INNOVATA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-01 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£428K
+14,166.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+8.7% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£348K
+656.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- INNOVATA LIMITED 2007-02-06 → present
- INNOVATA PLC 2005-07-14 → 2007-02-06
- M.L. LABORATORIES PLC 1987-09-15 → 2005-07-14
- MINTSWIFT PLC 1987-07-20 → 1987-09-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£26,000 | -£22,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £46,000 | £348,000 | |
| Net profit | £35,000 | £348,000 | |
| Cash | £3,000 | £428,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,999,000 | £4,347,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,999,000 | £4,347,000 | |
| Equity | £3,999,000 | £4,347,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.7% | -0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.4% | 1.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.05x | 7.02x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are satisfied that Molex Foreign Holdings, L.P. has the financial status and ability to honour this letter, and, on this basis, the Directors are satisfied that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- INNOVATA LIMITED · parent
- Innovata Biomed Limited 1%
- Innovata HK Limited 0.82%
Significant events
- “On 17 September 2024, the Company's ultimate parent undertaking, Philip Morris Inc, announced the sale of its investment in Vectura Group Limited and its subsidiaries, including Innovata Limited, to Molex Asia Holdings Limited, a UK incorporated company. The sale was completed on 31 December 2024. The acquisition includes upfront cash consideration of £150m, subject to customary purchase price adjustments, and potential deferred payments of up to £148m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZEITLER, Robert John | Secretary | 2025-06-30 | — | — |
| SCHUMACHER, Charles Peter | Director | 2025-06-30 | Jul 1969 | American |
| WILLIAMS, Chad Martin | Director | 2023-08-09 | Nov 1973 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURRELL, Peter Frederick | Secretary | 2010-07-13 | 2015-01-01 |
| COLEMAN, Lee Fraser | Secretary | 2007-01-17 | 2007-10-12 |
| DICKINSON, Andrew | Secretary | 2007-10-12 | 2010-07-13 |
| HARDY, Mark Glyn | Secretary | — | 1994-01-31 |
| MURPHY, John | Secretary | 2016-09-13 | 2025-06-30 |
| SHENNAN, Peter John | Secretary | 2005-05-09 | 2007-01-17 |
| SMITH, David | Secretary | 1994-01-31 | 2005-05-09 |
| BALLINGTON, Paul Jonathan | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2005-07-14 |
| BLACKWELL, Christopher Paul, Dr | Director | 2010-11-11 | 2015-07-01 |
| BOYES, Robert Nichol, Dr | Director | 1993-03-31 | 2005-05-12 |
| BROWN, Colin Bertram | Director | 1997-12-15 | 2002-10-10 |
| CHADWICK, Terence Stanley, Dr | Director | 2005-07-14 | 2007-01-17 |
| DALTON, Colin Clive | Director | 2005-07-14 | 2011-07-05 |
| DAVIES, Donald Selwyn, Prof | Director | — | 2005-05-12 |
| DAYAN, Anthony David, Professor | Director | 1998-03-01 | 2005-05-12 |
| DERODRA, Mehul Andrew | Director | 2016-06-10 | 2018-07-31 |
| DOWNIE, William | Director | 2020-02-05 | 2022-03-31 |
| FODEN, Susan Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2005-05-12 | 2007-01-17 |
| FOTHERGILL, Geoffrey Peter | Director | 1997-01-06 | 2002-06-13 |
| FROMSON, John, Dr | Director | 2005-05-16 | 2007-01-17 |
| FRY, Paul Andrew | Director | 2019-06-30 | 2022-03-31 |
| HALLSWORTH, Frederick Stanislaus | Director | 2005-04-06 | 2007-01-17 |
| HYLAND, Anne Philomena | Director | 2010-11-11 | 2013-07-01 |
| KENT, Ian Fletcher | Director | 2005-03-02 | 2007-01-17 |
| KNOWLES, Elizabeth Teresa | Director | 2022-03-31 | 2023-07-31 |
| LEECH, Kevin Ronald | Director | — | 2002-10-10 |
| MEDINGER, Till, Dr | Director | 1999-03-01 | 2005-05-12 |
| MURPHY, John | Director | 2022-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| MURPHY, John | Director | 2018-07-31 | 2020-02-05 |
| MURPHY, Kieran Pius | Director | 2005-03-02 | 2007-01-17 |
| OAKLEY, Andrew John | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2016-06-10 |
| OLIVER, Paul Stephen | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2015-01-01 |
| PHILLIPS, Trevor Michael, Dr | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2017-05-31 |
| SHENNAN, Peter John | Director | 1997-11-30 | 2007-01-17 |
| SIM, Stuart William | Director | — | 2005-03-02 |
| UPPAL, Rajan | Director | 2005-07-14 | 2007-01-17 |
| WARD-LILLEY, James Alexander | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2019-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vectura Group Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 320 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+14,166.7%
£3,000 £428,000
-
Net assets
+8.7%
£3,999,000 £4,347,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+15.4%
-£26,000 -£22,000
-
Profit before tax
+656.5%
£46,000 £348,000
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