MEET LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-10 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+11% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-20% vs 2023
Employees
58
-18.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-431.8% vs 2023
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 | — | — | — | — | — | £20,283,681 | £19,875,241 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £436,825 | -£1,297,105 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £397,569 | -£1,319,308 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £325,153 | -£850,292 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £1,127,932 | £1,251,538 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £4,293,076 | £3,903,928 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £4,245,883 | £3,395,591 | |
| Equity | £777,059 | £986,587 | £859,141 | — | £3,436,062 | £4,245,883 | £3,395,591 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | 58 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £4,394,660 | £3,954,985 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £478,252 | £462,456 |
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
-
Turnover
-2%
£20,283,681 £19,875,241
-
Cash
+11%
£1,127,932 £1,251,538
-
Net assets
-20%
£4,245,883 £3,395,591
-
Employees
-18.3%
71 58
-
Operating profit
-396.9%
£436,825 -£1,297,105
-
Profit before tax
-431.8%
£397,569 -£1,319,308
-
Wages
-10%
£4,394,660 £3,954,985
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 2.2% | -6.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.6% | -4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 10.2% | -33.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 56.0% | 71.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.48x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 11.13x | -58.42x |
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
- MEET LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED 2025-05-20 → present
- MEET RECRUITMENT LIMITED 2009-07-27 → 2025-05-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the cash flow forecasts including availability of working capital, and have prepared detailed forecasts with assumptions about the level of future sales, margins and the level of cash recovery from trading. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “A provision equal to £1.2m has been recognised through the profit and loss account against an intercompany balance owed by a fellow group undertaking.”
- “The contract was entered into in the year ended 31 December 2022 for a set number of licences of which, following the reduction in headcount, is no longer being fully utilised. The contract is non-cancellable and non-negotiable; therefore, a provision has been recognised for the element considered to be onerous.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAYNES, Chris | Secretary | 2025-05-14 | — | — |
| HAIGH, Hannah Margaret | Director | 2014-11-11 | Aug 1983 | British |
| HAYNES, Chris John Latimer | Director | 2025-04-30 | Mar 1969 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERNIMAN, Stephen Robert | Secretary | 2020-10-12 | 2025-05-14 |
| CAWTHORN-SMITH, Charlotte Rebecca | Director | 2009-09-30 | 2014-07-18 |
| CAWTHORN-SMITH, Charlotte Rebecca | Director | 2009-07-27 | 2020-10-12 |
| HERNIMAN, Stephen Robert | Director | 2020-10-12 | 2025-04-30 |
| MCGUIRE, Paul John | Director | 2009-07-27 | 2021-09-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meet Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-08-30 | Active |
| Mr Paul John Mcguire | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-20 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2021-09-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-09-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-20 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-05-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-09-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-09-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-08-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.