ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+5% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+4.7% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£172K
+49.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £586,575 | £571,836 | |
| Operating profit | -£109,315 | -£128,199 | |
| Profit before tax | £115,164 | £171,838 | |
| Net profit | £115,164 | £171,838 | |
| Cash | £1,067,980 | £1,121,422 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,676,160 | £3,847,998 | |
| Net assets | £3,676,160 | £3,847,998 | |
| Equity | £3,676,160 | £3,847,998 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | £59,836 | £64,567 |
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 | -18.6% | -22.4% | |
| Net margin | 19.6% | 30.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.0% | -3.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.2% | 11.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.35x | 2.69x | |
| Interest cover | -6.31x | -6.89x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The Charity's subsidiary ASAB (Accreditation) Limited, ceased offering accreditation and trading from 31 December 2022. ... During the year, the trustees assisted the directors of ASAB (Accreditation) Limited, in placing into a member's voluntary liquidation on 23 October 2023 and the company was been placed into liquidation on 28 July 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATESON, Melissa, Professor | Director | 2024-01-01 | Feb 1968 | British |
| FRASNELLI, Elisa, Dr | Director | 2024-07-01 | Oct 1982 | Italian |
| RADFORD, Andy, Professor | Director | 2022-03-21 | Jul 1974 | British |
| SIVA-JOTHY, Mike, Professor | Director | 2022-03-21 | Mar 1960 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELWOOD, Robert William, Dr | Secretary | — | 1995-12-15 |
| MCGREGOR, Peter Kenneth, Dr | Secretary | 1995-12-15 | 2001-01-28 |
| RITCHIE, Michael Gordon, Dr | Secretary | 2001-01-29 | 2005-12-31 |
| ROWE, Candida Lucy, Dr. | Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| SHUKER, David, Dr | Secretary | 2013-01-01 | 2017-06-01 |
| WEDELL, Nina, Dr | Secretary | 2006-01-01 | 2013-01-01 |
| BARNARD, Christopher John, Professor | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| BARNARD, Christopher John, Professor | Director | 1995-12-15 | 2001-03-31 |
| BARRETT, Louise, Dr | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2011-06-30 |
| BIRKHEAD, Timothy Robert, Professor | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2016-04-01 |
| CATCHPOLE, Clive Kenneth, Dr | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| CHALMERS, Neil Robert, Dr | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| CUTHILL, Innes Cameron, Professor | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| ELWOOD, Robert William Professor, Professor | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2001-02-06 |
| ELWOOD, Robert William, Dr | Director | — | 1995-12-15 |
| GAGE, Matthew James, George, Professor | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2022-03-21 |
| HEALEY, Susan Denise, Dr | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| HEALY, Susan Denise, Dr | Director | 2016-07-14 | 2022-03-21 |
| HOSKEN, David John, Professor | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| HUNTINGFORD, Felicity Ann, Professor | Director | 2001-02-07 | 2003-12-31 |
| HURST, Jane Louise, Prof | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2013-01-01 |
| KREBS, John Richard, Professor | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1994-12-31 |
| MAGNHAGEN, Carin, Professor | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| MAGURRAN, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1998-01-01 |
| MCGREGOR, Peter Kenneth, Dr | Director | 1995-12-15 | 2001-01-28 |
| MONAGHAN, Patricia, Professor | Director | 2016-07-14 | 2020-12-01 |
| PARTRIDGE, Linda, Professor | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1998-01-01 |
| RITCHIE, Michael Gordon, Dr | Director | 2001-01-29 | 2005-12-31 |
| ROPER, Timothy James, Dr | Director | — | 1995-12-15 |
| SENDOVA-FRANKS, Ana Blagovestova, Dr | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2016-07-13 |
| SHUKER, David Michael, Dr | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2017-06-01 |
| SIMMONS, Leigh, Prof | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| STOCKLEY, Paula, Professor | Director | 2018-08-09 | 2023-12-31 |
| WEDELL, Nina, Dr | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2013-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Michael Siva-Jothy | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2022-03-21 | Ceased 2022-07-11 |
| Professor Matthew James, George Gage | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-07-14 | Ceased 2022-03-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-18 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-07-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-03-29 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-
Turnover
-2.5%
£586,575 £571,836
-
Cash
+5%
£1,067,980 £1,121,422
-
Net assets
+4.7%
£3,676,160 £3,847,998
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-17.3%
-£109,315 -£128,199
-
Profit before tax
+49.2%
£115,164 £171,838
-
Wages
+7.9%
£59,836 £64,567
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers