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Next accounts due

2027-06-30 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-11 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-27

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£54K

-11.4% vs 2024

Net assets

£830K

+0.6% vs 2024

Employees

0

Average over period

Profit before tax

£257K

-6.5% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. WELLCOME TRUST TRADING LIMITED 2004-05-07 → present
  2. BEOWULF GENOMICS LIMITED 1997-07-17 → 2004-05-07
  3. PATHOGENOMICS LIMITED 1996-08-30 → 1997-07-17
  4. PRECIS (1452) LIMITED 1996-07-19 → 1996-08-30

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30

Metric Trend 2024-09-302025-09-30
Turnover £2,199,364£2,103,091
Operating profit £204,319£197,897
Profit before tax £275,057£257,117
Net profit £278,414£254,919
Cash £61,100£54,121
Total assets less current liabilities £825,002£830,130
Net assets £825,002£830,130
Equity £825,002£830,130
Average employees 00
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 2024-09-302025-09-30
Operating margin 9.3%9.4%
Net margin 12.7%12.1%
Return on capital employed 24.8%23.8%
Current ratio 1.79x1.90x
Interest cover 10.94x25.11x

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
Affirmed

“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements. It is expected that income will cover the Company's operational expenditure for at least the next 12 months. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 30 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BATES, Donna Louise Director 2024-12-10 Mar 1974 British
CORNELIUS, Anna Elizabeth Director 2023-03-28 Jun 1986 British
EALES, Richard Stafford Director 2019-05-15 Dec 1978 British
MAXWELL, Moya Claire Director 2021-11-29 Jul 1968 British,Irish
TYLDESLEY, Peter Richard Director 2019-05-15 Oct 1967 British
Show 30 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BIRD, Christopher Secretary 2016-10-20 2019-11-25
BODDINGTON, Eleanor Secretary 2012-02-01 2016-10-20
GLASSPOOL, Thomas Alan Secretary 2019-11-25 2022-12-08
STEWART, John Gillespie Secretary 2000-05-08 2012-01-31
OFFICE ORGANIZATION & SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 1996-07-23 2000-05-08
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1996-07-19 1996-07-23
BIANCO, Albert Edward, Dr Director 2001-07-03 2004-04-26
CARLEY, Deborah Marie, Dr Director 2004-04-26 2009-06-01
CAULCOTT, Celia Ann, Dr Director 2000-05-08 2001-07-03
COOPER, John Director 2002-10-18 2014-11-19
CORDIER, Rachel Susan Director 2009-11-16 2013-02-15
DILLON, John Edward Michael Director 1996-07-19 1998-05-18
DUNNING, Pamela Elizabeth Director 1998-05-13 1998-10-07
GIBBONS, Philomena Director 2014-11-25 2024-03-01
JACKSON, Molly Margaret Director 2007-11-27 2021-07-28
KIFF, Genny Director 2006-11-22 2015-08-06
LIVETT, Timothy James Director 2015-01-06 2019-01-25
MATTERSON, Clare Elizabeth, Dr Director 2006-11-22 2015-01-06
MORGAN, Michael James Director 2000-05-08 2002-10-18
PEACOCK, John Clive Wilson Director 2004-10-01 2007-10-01
PENFOLD, Diane June Director 1998-10-07 1999-11-05
PENFOLD, Diane June Director 1998-05-13 1998-05-19
PHILLIPPS, David Alan Director 2004-04-26 2006-11-22
ROBERTSON, Donne Director 2013-11-19 2020-10-02
SCOTT, Tom Alexander Director 2021-04-12 2023-02-03
SEABROOK, Richard Nicholas, Dr Director 2014-11-25 2016-11-29
SHILLITO, Mark Robert Director 1999-11-05 2000-05-08
THISTLETON, Sean Director 2019-05-15 2023-03-31
WARD, Iain Stuart Director 2016-11-29 2018-07-31
WILSON, Clare Alice Director 1996-07-19 2000-05-08

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
The Wellcome Trust Limited, As Trustee Of The Wellcome Trust Corporate entity ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 155 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-06-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-02-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-06-30 SH19 capital Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2025-06-30 SH20 capital Legacy
2025-06-30 CAP-SS insolvency Legacy
2025-06-30 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-05-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-04-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-03-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-02-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-04-05 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-04-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-02-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-01-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-12-08 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2022-12-06 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-10-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-07-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
7

last 12 months

Capital events
2

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30

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

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