PURAGEN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-04 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-21
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£17M
Equity attributable
Employees
68
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-07-01
- PURAGEN LIMITED 2025-07-01 → present
- CARBON LINK LIMITED 1990-07-11 → 2025-07-01
- AIMPART LIMITED 1990-05-21 → 1990-07-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34,678,000 | £25,970,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,806,000 | £3,401,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,709,000 | £3,621,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,110,000 | £2,619,000 | |
| Cash | £2,318,000 | £2,837,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,854,000 | £18,554,000 | |
| Net assets | £14,135,000 | £16,754,000 | |
| Equity | £14,135,000 | £16,754,000 | |
| Average employees | 64 | 68 | |
| Wages | £2,664,000 | £2,388,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.0% | 13.1% | |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 10.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.7% | 18.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.94x | 1.61x | |
| Interest cover | 13.17x | 32.08x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate following a review of the Company's financial forecasts and the consideration of the ongoing funding by Tresmares Santander Direct Lending, S.I.C.C., S.A to the Puragen Group.”
Group structure
- PURAGEN LIMITED · parent
- Puragen Engineering Limited 100%
- Puragen Carbones Activados, SL 90%
Significant events
- “On 25th September 2024 the company was sold to Puragen Bidco No.1 Limited who secured new funding provided by Tresmares Santander Direct Lending, S.I.C.C., S.A..”
- “As of 1st July 2025, the company has been renamed to Puragen Limited, to align with the wider Group brand. Additional name changes of the subsidiary companies are in Note 13.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Steven Derek | Director | 2013-04-05 | Aug 1971 | British |
| SUTTON, Jason David | Director | 2018-02-22 | Dec 1982 | British |
| TWIST, Michael Henry | Director | 2017-09-12 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMITAGE, Sharon | Secretary | 2005-03-31 | 2017-08-31 |
| BEAN, Beverley Jayne | Secretary | 2001-02-13 | 2002-03-08 |
| PERTWEE, Richard James Charles | Secretary | — | 1993-06-11 |
| RUDD, Susan Clare | Secretary | 1999-07-05 | 2001-02-13 |
| WILLIAMS, Brian Arthur | Secretary | 2002-03-08 | 2005-03-31 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-06-11 | 1999-07-05 |
| BROOM, Keith | Director | 1999-07-05 | 2001-12-31 |
| KERR, Douglas John | Director | 2004-03-19 | 2007-09-26 |
| MINETT, Timothy William | Director | 2007-09-26 | 2022-10-27 |
| MOORE, Christopher Mark | Director | — | 1993-05-21 |
| MOORE, Colin | Director | — | 1999-07-05 |
| PROCTOR, Frank Andrew | Director | 2008-08-27 | 2013-04-05 |
| ROGERS, David Graham | Director | 2002-03-08 | 2008-08-27 |
| ROGERS, David Graham | Director | — | 1999-07-05 |
| ROGGE, Olaf | Director | — | 1997-02-24 |
| SMALLBONE, Lindsay James Trevor | Director | — | 1999-07-05 |
| WAKE, Darren | Director | 2011-03-15 | 2018-09-28 |
| WILLIAMS, Brian Arthur | Director | 1999-07-05 | 2005-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puragen Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-09-25 | Active |
| Carbon Link Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-09-25 |
| Mr Julian Mash | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-02-14 |
| Sg Hambros Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 199 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-09-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-05 | 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
- 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 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2024-03-31