R-BIOPHARM RHONE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+1.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+8.3% vs 2024
Employees
72
+1.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+34.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- R-BIOPHARM RHONE LIMITED 2001-12-18 → present
- RHONE DIAGNOSTICS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1996-03-28 → 2001-12-18
- RHONE-POULENC DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED 1989-07-27 → 1996-03-28
- MAY & BAKER DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED 1985-12-02 → 1989-07-27
- INTERCEDE 300 LIMITED 1985-09-24 → 1985-12-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,336,349 | £16,426,596 | |
| Operating profit | £1,817,825 | £2,453,011 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,826,618 | £2,454,433 | |
| Net profit | £1,366,178 | £1,814,771 | |
| Cash | £1,886,643 | £1,917,356 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,749,634 | £10,601,143 | |
| Net assets | £8,982,765 | £9,726,798 | |
| Equity | £8,982,765 | £9,726,798 | |
| Average employees | 71 | 72 | |
| Wages | £2,678,170 | £2,818,090 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.9% | 14.9% | |
| Net margin | 8.9% | 11.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.6% | 23.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.68x | 3.27x | |
| Interest cover | — | 516.42x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors' 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 Company's ability to continue as a going concern”
Significant events
- “We have become a Disability confident employer in 2025.”
- “We have further developed our partnership with an automated liquid handling Company in 2025.”
- “RBRs sales and profits grew well in 2025, the UK business was steady, but International business grew considerably, driven by products made in Glasgow.”
- “In 2025 we have further developed our business continuity plan, an action that will continue in 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOOLLEY, Frank Nicholas | Secretary | — | — | British |
| BEVIS, Simon James | Director | 2006-09-07 | Jun 1965 | British |
| DREHER, Christian | Director | 2019-03-26 | Feb 1980 | German |
| SALZBRENNER, Ute | Director | 2023-09-01 | Nov 1965 | German |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELMON, Odile | Director | 1996-04-02 | 1997-10-18 |
| BELMON, Pierre Albert | Director | 1993-07-14 | 2001-12-13 |
| BONY, Marcel | Director | 1993-06-25 | 2007-06-12 |
| BRUNS, Carsten Joachim Ernst, Dr | Director | 2007-06-12 | 2018-10-30 |
| DREHER, Ralf Michael | Director | 2001-01-31 | 2012-11-05 |
| FAUCONNIER, Jean-Claude | Director | — | 1994-02-04 |
| GILBEY, David Bernard James | Director | — | 1997-02-03 |
| GRAMMER, Peter Anton | Director | 2003-10-16 | 2006-08-25 |
| HESSING, Michael | Director | 2001-01-31 | 2002-12-05 |
| HIRSCH, Jochen | Director | 2012-11-05 | 2023-08-31 |
| MELLETT, Michael Craig | Director | — | 1996-03-15 |
| SARGENT, Peter | Director | 1997-02-03 | 2001-01-31 |
| STIMSON, William Howard, Professor | Director | — | 1996-03-15 |
| WOOLLEY, Frank Nicholas | Director | 1996-03-15 | 2001-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ralf Michael Dreher | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-10 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2021-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+7.1%
£15,336,349 £16,426,596
-
Cash
+1.6%
£1,886,643 £1,917,356
-
Net assets
+8.3%
£8,982,765 £9,726,798
-
Employees
+1.4%
71 72
-
Operating profit
+34.9%
£1,817,825 £2,453,011
-
Profit before tax
+34.4%
£1,826,618 £2,454,433
-
Wages
+5.2%
£2,678,170 £2,818,090
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