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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-22 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-11-08

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

-75.3% vs 2024

Net assets

£30M

-31.5% vs 2024

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

-£5M

-295.6% vs 2024

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover
Operating profit £88,087£224,613
Profit before tax £2,578,967-£5,044,128
Net profit £2,578,967-£5,044,128
Cash £9,086,545£2,240,767
Total assets less current liabilities £43,053,893£29,509,765
Net assets £43,053,893£29,509,765
Equity £43,053,893£29,509,765
Average employees
Wages
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. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Return on capital employed 0.2%0.8%
Current ratio 471.27x64.01x

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 2 times since incorporation

  1. SYNCONA DISCOVERY LIMITED 2016-12-30 → present
  2. BACIT DISCOVERY LIMITED 2014-12-23 → 2016-12-30
  3. BACIT CHK1 INVESTMENT LIMITED 2013-11-08 → 2014-12-23

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Deloitte LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors, have reviewed the cash flow, projected income and expenses over the next 12 months and based on the assessment of the Company's financial position, believe that the Company has the ability to continue in operational existence for 12 months following the approval of the financial statements. Thus, it continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 7 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BUTLER, Katherine Elizabeth Director 2024-12-16 Mar 1981 British
JONIKAS, Magdalena Anna Director 2024-12-16 Apr 1984 British
Show 7 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BRADSHAW, John Director 2017-01-17 2021-07-31
HENDERSON, Thomas Alexander Gavin, The Hon. Director 2013-11-08 2017-01-17
HOLLOWOOD, Christopher John, Dr Director 2023-01-01 2024-12-16
LUNN, Gregory, John Director 2013-11-08 2014-05-16
MURPHY, Martin Patrick Director 2017-01-17 2023-01-01
SODERSTROM, Rolf Kristian Berndtson Director 2021-08-01 2024-12-16
THOMAS, Martin Nicholas Caleb Director 2014-05-16 2017-01-17

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Bacit Investments Lp Incorporated Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2016-04-06
Syncona Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 92 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-12-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2024-12-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2025-12-09 SH19 capital Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2025-12-09 SH20 capital Legacy
2025-12-09 CAP-SS insolvency Legacy
2025-12-09 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-11-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-12-17 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-12-17 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-12-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-12-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-12-13 SH19 capital Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2024-12-13 SH20 capital Legacy
2024-12-13 CAP-SS insolvency Legacy
2024-12-13 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2024-12-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-11-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-11-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-03-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-01-24 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
6

last 12 months

Capital events
4

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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