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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-22 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-08-08

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£6M

-1% vs 2023

Net assets

-£18M

-415.5% vs 2023

Employees

162

-28.6% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£15M

-277.7% vs 2023

Accounts

4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2021-08-082022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £63,422,289£64,878,492
Operating profit -£1,015,453-£11,083,321
Profit before tax -£3,996,527-£15,093,753
Net profit -£3,590,051-£14,880,526
Cash £6,042,829£5,983,205
Total assets less current liabilities £44,940,984£32,845,477
Net assets -£3,554,883-£18,327,150
Equity £0-£292,717-£3,554,883-£18,327,150
Average employees 227162
Wages £17,674,827£14,187,829
Directors' remuneration £578,602£850,183

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

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 2021-08-082022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -1.6%-17.1%
Net margin -5.7%-22.9%
Return on capital employed -2.3%-33.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 106.6%141.7%
Current ratio 1.80x1.50x
Interest cover -0.37x-2.98x

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
IFRS
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Saffery LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have forecast profit and loss, financial position and cash flows for at least 12 months from the date of financial statement approval. The directors have considered assumptions about the level of future sales, margins and the level of cash recovery from trading. In the opinion of the directors, there are no key assumptions in deriving these forecasts in which a reasonably possible change could result in a material uncertainty over going concern. Management confirm no financial condition breaches occurred during the period or post year-end. On the basis of the matters above, directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. PROJECT PANDA TOPCO LIMITED · parent
    1. Project Panda Bidco Limited 100% · UK
    2. Meet Life Sciences Limited 100% · UK · specialist recruitment consultant providing both interim (contract) and permanent staff within the life sciences industry
    3. Meet Life Sciences Inc. 100% · US · specialist recruitment consultant providing both interim (contract) and permanent staff within the life sciences industry
    4. Meet Personalberatung GmbH 100% · Germany · specialist recruitment consultant providing both interim (contract) and permanent staff within the life sciences industry
    5. Meet Life Sciences Group Limited 100% · UK

Significant events

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

People

5 active · 3 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
FRAME, Philip Thomas Director 2021-08-09 Mar 1983 British
HAIGH, Hannah Margaret Director 2021-09-03 Aug 1983 British
HAYNES, Chris John Latimer Director 2025-04-30 Mar 1969 British
ROUND, Anton Director 2021-09-03 Jan 1980 British
TIMMS, Glenn Gordon Director 2023-05-19 Jun 1961 British
Show 3 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HERNIMAN, Stephen Robert Director 2021-09-03 2025-04-30
MAY, Liam Steven Director 2021-09-02 2021-09-14
STENTON, Raymond Director 2021-09-03 2023-05-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Northedge Capital Iii Gp Llp Corporate entity Significant influence 2021-09-03 Active
Northedge Capital Llp Corporate entity Significant influence 2021-09-03 Active
Philip Thomas Frame Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2021-08-09 Ceased 2021-09-03

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 42 total filings

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

  • 2023-03-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2025-08-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-08-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2025-05-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-05-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2024-09-16 RP04CS01 confirmation-statement Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date PDF
2024-09-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-08-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement PDF
2023-08-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-07-21 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address
2023-07-12 RP04TM01 officers Second filing of director termination with name
2023-06-16 RP05 address Default companies house registered office address applied
2023-05-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-05-23 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date
2023-03-16 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2023-03-16 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares
2023-03-14 SH06 capital Capital cancellation shares
2023-02-23 RP04SH01 capital Second filing capital allotment shares PDF
2022-10-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-10-20 RP04SH01 capital Second filing capital allotment shares PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

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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