DIACEUTICS PLC
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Cash
£7.3m
-42.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£40m
+1.6% vs 2024
Employees
172
-2.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£302k
+115.8% highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,699,000 | £32,158,000 | £38,437,000 | +19.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£3,018,000 | -£3,088,000 | £79,000 | +102.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,438,000 | -£1,908,000 | £302,000 | +115.8% | |
| Net profit | — | -£1,703,000 | £97,000 | +105.7% | |
| Cash | £16,667,000 | £12,744,000 | £7,344,000 | -42.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £48,429,000 | £48,811,000 | +0.8% | |
| Net assets | £40,786,000 | £39,857,000 | £40,480,000 | +1.6% | |
| Equity | £40,786,000 | £39,857,000 | £40,480,000 | +1.6% | |
| Average employees | 184 | 176 | 172 | -2.3% | |
| Wages | £11,487,000 | £13,743,000 | £13,014,000 | -5.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £927,000 | £758,463 | £1,105,600 | +45.8% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -12.7% | -9.6% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | — | -5.3% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -6.4% | 0.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 15.6% | 29.4% | 29.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.57x | 6.08x | 5.88x | |
| Interest cover | -35.09x | -53.24x | 0.23x |
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
- DIACEUTICS PLC 2019-03-14 → present
- DIACEUTICS LTD 2005-05-17 → 2019-03-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the Group financial performance and strategic plan, with a range of scenario plans to 31 December 2028, have been considered, including a severe but plausible downside scenario and an even more extreme scenario at the lower end of the range, significant headroom remains in minimum cash balance over the period to December 31, 2028. The Group continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Group and Company financial statements.”
Group structure
- DIACEUTICS PLC · parent
- Diaceutics Ireland Limited 100%
- Labceutics Limited 100%
- Diaceutics Inc. 100%
- Diaceutics Pte Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHELLEY, Lauren Dewitt | Secretary | 2026-02-09 | — | — |
| CLARK, Jordan Russell | Director | 2024-10-01 | Jul 1984 | British |
| KEELING, Peter | Director | 2005-05-17 | May 1960 | British |
| KEELING, Ryan Gerard | Director | 2017-01-01 | Nov 1982 | British |
| MACDIARMID, Cheryl Faye | Director | 2024-10-01 | Mar 1968 | Canadian |
| PATERSON, Graham Douglas | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jan 1971 | British |
| ROBERTS, Nicholas Stewart | Director | 2022-03-18 | Dec 1982 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAIG, Sally | Secretary | 2020-09-11 | 2025-05-05 |
| KANE, Dorothy May | Secretary | 2005-05-17 | 2005-05-17 |
| KEELING, Delia | Secretary | 2005-05-17 | 2016-09-01 |
| MULLAN, Carmel | Secretary | 2019-03-13 | 2020-09-11 |
| ROBERTS, Nicholas Stewart | Secretary | 2025-05-05 | 2026-02-09 |
| WHITE, Jemma | Secretary | 2016-09-01 | 2018-02-26 |
| WHITE, Philip Henry | Secretary | 2018-02-26 | 2019-03-13 |
| DAVIS, Deborah Lee | Director | 2021-01-04 | 2024-10-01 |
| GOONEWARDENE WALLIN, Julie | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2020-12-31 |
| HINDSON, Richard Charles | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2023-10-01 |
| KEELING, Delia | Director | 2005-05-17 | 2018-09-06 |
| WHITE, Philip Henry Hugh | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2022-03-18 |
| WORT, Michael Dennis | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2024-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Keeling | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-06-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 229 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-06-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-06-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-06-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 13
- 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.