LONZA BIOLOGICS PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-25 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+19.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£167M
+2.1% vs 2023
Employees
1,389
-2.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£45M
+2.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LONZA BIOLOGICS PLC 1996-07-01 → present
- CELLTECH BIOLOGICS PLC 1992-08-25 → 1996-07-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £310,506,000 | £266,962,000 | |
| Operating profit | £45,839,000 | £45,728,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £43,358,000 | £44,567,000 | |
| Net profit | £28,701,000 | £29,320,000 | |
| Cash | £2,776,000 | £3,322,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £209,167,000 | £216,931,000 | |
| Net assets | £163,769,000 | £167,179,000 | |
| Equity | £163,769,000 | £167,179,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,419 | 1,389 | |
| Wages | £93,685,000 | £92,313,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.8% | 17.1% | |
| Net margin | 9.2% | 11.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.9% | 21.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 1.72x | |
| Interest cover | 6.59x | 7.39x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors believe to be appropriate for the following reasons. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue its operational existence for the period twelve months from the date of these accounts based on a forecasting exercise performed, covering the same period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOP, Richard Paul | Secretary | 2024-04-26 | — | — |
| GEIER-CIBIN, Ralf Manfred | Director | 2018-07-16 | Aug 1962 | German |
| SCHWALLER, Johann Claude | Director | 2024-05-01 | Feb 1993 | French |
| WRANKMORE, Martin | Director | 2023-11-01 | Mar 1976 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHONY WILKINSON, Katherine Frances | Secretary | 1996-06-28 | 2001-02-13 |
| DWYER, Daniel John | Nominee Secretary | 1992-08-25 | 1992-08-25 |
| KENNEDY, Gerard | Secretary | 2003-07-31 | 2024-04-26 |
| SLATER, John Andrew Duncan | Secretary | 1992-08-25 | 1996-06-28 |
| SYMES, Judith Ann | Secretary | 1996-06-28 | 2003-07-31 |
| ALLEN, Peter Vance | Director | 1992-08-25 | 1999-12-31 |
| BAKER, Stephen Martin | Director | 2015-04-02 | 2017-04-28 |
| BATES, Gordon Edward | Director | 2011-10-21 | 2015-04-02 |
| BROWN, Michael Edward | Director | 2015-04-02 | 2020-05-21 |
| CARTER, Nick | Director | 2017-04-25 | 2021-07-01 |
| CHAKRAWERTTI, Sandeepan | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2024-05-01 |
| DOYLE, Betty June | Nominee Director | 1992-08-25 | 1992-08-25 |
| DWYER, Daniel John | Nominee Director | 1992-08-25 | 1992-08-25 |
| FELLNER, Peter John, Dr | Director | 1992-08-25 | 1997-12-02 |
| GARFIELD, Edward | Director | 2017-04-25 | 2024-11-08 |
| GEIER CIBIN, Ralf | Director | 2001-12-20 | 2009-04-30 |
| GEMUEND, Markus | Director | 2001-12-20 | 2004-05-31 |
| HAAG, Toralf, Dr | Director | 2005-08-30 | 2016-03-15 |
| HERGET, Alexander | Director | 2020-05-21 | 2023-10-31 |
| IMWINKELRIED, Rene, Dr | Director | 2003-06-20 | 2004-08-27 |
| KLEMENT, Gerhard Franz | Director | 2004-08-10 | 2005-08-01 |
| KUTZER, Stephan, Dr | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2014-07-01 |
| MANUEL, Johan Pieter | Director | 1996-06-28 | 1997-09-30 |
| MARKETZ, Herbert, Doctor | Director | 1996-06-28 | 1999-11-12 |
| NICHOLLS, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 1994-10-03 | 1996-06-28 |
| OPRANDI, Peter | Director | 2009-04-30 | 2015-04-02 |
| ROBINSON, Edward Raymond | Director | 1997-10-10 | 2000-09-01 |
| ROSS, Iain Gladstone | Director | 1992-08-25 | 1995-10-31 |
| RUPP, Richard Helmut | Director | 2000-04-05 | 2002-05-09 |
| SAVITZKY, Rodolfo | Director | 2015-04-02 | 2018-07-16 |
| SHOTT, Ian Dermot | Director | 1996-06-28 | 1998-07-08 |
| STURGE, Simon John | Director | 1995-11-01 | 1997-10-10 |
| WAIBEL, Roland Michael, Dr | Director | 2000-04-05 | 2005-08-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lonza Group Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-14%
£310,506,000 £266,962,000
-
Cash
+19.7%
£2,776,000 £3,322,000
-
Net assets
+2.1%
£163,769,000 £167,179,000
-
Employees
-2.1%
1,419 1,389
-
Operating profit
-0.2%
£45,839,000 £45,728,000
-
Profit before tax
+2.8%
£43,358,000 £44,567,000
-
Wages
-1.5%
£93,685,000 £92,313,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers