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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-27 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-12-13

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£9M

-33.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£87M

+61.9% vs 2023

Employees

152

+23.6% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£38M

+30.1% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. BIOCOMPOSITES LIMITED 1997-04-08 → present
  2. GRINDCO 114 LIMITED 1996-12-13 → 1997-04-08

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £55,235,000£69,323,000
Operating profit £29,140,000£37,715,000
Profit before tax £29,140,000£37,913,000
Net profit £24,031,000£33,071,000
Cash £13,736,000£9,160,000
Total assets less current liabilities £54,334,000£87,807,000
Net assets £53,919,000£87,308,000
Equity £53,919,000£87,308,000
Average employees 123152
Wages £6,376,000£8,392,000

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 52.8%54.4%
Net margin 43.5%47.7%
Return on capital employed 53.6%43.0%
Current ratio 5.05x5.28x

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
KPMG LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”

Significant events

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

People

9 active · 11 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
AIKEN, Sean Sydney Director 2014-11-14 Mar 1971 British
AIREY, Ciara Mary Elizabeth Director 2023-07-18 Nov 1982 British
GREENHALGH, Simon George Director 2022-04-26 Mar 1972 British
HARRIS, Michael Christopher James Director 2019-07-11 May 1970 British
LAYCOCK, Phillip Anthony Director 2017-06-28 Jul 1969 British
LEWIS, Michelle Director 2023-07-18 Oct 1965 British
MAHONEY, Jonathan Michael Edmund Director 2013-09-06 Nov 1973 British
WEBSTER, Peter Director 2022-07-06 Jun 1959 British
WHITE, Hamish Morrison Director 2013-09-06 Aug 1967 British
Show 11 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BRATT, John Stephen Secretary 1997-03-27 2012-05-16
GODFREY, Paul Edmund Nominee Secretary 1996-12-13 1997-03-27
BRATT, John Stephen Director 1997-03-27 2025-08-26
COOPER, John Joseph Director 1997-12-09 2017-05-31
EDWARDS, John Michael Nominee Director 1996-12-13 1997-03-27
FITZER, Simon Director 2014-04-25 2025-06-30
HESP, Michael John Director 2007-08-17 2022-06-30
LE GOFF, Deborah Jane Director 2017-06-28 2020-01-31
MCGUINNESS, Christopher George Andrew Director 2017-06-28 2024-09-20
STOCKS, John Dennis Director 1999-03-03 1999-12-16
WATERS, Russell David, Dr Director 1997-03-27 2017-05-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Biocomposites (Uk) Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 150 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-12-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-30 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-24 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-06-18 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-06-16 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-12-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-01-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-26 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-07-26 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-01-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-08-09 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2022-08-09 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2022-08-09 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2022-08-09 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
7

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

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

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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