MEL SCIENCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-01 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+22.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
+40.8% vs 2023
Employees
13
-7.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1M
+63% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £10,411,328 | £10,638,001 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£3,179,240 | -£1,152,064 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£3,346,647 | -£1,237,633 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£6,517,095 | -£2,535,740 | -£940,447 | |
| Cash | £1,277,547 | £4,083,964 | £1,026,115 | £426,330 | £2,299,755 | £2,813,398 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £2,035,202 | £2,047,604 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £4,755,546 | £812,069 | £1,143,715 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £812,069 | £1,143,715 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 14 | 14 | 13 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,307,844 | £1,294,404 | £930,684 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £298,211 | £357,148 |
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
+2.2%
£10,411,328 £10,638,001
-
Cash
+22.3%
£2,299,755 £2,813,398
-
Net assets
+40.8%
£812,069 £1,143,715
-
Employees
-7.1%
14 13
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+63.8%
-£3,179,240 -£1,152,064
-
Profit before tax
+63%
-£3,346,647 -£1,237,633
-
Wages
-28.1%
£1,294,404 £930,684
lowest in 3 filed years
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -30.5% | -10.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -24.4% | -8.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -156.2% | -56.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.57x | 0.77x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -17.43x | -10.16x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company and group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the directors have adopted the going concern basis in preparation of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MEL SCIENCE LIMITED · parent
- MEL Science U.S. LLC 100%
- Inquisitive Inc 100%
Significant events
- “US turnover decreased by 2%, with a reduction in MEL offset by growth in CB. UK and other turnover increased by 18% driven by growth in the Curiosity Box subscription and the introduction of new products.”
- “Operating (loss) decreased by 64% during the year due to ongoing cost optimisation.”
- “Shareholders' equity increased by 41% due to the issue of convertible loan notes offset by the loss in the year.”
- “The company's "quick ratio" (current assets as a percentage of current liabilities) has increased by 36% mainly due to the conversion of other short term creditors into convertible loan notes.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FILIPPOV, Vasily | Director | 2015-01-12 | May 1977 | British |
| GONCHAROV, Yaroslav | Director | 2019-02-26 | May 1979 | Grenadian |
| HAMILTON-WHITAKER, Tara Lee | Director | 2022-12-10 | May 1980 | British |
| SAFONOV, Sergei | Director | 2024-04-23 | Dec 1987 | Estonian |
| SHOIFOT, Igor A | Director | 2019-03-01 | Apr 1967 | American |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-02-15 | 2023-06-30 |
| AL HAJERI, Khalifa Hamad Ahmed Salem | Director | 2020-11-17 | 2023-12-05 |
| FILATOV, Dmitry | Director | 2016-09-24 | 2022-03-21 |
| SAFONOV, Sergey | Director | 2019-02-26 | 2022-03-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Vasily Filippov | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.