THE SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-25 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+4.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+10.2% vs 2023
Employees
15
-6.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £176,991 | £595,383 | |
| Cash | £3,555,631 | £3,714,897 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,081,620 | £10,011,113 | |
| Net assets | £9,081,620 | £10,011,113 | |
| Equity | £9,081,620 | £10,011,113 | |
| Average employees | 16 | 15 | |
| Wages | £649,022 | £660,863 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.9% | 2.6% | |
| Current ratio | 8.03x | 18.07x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees of the charity have concluded that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 90 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMICI DARGAN, Sheila Louise, Dr | Director | 2020-09-03 | Mar 1977 | British |
| DE BOECK, Gudrun, Professor | Director | 2023-07-07 | Aug 1966 | Belgian |
| EMMERSON, Robyn, Dr | Director | 2023-07-07 | May 1998 | British |
| LAWSON, Tracy, Professor | Director | 2021-06-29 | May 1971 | British |
| LITTLEJOHN, George Robert, Dr | Director | 2024-07-02 | Mar 1976 | British |
| LOVE, John, Dr | Director | 2013-07-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
| MARK, Felix, Dr | Director | 2022-10-17 | Jan 1975 | German |
| PARK, Ji Young | Director | 2022-04-01 | Oct 1974 | American |
| SANTELIA, Diana, Dr | Director | 2024-05-01 | Oct 1975 | Italian |
| SOZZANI, Rosangela, Professor | Director | 2023-07-07 | Jul 1978 | American |
Show 90 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Alun, Dr | Secretary | 2008-09-01 | 2009-11-23 |
| DE BOECK, Gudrun, Dr | Secretary | 2008-09-01 | 2009-11-23 |
| EVANS, Leonard Vernon, Professor | Secretary | 1993-03-30 | 2009-10-01 |
| HESLOP-HARRISON, John, Professor | Secretary | 2008-09-01 | 2009-11-23 |
| RANDALL, Geoffrey Luigi Paulo, Dr | Secretary | 2008-09-01 | 2009-11-23 |
| SCHOFIELD, Geraldine, Dr | Secretary | 2008-09-01 | 2009-11-23 |
| ALEXANDER, Robert Mcneill, Professor | Director | 1993-03-30 | 1997-04-09 |
| ANDERSON, Alun, Dr | Director | 2008-09-03 | 2015-06-29 |
| ANSTEE, John Howard, Prof | Director | — | 1998-03-25 |
| BOWLER, Kenneth, Professor | Director | — | 1995-04-05 |
| BRIDGES, Christopher Robert, Professor Doctor | Director | 1993-03-30 | 1998-03-25 |
| BROOM, Susan Mcintosh | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2019-07-01 |
| BRYANT, John Allen, Dr | Director | 1992-04-07 | 2005-05-18 |
| BUCHANAN-WOLLASTON, Alison Victoria, Professor | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2016-11-24 |
| BURRELL, Michael Meyrick, Professor | Director | 2004-03-30 | 2012-04-30 |
| CLARKSON, David Thomas, Professor | Director | 1997-04-09 | 2001-04-03 |
| D'CRUZ, Greig Irving | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2021-12-01 |
| DAVIES, William John | Director | — | 1994-05-05 |
| DE BOECK, Gudrun, Professor | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2019-07-01 |
| DENBY, Katherine Janet, Professor | Director | 2016-11-24 | 2019-07-01 |
| DOW, Julian Alexander Thomas, Doctor | Director | — | 1998-03-28 |
| EGGINTON, Stuart, Dr | Director | 1997-04-09 | 2003-03-31 |
| EL HAJ, Alicia Jennifer, Doctor | Director | 1992-04-07 | 1998-03-28 |
| ELPHICK, Maurice Richard, Dr | Director | 2003-03-31 | 2006-05-18 |
| EMES, Michael James, Dr | Director | 1993-03-30 | 1996-03-27 |
| EVANS, David Edgar, Professor | Director | 2019-09-23 | 2023-07-07 |
| EVANS, David Edgar, Professor | Director | 2000-03-28 | 2007-07-27 |
| FAHLMAN, Andreas, Dr | Director | 2020-09-03 | 2021-10-19 |
| FARRELL, Anthony Peter, Professor | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2015-06-29 |
| FIRN, Richard David | Director | — | 1995-04-05 |
| FLIK, Gert, Doctor | Director | 1997-04-09 | 2003-03-31 |
| FOYER, Christine Helen, Professor | Director | 1999-03-23 | 2001-04-03 |
| FRANKLIN, Craig, Professor | Director | 2009-12-02 | 2011-02-21 |
| FRANKLIN, Craig Edwin, Professor | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2021-06-29 |
| FRANKLIN TONG, Vernonica Elsa, Dr | Director | 2001-04-03 | 2007-03-01 |
