REFEYN LTD
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Cash
£18m
USD 23,721,000
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£26m
USD 34,900,000
lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
173
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£13m
USD -17,673,000
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,537,762 | £14,897,326 | £23,792,950 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£20,025,306 | -£9,968,959 | -£13,355,102 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£19,160,142 | -£9,745,304 | -£13,115,399 | — | |
| Net profit | -£17,673,389 | -£9,333,811 | -£12,918,738 | — | |
| Cash | £28,304,468 | £27,968,800 | £17,603,711 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £45,852,115 | £41,366,603 | £27,159,926 | — | |
| Net assets | £44,912,614 | £40,284,941 | £25,899,814 | — | |
| Equity | £44,912,614 | £40,284,941 | £25,899,814 | — | |
| Average employees | 170 | 170 | 173 | — | |
| Wages | £17,792,013 | £11,625,279 | £16,760,668 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,551,997 | £744,190 | £421,521 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £14,327 | £28,942 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £2,272,044 | £185,450 | £360,668 | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 6 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -97.5% | -66.9% | -56.1% | |
| Net margin | -86.1% | -62.7% | -54.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -43.7% | -24.1% | -49.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.2% | 20.1% | 30.1% | |
| Current ratio | 6.24x | 4.99x | 3.10x |
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
- REFEYN LTD 2019-02-06 → present
- ARAGO BIOSCIENCES LIMITED 2018-04-27 → 2019-02-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors, after considering the cash resources of the Group at the reporting date and the cash flow forecasts prepared for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements, consider it reasonable that the Group will continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, defined as at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements, and therefore have prepared these financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- REFEYN LTD · parent
- Refeyn Inc. 100%
- Refeyn GmbH 100%
- Refeyn K.K. 100%
Significant events
- “On 11 February 2026, the Parent Company issued 26,000 Ordinary shares at a par value of 0.01p with a nominal value of £2.60 for consideration of £3,320.20.”
- “On 11 March 2026, the Parent Company issued 49,600 Ordinary shares at a par value of 0.01p with a nominal value of £4.96 for consideration of £6,334.92.”
- “On 20 March 2026, the Parent Company issued 9,992 shares at a par value of 0.01p with a nominal value of £0.99 for consideration of £16,878.48.”
- “On 30 March 2026, the Parent Company issued 6,810 shares at a par value of 0.01p with a nominal value of £0.68 for consideration of £1,520.26.”
- “On 4 February 2026, the directors approved a plan to reorganise the Group's operations. The reorganisation, which involved a rationalisation of the global workforce, was substantially complete by 31 March 2026. The total cost of the reorganisation, comprising redundancy and associated costs, was $538,131.”
- “Restructuring costs of $331,037 relate to employees who have already been made redundant.”
- “In addition, $207,095 has been accrued at the reporting date in respect of employees currently working their notice periods.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THAKKAR, Roshni | Secretary | 2024-08-14 | — | — |
| ALTSCHULLER, Susan Mary | Director | 2025-10-01 | May 1981 | American |
| JACKSON, Andrea Liapis | Director | 2020-11-09 | Aug 1978 | American |
| KUKURA, Philipp, Prof | Director | 2018-06-25 | Mar 1978 | German,British |
| MACKAY, John Gerard | Director | 2024-01-01 | May 1962 | British |
| MANGEOLLE, Jean Paul | Director | 2022-08-08 | Jun 1961 | American |
| ROXBOROUGH, Heather Elaine | Director | 2023-03-02 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOXAM, Andrew | Director | 2019-01-22 | 2022-04-06 |
| FERNANDEZ, Anthony | Director | 2020-12-15 | 2023-02-24 |
| FIENNES, Martin Guy | Director | 2020-09-15 | 2022-08-10 |
| FLINT, David Jonathan | Director | 2019-06-24 | 2025-06-10 |
| HOWELLS, David | Director | 2019-02-06 | 2022-04-06 |
| MICA, Andrea Giacomo | Director | 2018-04-27 | 2019-06-27 |
| WARREN, Jeremy Charles Stanley | Director | 2018-06-25 | 2018-10-31 |
| YERUSHALMI, Zachary Brit | Director | 2018-06-26 | 2020-09-15 |
| ZERVOGLOS, Charalambos Alexis | Director | 2022-08-10 | 2023-03-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Science Enterprises Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-03-31 | Active |
| Oxford Science Enterprises Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-07-26 | Ceased 2025-03-31 |
| Prof Philipp Kukura | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-06-25 | Ceased 2019-01-24 |
| The Chancellor, Masters And Scholars Of The University Of Oxford | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-06-25 | Ceased 2018-07-26 |
| Mr Andrea Giacomo Mica | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-04-27 | Ceased 2018-06-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-22 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-06-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-05-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-15 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-31 | RP04PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-09-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 19
- Capital events
- 9
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.