JENNER VACCINE FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£35K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£458K
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£26K
Period ending 2025-07-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- JENNER VACCINE FOUNDATION 2006-10-12 → present
- THE EDWARD JENNER INSTITUTE FOR VACCINE RESEARCH 1995-07-14 → 2006-10-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,365 | £31,233 | |
| Operating profit | -£23,328 | -£25,981 | |
| Profit before tax | -£23,328 | -£25,981 | |
| Net profit | £3,077 | £11,354 | |
| Cash | £40,873 | £35,136 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £446,417 | £457,771 | |
| Net assets | £446,417 | £457,771 | |
| Equity | £446,417 | £457,771 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -109.2% | -83.2% | |
| Net margin | 14.4% | 36.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.2% | -5.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.0% | 9.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.14x | 0.72x |
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
- Gravita Audit Oxford LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been produced on the assumption that the Foundation will continue as a going concern. The Trustees have prepared financial projections for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, and they are satisfied that the Foundation has the resources to continue in operation for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRYOR, Sophia Elizabeth Sarah, Dr | Secretary | 2020-04-24 | — | — |
| CHARLESTON, Bryan, Dr | Director | 2013-11-01 | May 1959 | British |
| FLETCHER, Helen Alison, Dr | Director | 2019-07-03 | Oct 1972 | British |
| FRANCIS, Michael James, Dr | Director | 2016-09-01 | Jun 1955 | British |
| NAIR, Venugopal, Professor | Director | 2016-02-02 | Feb 1955 | Indian |
| POLLARD, Andrew John, Professor Sir | Director | 2009-08-01 | Aug 1965 | British |
| POOLMAN, Jan Theunis, Dr | Director | 2023-07-17 | Jun 1951 | Dutch |
| SALISBURY, David Maxwell, Professor | Director | 2011-12-01 | Aug 1946 | British |
| SCREATON, Gavin Robert, Professor | Director | 2019-07-03 | Jul 1962 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTLE, David | Secretary | 2019-07-15 | 2019-10-22 |
| MARSHALL, Terence William | Secretary | 1995-07-14 | 1999-09-24 |
| POWELL, Andrew Joseph | Secretary | 1999-09-25 | 2005-11-01 |
| STRICKLAND, Gary | Secretary | 2005-11-01 | 2019-07-15 |
| ALMOND, Jeffrey William, Prof | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| BAXTER, Allan, Dr | Director | 1995-07-14 | 1999-04-26 |
| BEGG, Norman, Dr | Director | 2010-05-28 | 2019-01-21 |
| BELL, John Irving, Professor Sir | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2006-05-01 |
| BUCHAN, Alastair, Professor | Director | 2009-02-05 | 2009-10-25 |
| DAVIES, Megan Barbara, Dr | Director | 1995-07-14 | 2005-11-01 |
| ELVES, Michael William, Dr | Director | 1995-07-14 | 2001-12-11 |
| FAZAKERLEY, John Kneale, Professor | Director | 2011-11-23 | 2015-12-31 |
| FINE, Paul, Professor | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2019-07-30 |
| FLEMING, Kenneth Anthony, Dr | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2009-05-21 |
| GIBBS, Trevor Gordon, Dr | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2001-09-11 |
| GREENAWAY, Peter John, Dr | Director | 1995-07-14 | 2000-09-29 |
| GREENWOOD, Brian, Professor | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2011-12-01 |
| GULL, Keith, Professor | Director | 2007-01-18 | 2013-01-14 |
| MAXTON, Julie, Dr | Director | 2007-01-16 | 2008-07-08 |
| MCMICHAEL, Andrew James, Professor Sir | Director | 2009-10-26 | 2019-07-03 |
| OWEN, Michael John | Director | 2001-09-11 | 2005-11-01 |
| PALMER, James Barry Douglas, Dr | Director | 1995-07-14 | 1996-06-30 |
| PATON, David James, Professor | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2013-10-31 |
| SHIRLEY, Martin William | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2011-02-03 |
| SLAOUI, Moncef | Director | 2002-02-06 | 2003-06-24 |
| STEPHENSON, John Robert, Professor | Director | 2000-12-13 | 2005-11-01 |
| TARPEY, Ian Edward, Dr | Director | 2013-02-14 | 2016-02-12 |
| TITE, John Philip, Doctor | Director | 1999-07-27 | 2005-11-01 |
| WEISS, Robert Anthony, Professor | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| WELLS, Peter William | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2012-01-01 |
| WINGFIELD, Jonathan Nicholas, Dr | Director | 1995-07-14 | 1997-09-12 |
| YARROW, Douglas John, Mr. | Director | 1997-09-12 | 2005-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pirbright Institute | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-02-05 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-12-18 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-14 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-03-31