LGC LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-02 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-76.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£120M
+15.5% vs 2024
Employees
946
+5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-73% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- LGC LIMITED 2002-03-28 → present
- LGC (TEDDINGTON) LIMITED 1996-03-28 → 2002-03-28
- LGC LABORATORIES LIMITED 1995-01-09 → 1996-03-28
- INTERCEDE 1105 LIMITED 1994-11-18 → 1995-01-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £151,965,000 | £165,143,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£9,611,000 | £2,489,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,165,000 | £1,937,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,905,000 | £13,850,000 | |
| Cash | £6,194,000 | £1,480,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £133,749,000 | £133,812,000 | |
| Net assets | £103,830,000 | £119,973,000 | |
| Equity | £103,830,000 | £119,973,000 | |
| Average employees | 901 | 946 | |
| Wages | £50,665,000 | £57,173,000 |
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 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.3% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 8.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.2% | 1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.4% | 51.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.53x | 1.57x | |
| Interest cover | -2.93x | 0.65x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis”
Group structure
- LGC LIMITED · parent
- LGC (Japan) Limited
- LGC Scheme Pension Trustee Limited
- Quality Management Holdings Limited
Significant events
- “During fiscal year 2025 the Company disposed of a number of its investments for no consideration. On 7 May 2025, Focus Forensic Telecommunications was dissolved. On 26 November 2024, Quality Management Limited was dissolved.”
- “During fiscal year 2024 the following disposals occurred: On 24 October 2023, the Company reduced its investment in Focus Forensic Telecommunications Limited. On 7 November 2023, LGC Bio Senate was dissolved. On 15 November 2023, the Company reduced its investment in LGC Bioresearch Limited. On 12 December 2023, Cardiff Bioanalytical Services Limited was dissolved. On 5 March 2024, HFL Sport Science Limited and Aquacheck Limited were dissolved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAYBROOK, Julian Hugh, Dr | Director | 2018-06-01 | Mar 1963 | British |
| GOSWAMI, Joydeep | Director | 2025-01-17 | Jul 1971 | American |
| KAELLER, Marcus Rudolf | Director | 2024-06-03 | Oct 1971 | Dutch |
| WATSON, Helen Ruth | Director | 2025-01-17 | Dec 1972 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAVANAGH, Teri-Anne, Ms. | Secretary | 2020-10-09 | 2022-08-31 |
| CHOW, Maxine | Secretary | 2004-07-19 | 2010-10-08 |
| COLLIER, Robert Charles | Secretary | 1996-03-28 | 1996-03-31 |
| DONALD, Keith | Secretary | 2015-02-16 | 2016-08-31 |
| HALL, Clive Jonathan | Secretary | 2003-08-28 | 2004-07-19 |
| HALL, Clive Jonathan | Secretary | 1999-06-01 | 2003-03-10 |
| ILETT, John Edward | Secretary | 2011-01-07 | 2015-02-16 |
| OGLE, Navneet Kaur | Secretary | 2016-08-31 | 2020-10-09 |
| PARSONS, Simon Lawrence | Secretary | 2010-10-09 | 2011-01-07 |
| RICHARDS, Lucy | Secretary | 2022-09-01 | 2024-09-17 |
| SMITH, Suzanne Elaine | Secretary | 2003-03-10 | 2003-08-28 |
| WILSON, Adrian Kevah | Secretary | 1996-03-31 | 1999-05-31 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-11-18 | 1996-03-28 |
| BATTERSBY, Geoffrey Brian | Director | 2004-11-03 | 2010-10-28 |
| CRASTON, Derek Harry, Dr | Director | 2008-06-01 | 2018-08-15 |
| HALL, Clive Jonathan | Director | 1999-03-01 | 2004-07-19 |
| HOBDAY, John | Director | 1996-03-28 | 1996-03-31 |
| LAW, Nigel Carey, Dr | Director | 2005-04-02 | 2007-03-23 |
| MARRIOTT, John Christopher, Dr | Director | 2002-04-25 | 2008-05-31 |
| MASON, John Philip, Dr | Director | 2002-04-12 | 2006-04-30 |
| MENDELSSOHN, Martin Charles | Director | 1995-01-10 | 1996-03-28 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Euan Ralph Herbert | Director | 2021-09-17 | 2025-01-31 |
| PARSONS, Simon Lawrence | Director | 2010-10-28 | 2022-01-24 |
| REEVES, Barbara | Nominee Director | 1994-11-18 | 1995-01-18 |
| RICHARDSON, David Gordon | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2013-05-20 |
| ROBINSON, Timothy Michael | Director | 2013-05-16 | 2021-09-17 |
| SEHGAL, Vivid | Director | 2022-03-01 | 2024-05-24 |
| TAYLOR, Richard John Johnson | Director | 1995-01-10 | 1996-03-28 |
| WILSON, Adrian Kevah | Director | 1996-03-31 | 1999-05-31 |
| WINDMILL, Robert John | Nominee Director | 1994-11-18 | 1995-01-10 |
| WORSWICK, Richard David, Dr | Director | 1996-03-31 | 2007-12-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lgc Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-04-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-01-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+8.7%
£151,965,000 £165,143,000
-
Cash
-76.1%
£6,194,000 £1,480,000
-
Net assets
+15.5%
£103,830,000 £119,973,000
-
Employees
+5%
901 946
-
Operating profit
+125.9%
-£9,611,000 £2,489,000
-
Profit before tax
-73%
£7,165,000 £1,937,000
-
Wages
+12.8%
£50,665,000 £57,173,000
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