WELLCOME TRUST TRADING LIMITED
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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
- WELLCOME TRUST TRADING LIMITED 2004-05-07 → present
- BEOWULF GENOMICS LIMITED 1997-07-17 → 2004-05-07
- PATHOGENOMICS LIMITED 1996-08-30 → 1997-07-17
- PRECIS (1452) LIMITED 1996-07-19 → 1996-08-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.3% | 9.4% | |
| Net margin | 12.7% | 12.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.8% | 23.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.79x | 1.90x | |
| Interest cover | 10.94x | 25.11x |
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- 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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
-4.4%
£2,199,364 £2,103,091
-
Cash
-11.4%
£61,100 £54,121
-
Net assets
+0.6%
£825,002 £830,130
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-3.1%
£204,319 £197,897
-
Profit before tax
-6.5%
£275,057 £257,117
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