ADVANCED INSTRUMENTS HOLDINGS LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-28 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+33% vs 2023
Net assets
-£72M
-202.7% vs 2023
Employees
109
+0.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£54M
+35.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- ADVANCED INSTRUMENTS HOLDINGS LTD. 2022-05-31 → present
- ADVANCED INSTRUMENTS LTD. 2018-01-03 → 2022-05-31
- VITECH SCIENTIFIC LTD 1994-07-01 → 2018-01-03
- VITAL SCIENTIFIC LIMITED 1984-12-10 → 1994-07-01
- WINCREST LIMITED 1984-07-04 → 1984-12-10
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £19,071,003 | £22,222,845 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£78,504,367 | -£48,078,146 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£84,802,075 | -£54,350,255 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£84,217,071 | -£48,496,009 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £3,761,595 | £5,004,062 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £96,288,999 | £41,968,316 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | -£23,905,067 | -£72,364,492 | |
| Equity | £1,302,558 | £2,425,711 | £72,159,399 | -£23,905,067 | -£72,364,492 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 108 | 109 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £6,639,954 | £6,921,636 |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -411.6% | -216.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -441.6% | -218.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -81.5% | -114.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.50x | 0.39x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -12.44x | -7.63x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Galloways Accounting
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 group's and the parent company'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.”
Group structure
- ADVANCED INSTRUMENTS HOLDINGS LTD. · parent
- Advanced Instruments Ltd 100%
- Advanced Instruments SAS 100%
- Advanced Instruments Denmark ApS 100%
- Advanced Instruments (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd 100%
- Advanced Instruments Limited 100%
- Advanced Instruments (Belgium) BV 100%
- Advanced Instruments GmbH 100%
- Advanced Instruments Life Sciences GmbH 100%
- SAL Scientific Limited 100%
- Advanced Instruments Korea, LLC 100%
Significant events
- “The group recorded a non-cash impairment charge of £31.5m in 2024 (2023: £62.9m) to reduce the carrying value of goodwill to its fair value. The impairment was driven lower than expected sales of the Solentim portfolio, globally.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOYER, Matthew | Secretary | 2022-04-08 | — | — |
| GRAVITAS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-04-24 | — | — |
| HANLON, Susan Marie | Director | 2017-07-10 | Jan 1968 | American |
| HOYER, Matthew Carl | Director | 2024-02-16 | Sep 1974 | American |
| SELMAN, Byron | Director | 2017-05-15 | Sep 1966 | American |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOPER, Elizabeth Carol Denholm | Secretary | — | 2013-12-31 |
| BOWN, Christopher Stanley | Director | 1991-01-01 | 2008-03-19 |
| COSTAS, Peter Paul | Director | 2014-04-24 | 2017-06-19 |
| COUGHLIN, John Leland | Director | 2014-04-24 | 2017-05-12 |
| GARRATT, Adrian Richard | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2019-04-23 |
| HOOPER, Peter John | Director | — | 2014-04-24 |
| NORIS, James Patrick | Director | 2014-04-24 | 2017-07-09 |
| SMITH, James Scott Allen | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2024-02-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-05-31 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-12 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-03-11 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-05-31 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-04-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
+16.5%
£19,071,003 £22,222,845
-
Cash
+33%
£3,761,595 £5,004,062
-
Net assets
-202.7%
-£23,905,067 -£72,364,492
-
Employees
+0.9%
108 109
-
Operating profit
+38.8%
-£78,504,367 -£48,078,146
-
Profit before tax
+35.9%
-£84,802,075 -£54,350,255
-
Wages
+4.2%
£6,639,954 £6,921,636
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