ASTREA UK SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£931k
-24.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£12m
+1.8% vs 2024
Employees
53
-28.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£359k
-88.1% vs 2024
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
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,508,358 | £2,997,627 | -45.6% | |
| Operating profit | £2,997,596 | £325,567 | -89.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,003,799 | £358,680 | -88.1% | |
| Net profit | £4,472,009 | £209,053 | -95.3% | |
| Cash | £1,240,682 | £931,332 | -24.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,531,779 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £11,339,297 | £11,548,350 | +1.8% | |
| Equity | £11,339,297 | £11,548,350 | +1.8% | |
| Average employees | 74 | 53 | -28.4% | |
| Wages | £6,374,507 | £4,535,276 | -28.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £702,347 | £572,802 | -18.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,352 | £6,971 | +30.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £248,923 | £284,753 | +14.4% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — 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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 54.4% | 10.9% | |
| Net margin | 81.2% | 7.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.0% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.4% | 29.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.57x | 1.64x |
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
- Grant Thornton NI LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing it's financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The business incurred exceptional costs of £1.2m in the year (2024: £nil). These costs for are principally connected with KKR's acquisition of Astrea UK Services Limited's previous ultimate parent company, Biotage AB, as well a corporate restructuring undertaken during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUMMERSONE, Marc Geoffery, Dr. | Director | 2025-03-21 | Feb 1973 | British |
| KELLETT, Andrew | Director | 2022-04-13 | Jul 1968 | British |
| TASKER, Anna Charlotte | Director | 2025-03-21 | Oct 1988 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Steven James | Director | 2020-04-16 | 2025-03-14 |
| FRANKLIN, David James | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2022-03-23 |
| PIZZIE, Terence William | Director | 2022-04-13 | 2025-01-31 |
| RUWALD, Bjorn Clauber | Director | 2020-04-16 | 2020-04-16 |
| SMITH, Warren | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2025-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kkr Europe Vi Aggregator Holdings Iii Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2025-07-11 | Active |
| Astrea Group Holdings Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-04-16 | Ceased 2025-07-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.