BIOCAIR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-22 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-08
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+24.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+139.5% vs 2023
Employees
191
-8.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+138.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BIOCAIR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1992-03-27 → present
- BIOCAIR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LIMITED 1986-11-05 → 1992-03-27
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 | £20,223,259 | £22,076,218 | |
| Operating profit | £1,632,060 | £1,845,213 | |
| Profit before tax | £736,444 | £1,753,166 | |
| Net profit | £1,900,509 | £1,420,730 | |
| Cash | £847,045 | £1,055,491 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,142,116 | £23,817,588 | |
| Net assets | £1,093,258 | £2,618,684 | |
| Equity | £1,093,258 | £2,618,684 | |
| Average employees | 208 | 191 | |
| Wages | £9,277,804 | £8,757,218 |
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 | 8.1% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.5% | 7.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 1.17x | |
| Interest cover | 0.89x | 1.12x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on our going concern assessment, the company has adequate financial resources to continue operating as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors have continued to receive support from Geopost through renegotiation of terms for existing intercompany debt.”
Group structure
- BIOCAIR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Biocair Asia Limited 100%
- Biocair Belgium N.V. 99%
- Biocair Germany GmbH 100%
- Biocair South Africa (Pty) Ltd 100%
- Biocair Australia (Pty) Limited 100%
- Biocair France SAS 100%
- Biocair India Private Ltd 99%
- Biocair International Forwarding (Shanghai) Co. Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The company incurred a cyber incident in April 2023 and this risk is still applicable to the business. The company has made significant investment in enhancing infrastructure and cyber security to mitigate this risk.”
- “The company experienced a cyber incident on 16 April 2023 which affected its core systems including its core operational system. Systems and operations manually took place for 3 weeks until systems were restored. The company engaged forensic experts and advisors to support managing the incident. The business returned to normal operations shortly after this incident. In February 2024, the company received £1,250,082 in respect of its claim from its insurers in relation to the incident. Specific consultancy costs of £244,833 have been offset against the amount recognised in Other operating income.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLEMENT, Gwenael | Director | 2022-12-01 | Dec 1981 | French |
| DEMOGE, Benjamin Robert | Director | 2020-01-02 | Dec 1976 | French |
| HOWARD, Vincent James | Director | 1995-10-16 | Jul 1968 | British |
| MARCHAL, Philippe | Director | 2024-10-31 | Apr 1975 | French |
| SHAH, Pranab Mahendra | Director | 2026-01-19 | Apr 1969 | American |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIME, Simon John Covell | Secretary | — | 2012-08-21 |
| BRADSHAW, Michael Laurence | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2012-08-21 |
| COOKE, Christopher Raymond | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2023-12-22 |
| COPIGNEAUX, Francois | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2020-01-02 |
| EWAN, Wesley Lloyd | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2010-03-04 |
| FAVRE-LORRAINE, Cedric | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2022-12-01 |
| HIGGS, Simon | Director | 2012-08-21 | 2015-04-20 |
| HOUGHTON, Russell Neil | Director | — | 2002-09-13 |
| JILLINGS, Andrew Blaise | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2020-09-18 |
| KIME, Simon John Covell | Director | — | 2012-08-21 |
| KING, Andrew Crispin Lancaster | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2011-03-23 |
| MILNE, Andrew | Director | — | 1991-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caisse Des Depots Et Consignations | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2018-01-07 | Ceased 2024-06-03 |
| Agence Des Participations De L'Etat | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2024-06-03 |
| Geopost Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-11 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-10 | 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
- 1
- 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
+9.2%
£20,223,259 £22,076,218
-
Cash
+24.6%
£847,045 £1,055,491
-
Net assets
+139.5%
£1,093,258 £2,618,684
-
Employees
-8.2%
208 191
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Operating profit
+13.1%
£1,632,060 £1,845,213
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Profit before tax
+138.1%
£736,444 £1,753,166
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Wages
-5.6%
£9,277,804 £8,757,218
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