BIOPHORUM OPERATIONS GROUP LTD
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Cash
£1.7m
-66.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£17m
+26.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
93
+4.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.3m
+9.4% vs 2024
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 | £15,634,408 | £15,811,773 | £17,125,579 | +8.3% | |
| Operating profit | £4,350,218 | £3,968,145 | £4,327,981 | +9.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,409,820 | £3,974,661 | £4,347,723 | +9.4% | |
| Net profit | £3,305,325 | £2,685,916 | £3,436,905 | +28% | |
| Cash | £5,361,916 | £5,048,265 | £1,684,867 | -66.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,537,666 | £13,446,390 | £17,055,142 | +26.8% | |
| Net assets | £10,537,666 | £13,411,206 | £17,004,685 | +26.8% | |
| Equity | £10,537,666 | £13,411,206 | £17,004,685 | +26.8% | |
| Average employees | 84 | 89 | 93 | +4.5% | |
| Wages | £5,916,676 | £6,816,853 | £7,330,138 | +7.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 27.8% | 25.1% | 25.3% | |
| Net margin | 21.1% | 17.0% | 20.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 41.3% | 29.5% | 25.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.8% | 46.8% | 45.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.00x | 2.11x | 2.16x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management have prepared group financial forecasts for a period covering at least 12 months from the date of signature of these financial statements. In preparing the forecasts, management have considered historical membership attrition rates, projections of future membership fee increases, and the future expected growth rates of the Company. A sensitised version of the forecasts was also prepared, which considered a set of revenue downside scenarios, to demonstrate the impact on cash and lending covenant headroom. As the Company is the main trading entity within the Agora Topco group, consideration has also been given to the capacity of the group to meet the interest payments due on its third-party term loan and its ability to adhere to the lending covenant. Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have concluded that it is appropriate to prepare these financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Launched a Host Cell Protein data platform as a commercial standalone product in late 2024.”
- “Provided funds to a group company to purchase Inspired Pharma Training Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOBEWKA, Deborah Karen | Director | 2024-11-07 | Dec 1961 | British |
| TAGG, Michael James | Director | 2025-08-14 | Aug 1982 | British |
| WHITMAN, Darren | Director | 2009-04-22 | Nov 1966 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STOREY, James Michael | Secretary | 2020-07-17 | 2023-11-17 |
| CHALK, Simon Charles | Director | 2009-01-19 | 2021-05-17 |
| HAWKINS, Timothy Edward | Director | 2022-04-05 | 2024-04-30 |
| JONES, Stephen William | Director | 2009-05-18 | 2025-02-28 |
| SIMPSON PLATRE, Christelle Veronique Helene, Doctor | Director | 2009-04-22 | 2021-05-17 |
| SPACIE, Daniel John | Director | 2019-12-01 | 2021-11-05 |
| STOREY, James Michael | Director | 2020-07-17 | 2021-05-17 |
| WHITE, Anthony Colin | Director | 2009-04-22 | 2021-05-17 |
| WOOD, Timothy Nicholas | Director | 2022-05-12 | 2024-09-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symposium Capital Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-06-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 76 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.