BIOMERIEUX UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-11 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£589K
-28.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
-5.5% vs 2023
Employees
139
+8.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
-5.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BIOMERIEUX UK LIMITED 1990-10-11 → present
- API BIOMERIEUX (UK) LIMITED 1987-09-02 → 1990-10-11
- API LABORATORY PRODUCTS LIMITED 1972-07-19 → 1987-09-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £88,999,966 | £87,275,297 | |
| Operating profit | £3,904,953 | £3,975,241 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,905,648 | £3,706,166 | |
| Net profit | £2,985,139 | £2,748,298 | |
| Cash | £823,437 | £589,038 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,418,141 | £15,773,979 | |
| Net assets | £14,041,081 | £13,269,829 | |
| Equity | £14,041,081 | £13,269,829 | |
| Average employees | 128 | 139 | |
| Wages | £9,323,310 | £10,368,851 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.3% | 25.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 0.93x | |
| Interest cover | 40.79x | 11.09x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is supported by its parent Company, bioMérieux SA. bioMérieux SA has confirmed their intention to support the Company for a period of at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements being approved for issue.”
Significant events
- “The Directors confirm that there are no subsequent events to report.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEMARIN, Ivan | Secretary | 1998-04-30 | — | French |
| CHEMARIN, Ivan | Director | 2011-08-15 | Jun 1967 | French |
| PLAYE, Bertrand | Director | 2024-04-26 | Oct 1971 | French |
| SKINGLEY, Paul | Director | 2022-07-19 | Apr 1973 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATSON, Maurice Ernest | Secretary | — | 1998-04-30 |
| ADELUS, Benoit | Director | 2001-01-31 | 2007-01-24 |
| BERNARD, Thierry | Director | 2002-11-15 | 2011-08-15 |
| BERTON, Max | Director | 1999-11-10 | 2002-11-14 |
| BOMBARDE, Bruno Paul | Director | 1995-09-08 | 1999-02-19 |
| COMTE, Veronique Audrey | Director | 2018-05-05 | 2021-01-25 |
| DOUCET, Michel | Director | — | 1995-03-15 |
| DURANO, Jean-Marc | Director | 2007-02-09 | 2011-08-15 |
| EVANS, Ronald Shaw | Director | — | 1992-11-12 |
| JACQUEROUD, Henri | Director | 2011-08-15 | 2018-05-05 |
| JACQUES, Stephen James | Director | 2001-09-24 | 2008-03-11 |
| LACHAUSSEE, Michel Marie Marcel | Director | 1995-12-15 | 1998-02-06 |
| MARCINIAK, Vincent | Director | 2021-01-25 | 2024-04-26 |
| MENDEZ, Rocio | Director | 2019-09-18 | 2022-03-01 |
| MERIEUX, Alexandre | Director | 2006-09-18 | 2011-08-15 |
| PELLING, William Edward | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2001-09-24 |
| PORTA, Renato, Doctor | Director | 1998-02-06 | 1999-11-10 |
| TERROT, Claude | Director | 1995-03-15 | 2005-06-29 |
| TISSIER, Jean-Louis | Director | 2011-08-15 | 2019-09-18 |
| VILLET, Philippe | Director | — | 2001-01-31 |
| WALPOLE, Malcolm William | Director | — | 1995-09-08 |
| WATSON, Maurice Ernest | Director | — | 1998-04-30 |
| WELLS, Christopher, 9/05/2010 | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2011-08-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomerieux Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-1.9%
£88,999,966 £87,275,297
-
Cash
-28.5%
£823,437 £589,038
-
Net assets
-5.5%
£14,041,081 £13,269,829
-
Employees
+8.6%
128 139
-
Operating profit
+1.8%
£3,904,953 £3,975,241
-
Profit before tax
-5.1%
£3,905,648 £3,706,166
-
Wages
+11.2%
£9,323,310 £10,368,851
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