| GRIFFITHS, Howard, Professor | Director | 2002-04-09 | 2006-07-01 |
| HANDY, Richard Daniel | Director | 2003-03-31 | 2008-04-30 |
| HAZON, Neil, Doctor | Director | 1996-03-27 | 2001-04-03 |
| HESLOP HARRISON, John Seymour | Director | 1994-04-12 | 2001-04-03 |
| HESLOP-HARRISON, John Seymour, Professor | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2011-07-01 |
| HUSSEY, Patrick Joseph, Professor | Director | 2012-06-11 | 2018-07-02 |
| HUSSEY, Patrick Joseph, Professor | Director | 2009-12-02 | 2010-01-01 |
| HUSSEY, Patrick Joseph, Professor | Director | 2006-04-26 | 2007-03-01 |
| HUTCHISON, Christopher, Professor | Director | 2003-03-31 | 2005-05-18 |
| JARVIS, Paul Gordon | Director | 1991-05-09 | 1995-04-05 |
| JOHNSTON, Ian Alistair, Prof | Director | 2005-05-18 | 2009-07-01 |
| JOHNSTON, Ian Alastair, Professor | Director | 1997-04-09 | 2001-04-03 |
| KEPINSKI, Stefan Samuel | Director | 2019-07-02 | 2024-07-02 |
| KILLEN, Shaun Steven, Professor | Director | 2020-01-27 | 2022-10-17 |
| KNIGHT, Marc Robert, Dr | Director | 2000-03-28 | 2001-04-03 |
| LEA, Peter John, Professor | Director | 1998-03-25 | 2001-04-03 |
| LEIGH, Roger Allen, Professor | Director | 2003-03-31 | 2007-07-27 |
| LEIGH, Roger Allen, Professor | Director | 1995-04-05 | 1998-03-28 |
| LINDSEY, Keith, Prof. | Director | 2005-05-18 | 2013-07-01 |
| LITTLEJOHN, George, Dr | Director | 2015-04-24 | 2018-07-02 |
| LOWE, Kenneth Charles | Director | 1994-04-12 | 1997-04-09 |
| MIYAN, Jaleel Ahmad | Director | 1998-03-25 | 2001-04-03 |
| MORDUE, William | Director | 1999-03-23 | 2003-03-31 |
| MURRAY, James Augustus Henry, Professor | Director | 2019-07-02 | 2023-07-07 |
| MURRAY, James Augustus Henry, Dr | Director | 2005-05-18 | 2007-03-01 |
| NAPIER, Richard Maxwell, Doctor | Director | 1997-04-09 | 2005-05-18 |
| NEIL, Douglas Mclachlan, Dr | Director | 1991-04-04 | 1994-04-12 |
| NEWLAND, Philip, Dr | Director | 2005-05-18 | 2007-03-01 |
| NORRIN, Tommy | Director | 2019-07-02 | 2023-07-07 |
| OUGHAM, Helen Joan | Director | 1997-04-09 | 2000-03-28 |
| PARRY, Martin Afan John, Professor | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2024-05-01 |
| PRITCHARD, Jeremy, Professor | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2014-04-10 |
| RAINES, Christine Anne, Professor | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2019-07-01 |
| RAINES, Christine, Professor | Director | 2009-12-02 | 2013-07-01 |
| RANDALL, Geoffrey Luigi Paulo, Professor | Director | 2008-09-03 | 2015-06-29 |
| RAVEN, John Albert, Professor | Director | 1995-04-05 | 1999-03-23 |
| RAY, Eamon Mohan | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2018-07-02 |
| RIDHA, Heider | Director | 2018-11-23 | 2021-03-18 |
| RIEHLE, Mathis Oliver, Dr | Director | 2001-04-03 | 2009-07-01 |
| ROBERTS, Jeremy Alan, Doctor | Director | — | 2000-03-28 |
| SANDERS, Dale, Professor | Director | 1994-04-12 | 1997-04-09 |
| SCHOFIELD, Geraldine, Dr | Director | 2008-09-03 | 2015-06-29 |
| SCHWARZACHER, Gertrude Maria, Dr | Director | 2003-03-31 | 2006-04-26 |
| SMIRNOFF, Nicholas, Dr | Director | 2001-04-03 | 2007-03-01 |
| SMITH, Aileen Roberta, Dr | Director | 1995-04-05 | 1997-04-09 |
| SNEDDON, Lynne Ure, Dr | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2020-01-02 |
| STEAD, Anthony Donald, Doctor | Director | 1992-04-07 | 2004-03-30 |
| TAYLOR, Edwin William, Professor | Director | 2001-04-03 | 2007-03-01 |
| TAYLOR, Edwin William, Doctor | Director | — | 1994-04-12 |
| THORNDYKE, Michael Charles, Professor | Director | — | 1996-03-27 |
| VAN GARDINGEN, Paul Richard, Professor | Director | 1996-03-27 | 1999-03-23 |
| WANG, Tobias, Professor | Director | 2008-04-30 | 2009-10-01 |
| WATSON, Martin Douglas, Dr | Director | 1996-03-27 | 2019-12-31 |
| WILSON, Roderick William, Dr | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2005-05-18 |
| WOAKES, Anthony James | Director | — | 1997-04-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 282 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+4.5%
£3,555,631 £3,714,897
-
Net assets
+10.2%
£9,081,620 £10,011,113
-
Employees
-6.3%
16 15
-
Wages
+1.8%
£649,022 £660,863
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