UK BIOCENTRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-17
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
-20.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
-3.5% vs 2024
Employees
148
-18.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£295K
-113.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-17.
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6 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,160,008 | £15,276,422 | |
| Operating profit | £1,902,917 | -£566,162 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,156,888 | -£295,473 | |
| Net profit | £1,611,028 | -£287,838 | |
| Cash | £6,308,374 | £5,010,773 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,345,436 | £17,998,582 | |
| Net assets | £8,287,754 | £7,999,916 | |
| Equity | £8,287,754 | £7,999,916 | |
| Average employees | 181 | 148 | |
| Wages | £6,205,198 | £5,151,218 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £80,702 | £85,000 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
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Turnover
-27.8%
£21,160,008 £15,276,422
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Cash
-20.6%
£6,308,374 £5,010,773
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Net assets
-3.5%
£8,287,754 £7,999,916
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Employees
-18.2%
181 148
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Operating profit
-129.8%
£1,902,917 -£566,162
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Profit before tax
-113.7%
£2,156,888 -£295,473
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Wages
-17%
£6,205,198 £5,151,218
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.0% | -3.7% | |
| Net margin | 7.6% | -1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.4% | -3.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.05x | 1.52x |
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
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“With net assets of £7,999,916 on 30 September 2025, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which the Directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The Directors have undertaken a comprehensive review of the Company's financial position and cash flow forecasts, extending beyond 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. These forecasts incorporate assumptions about reasonably possible downside scenarios, including potential fluctuations in processing income and their corresponding impact on cash flow. Through this analysis, the Directors have concluded that the Company will have sufficient financial resources to meet its operational needs and liabilities as they fall due over the going concern period.”
Significant events
- “On 1 October 2025 a Transfer Event occurred in respect of the 1 A Ordinary Share in UK Biocentre Limited held by UK Biobank Limited. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, that share was subsequently compulsorily transferred to UK Biocentre Limited for nil consideration on 10 October 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COX, Antony Vivian, Dr | Director | 2024-10-07 | Jan 1966 | British |
| LIN, Lawrence Yun-Ying | Director | 2026-03-04 | Sep 1977 | American |
| MULKERIN, Andrew J | Director | 2026-03-04 | Jul 1973 | American |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONALDSON, Peter Wilson | Secretary | 2021-08-01 | 2023-12-21 |
| SELLORS, Jonathan Michael Holmes | Secretary | 2011-05-03 | 2021-08-01 |
| ARCHER, John Richard | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-09-25 |
| BENSON, Peter Macleod | Director | 2011-05-03 | 2013-10-11 |
| BOYD, Philip James, Dr | Director | 2017-01-30 | 2023-01-18 |
| CHINNERY, Patrick Francis, Professor | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2023-09-20 |
| COLLINS, Rory Edward, Sir | Director | 2012-10-02 | 2014-09-01 |
| JEANS, David John | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-01-30 |
| JONES, Simon Robert | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2026-03-04 |
| KIFF, Genevieve | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-03-04 |
| NAYLOR, Linda Anne | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2026-03-04 |
| NURSE, Katrina Lesley | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2026-03-04 |
| OLLIER, William Ernest Royce, Professor | Director | 2011-05-03 | 2012-03-16 |
| OUWEHAND, Willem Hendrik, Professor | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2018-09-14 |
| PEAKMAN, Tim, Dr | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2021-03-22 |
| PHELAN, Anne, Dr | Director | 2020-09-22 | 2023-01-18 |
| PRINGLE, Michael Alexander Leary, Professor | Director | 2011-05-04 | 2021-03-31 |
| RAWLINS, Michael, Sir | Director | 2013-10-11 | 2014-09-01 |
| RODDAM, Andrew | Director | 2025-03-01 | 2026-03-04 |
| ROOTH, Emma | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2026-03-04 |
| TREMBATH, Richard Charles, Professor | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2026-03-04 |
| WEISSBERG, Peter Leslie, Professor | Director | 2017-05-17 | 2022-04-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azenta Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-04 | Active |
| Mr Simon Robert Jones | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-01-18 | Ceased 2026-03-04 |
| Uk Biobank Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 6
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.