SAFC BIOSCIENCES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-15 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-01
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£10M
+16.3% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
+305.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2024 have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. The directors consider this to be appropriate, given that the Company will cease trading by 31 October 2025. The future of the Company following cessation of trade is under consideration.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SAFC BIOSCIENCES LIMITED 2006-01-05 → present
- JRH BIOSCIENCES LIMITED 1999-10-21 → 2006-01-05
- JRH EUROPE LIMITED 1996-05-01 → 1999-10-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,656,000 | £26,217,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,031,000 | £1,813,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£933,000 | £1,919,000 | |
| Net profit | -£714,000 | £1,439,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,815,000 | £10,254,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,815,000 | £10,254,000 | |
| Equity | £8,815,000 | £10,254,000 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.3% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | -2.3% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -11.7% | 17.7% | |
| Current ratio | 12.71x | 36.98x | |
| Interest cover | -1031.00x | 453.25x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2024 have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. The directors consider this to be appropriate, given that the Company will cease trading by 31 October 2025. The future of the Company following cessation of trade is under consideration.”
Significant events
- “In early 2025, the Group decided to reduce its reliance on third-party warehouses, with product lines moving to various group-owned warehouses. As a result, the contract with the Company's third-party warehousing provider will be terminated with effect from 31 October 2025. The Company will therefore cease to trade on that date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-05-01 | — | — |
| GORDON, Leigh Cameron | Director | 2024-08-06 | Jan 1974 | British |
| MASSEY, Alison Eve | Director | 2023-03-01 | Sep 1964 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEPPE, Kathleen Susan | Secretary | 1996-05-01 | 1997-07-01 |
| LUCAS, Graham | Secretary | 2005-02-28 | 2015-08-27 |
| NICHOLS, Rupert Henry Conquest | Secretary | 1999-09-29 | 2004-12-20 |
| JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-07-01 | 2005-02-28 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-05-01 | 1996-05-01 |
| BIRO, Peter | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2023-03-01 |
| BORDONARO, Paul Sebastian | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2001-11-20 |
| CIPA, Antoni Michael | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2005-02-28 |
| CULLEN, Archibald Francis Skinnider | Director | 2003-05-06 | 2005-02-28 |
| GIARLA, Tom | Director | 2001-11-20 | 2005-02-28 |
| GRAY, Douglas Gibson | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2002-01-28 |
| HARRIS, Michael Christopher James | Director | 2007-08-13 | 2011-12-19 |
| JACKSON, Victor Mark | Director | 2015-08-27 | 2024-08-06 |
| KRATZER, Stefan | Director | 2016-05-26 | 2017-07-01 |
| LUCAS, Graham | Director | 2005-02-28 | 2015-08-27 |
| MCNAMEE, Brian Anthony | Director | 2003-05-06 | 2005-02-28 |
| OLDFIELD, Fiona | Director | 2014-03-18 | 2016-03-31 |
| VAN DEN DOOL, Gerrit | Director | 2014-03-18 | 2016-11-11 |
| VAN OUDERAVEN, Henry | Director | 2005-02-28 | 2007-08-13 |
| WICKS JR, Franklin Devoe | Director | 2005-02-28 | 2014-03-18 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-05-01 | 1996-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigma-Aldrich Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with 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
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Turnover
-17.2%
£31,656,000 £26,217,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+16.3%
£8,815,000 £10,254,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+275.8%
-£1,031,000 £1,813,000
-
Profit before tax
+305.7%
-£933,000 £1,919,000
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