BIOCOMPOSITES LIMITED
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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
- BIOCOMPOSITES LIMITED 1997-04-08 → present
- GRINDCO 114 LIMITED 1996-12-13 → 1997-04-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 123 | 152 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 52.8% | 54.4% | |
| Net margin | 43.5% | 47.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 53.6% | 43.0% | |
| Current ratio | 5.05x | 5.28x |
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
- “On 28th February 2025, TA Associates Management LLP exited as majority shareholders of Matrix Topco Limited being the ultimate parent company. On 28th February 2025, TA Associates Management LLP and Novo Holdings became minority shareholders at 45% respectively, of the new ultimate parent company Calcium Topco Limited. A new ultimate parent company Calcium Topco Limited was incorporated. On 28th February 2025, TA Associates Management LLP and Novo Holdings became co investors and both own an equivalent shareholding in the new ultimate parent company Calcium Topco Limited.”
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 | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-
Turnover
+25.5%
£55,235,000 £69,323,000
-
Cash
-33.3%
£13,736,000 £9,160,000
-
Net assets
+61.9%
£53,919,000 £87,308,000
-
Employees
+23.6%
123 152
-
Operating profit
+29.4%
£29,140,000 £37,715,000
-
Profit before tax
+30.1%
£29,140,000 £37,913,000
-
Wages
+31.6%
£6,376,000 £8,392,000
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