 2022-01-14 | Nov 1985 | English |
| WOJCIECHOWICZ, Nicola | Director | 2022-08-01 | Jan 1978 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COULING, Geoffrey | Secretary | 2014-09-17 | 2017-10-03 |
| COULING, Geoffrey John | Secretary | 2010-06-17 | 2013-05-24 |
| ELTON, Neil Anthony | Secretary | 2009-10-31 | 2010-06-17 |
| FADIL, Susan Carol | Secretary | 2005-08-04 | 2008-05-07 |
| HILLHOUSE, Robert James | Secretary | 2005-08-04 | 2008-05-07 |
| NIXON, Rowena | Secretary | 2008-05-07 | 2009-10-31 |
| ROWE, Kenneth James | Secretary | 2019-12-01 | 2022-01-14 |
| AMEYE, Veronique Yvonne | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2015-02-07 |
| BEATO, Paolo | Director | 2018-02-28 | 2020-03-02 |
| BEGLEY, Fiona | Director | 2006-11-06 | 2010-06-24 |
| BREARE, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2022-07-25 |
| BRIDGEN, John | Director | 2009-08-11 | 2013-05-24 |
| CHINIARA, Ellen Vanessa | Director | 2009-08-11 | 2014-09-17 |
| CLAYTON, Michael Robert Kendall | Director | 2022-05-16 | 2026-08-31 |
| CORSELLIS, James Henry Merrick | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2009-08-11 |
| ELTON, Neil Anthony | Director | 2007-09-14 | 2010-07-20 |
| FIELDHOUSE, Ian William | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2013-11-06 |
| HAND, Christopher William, Dr | Director | 2007-10-04 | 2009-08-11 |
| JAMES, Neil Edward | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2018-02-28 |
| MACKEN, Ross Gwynfor | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2014-01-31 |
| MACNAUGHTON, Robert Ian | Director | 2013-11-06 | 2014-11-17 |
| MALKANI, Sanjay | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2018-01-26 |
| MCNAMARA, Joseph Patrick | Director | 2015-04-14 | 2015-11-11 |
| MURRIA, Vinodka | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2009-08-11 |
| PAUL, Stuart | Director | 2018-01-26 | 2018-08-17 |
| PAVIA, Michael James | Director | 2005-03-21 | 2006-07-12 |
| PITHER, Martyn Robert | Director | 2010-06-02 | 2013-01-13 |
| ROWE, Kenneth James | Director | 2020-03-02 | 2021-11-30 |
| TARPEY, Christopher James | Director | 2012-07-24 | 2014-01-31 |
| TEITEL, David | Director | 2009-08-11 | 2015-11-09 |
| TOOHEY, David Gerard | Director | 2009-08-11 | 2013-03-01 |
| TOZZI, Keith | Director | 2005-03-17 | 2010-06-24 |
| WALL, Anthony John | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2015-11-10 |
| WATTS, Mark Irvine John | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2006-11-06 |
| WELCH, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 2010-06-02 | 2012-04-02 |
| WILLIAMS, David Jeffreys | Director | 2005-03-17 | 2006-11-06 |
| WRIGHT, Katharine Hannah | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2013-03-01 |
| YOOR, Brian Bernard | Director | 2017-10-03 | 2018-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alere Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 215 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-26 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2022-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-01-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.