UNCHAINED LABS UK MALVERN LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-18 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£462K
highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
-£9M
lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
43
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£7M
Period ending 2024-12-31
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 | — | — | — | — | £6,553,631 | £9,503,433 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£1,484,048 | -£4,757,171 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£2,468,296 | -£6,837,196 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£2,466,388 | -£6,782,676 | |
| Cash | £28,421 | £11,708 | £9,575 | £28,243 | £261,093 | £462,336 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £49,561 | £76,577 | £115,272 | £39,426,895 | £32,563,469 | |
| Net assets | £22,242 | £45,758 | £71,531 | £110,773 | -£2,499,013 | -£9,277,743 | |
| Equity | £22,242 | £45,758 | £71,531 | £110,773 | -£2,499,013 | -£9,277,743 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 52 | 43 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,108,453 | £2,795,067 | |
| 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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 | — | — | — | — | -22.6% | -50.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -37.6% | -71.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -3.8% | -14.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 105.8% | 125.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.11x | 0.42x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -1.50x | -2.27x |
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
- UNCHAINED LABS UK MALVERN LTD 2022-12-23 → present
- NANOVIEW BIOSCIENCES LIMITED 2018-11-05 → 2022-12-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Edwards
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding the year-end balance sheet, which shows net current liabilities of £3,097,308 (2023 - £1,172,305) and net liabilities of £2,733,050 (2023 - £762,931) the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- UNCHAINED LABS UK MALVERN LTD · parent
- Unchained Labs Royston Ltd 100%
- The Dolomite Centre Limited 100%
- Particle Works Limited 100%
- Blacktrace Inc 100%
- Blacktrace Japan Kabushiki-Kaisha 100%
Significant events
- “On 13 July 2023, the company acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Unchained Labs Royston Ltd.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FREDERICK, Brandon | Director | 2025-12-12 | Jul 1988 | American |
| HARKNESS, Timothy Alan | Director | 2022-05-03 | Jul 1966 | American |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREEDMAN, David, Dr | Director | 2018-11-05 | 2022-05-03 |
| PHELPS, Donald Charles | Director | 2022-05-03 | 2025-12-12 |
| WILLIAMSON, Gerald Michael | Director | 2018-11-05 | 2022-05-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 29 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-12-23 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-12-23 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-07-26 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2022-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-15 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-06-15 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.