NIAB.
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Next accounts due
2026-06-28 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-19 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-05
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+79.2% vs 2023
Net assets
-£183K
-261.9% vs 2023
Employees
347
-6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£380K
+113.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- NIAB. 2001-02-14 → present
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY 1998-01-02 → 2001-02-14
- NIAB CHARITABLE CORPORATION LIMITED 1997-07-01 → 1998-01-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,700,000 | £7,923,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,735,000 | £381,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,736,000 | £380,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,782,000 | £486,000 | |
| Cash | £1,749,000 | £3,135,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,549,000 | £15,763,000 | |
| Net assets | £113,000 | -£183,000 | |
| Equity | £113,000 | -£183,000 | |
| Average employees | 369 | 347 | |
| Wages | £13,766,000 | £13,893,000 |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -35.5% | 4.8% | |
| Net margin | -36.1% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -17.6% | 2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.6% | 100.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.92x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | -42.73x | 3.59x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries and considering the uncertainties described above, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- NIAB. · parent
- The Arable Group Limited 100%
- TAG Consulting Limited 100%
- NIAB Trading Ltd 100%
- NIAB EMR 100%
- East Malling Services Ltd. 100%
Significant events
- “In January 2024, NIAB confirmed the divestment of commercial Strawberry Breeding activities and associated income to Bayer AG. This resulted in a near term inflow of free cash to NIAB which will reduce the reliance on the Trust for the period of 12 months from the date of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPRAGGINS, Mark | Secretary | 2024-07-04 | — | — |
| BUCKERIDGE, David James | Director | 2023-06-21 | Feb 1960 | British |
| CACCAMO, Mario Jose, Professor | Director | 2021-10-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
| CLARKE, Belinda Rosanna, Dr | Director | 2025-09-17 | May 1970 | British |
| FERRIER, Helen, Dr | Director | 2020-12-08 | May 1977 | British |
| MALARKEY, Patricia | Director | 2023-12-20 | Nov 1965 | British,American |
| REGAN, Jonathan Peter | Director | 2020-12-08 | Jul 1958 | British |
| SMITH, Guy Henry, Dr | Director | 2021-11-18 | May 1959 | British |
| TAYLOR, Richard James | Director | 2025-07-02 | May 1963 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARNOLD, Susan Nicola | Secretary | 2008-11-12 | 2018-11-30 |
| BARSBY, Tina Lorraine | Secretary | 2006-06-01 | 2008-11-12 |
| HALL, Joseph William | Secretary | 1997-07-01 | 2006-05-31 |
| MASSON, Stephen Clark | Secretary | 2019-03-13 | 2020-12-31 |
| MCKEE, Juno, Dr | Secretary | 2021-01-01 | 2024-07-04 |
| ALDERTON, Clifford Raymond | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1998-02-19 |
| ANDREWS, Anthony David | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2000-07-20 |
| BARK, Neville Store | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2002-09-05 |
| BARSBY, Tina Lorraine | Director | 2017-11-23 | 2021-11-18 |
| BAULCOMBE, David Charles, Sir | Director | 2008-10-13 | 2014-09-19 |
| BLACKBURN, Alison Margaret | Director | 2003-09-04 | 2010-09-10 |
| CAFFALL, David James Osborn | Director | 2004-09-02 | 2010-09-10 |
| CARMICHAEL, Jane Pears, Dr | Director | 1998-02-19 | 2004-09-02 |
| DAVIES, Nigel Leslie, Dr | Director | 2012-09-12 | 2015-09-08 |
| ELLIOTT, Geoffrey James | Director | 2009-09-28 | 2012-09-11 |
| ELLWOOD, Stephen John | Director | 2015-11-24 | 2025-07-02 |
| FIDGEON, Kathleen Elizabeth | Director | 2014-09-19 | 2022-11-17 |
| GODFREY, James Eric | Director | 2012-09-11 | 2022-11-17 |
| HARLE, Robert | Director | 2012-09-11 | 2020-12-08 |
| HEADING, John Edwin | Director | 1999-07-22 | 2004-09-02 |
| HEALY, Flor Aiden | Director | 2024-06-19 | 2025-07-02 |
| HEDLEY LEWIS, Vincent Richard | Director | 2000-07-20 | 2007-09-05 |
| HEYGATE, Paul Michael | Director | 2002-06-07 | 2009-09-11 |
| HODGSON, David Ian | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2002-03-31 |
| KERBY, Nigel Wells, Dr | Director | 2015-09-08 | 2023-11-22 |
| KUYK, Andrew | Director | 2010-09-10 | 2018-09-11 |
| LANG, Charles Alfred, Dr | Director | 2014-11-11 | 2022-11-17 |
| LEWIS, Jeremy Wynn | Director | 2007-09-05 | 2016-09-15 |
| LOWSON, Robert Campbell | Director | 2018-12-05 | 2026-02-11 |
| MACDONALD, Richard Auld | Director | 2010-09-11 | 2020-12-08 |
| NELSTROP, Robert Bentley | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1999-07-22 |
| PAICE, James Edward Thornton, Sir | Director | 2013-03-06 | 2017-11-23 |
| PARKER, John Stewart, Professor | Director | 2003-09-04 | 2009-09-11 |
| PEMBERTON, Antony Francis | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2001-07-26 |
| PEXTON, Anthony William Dunn | Director | 2001-07-26 | 2012-09-11 |
| PUDDEPHAT, Ian James, Professor | Director | 2017-11-23 | 2025-09-17 |
| SALAMINI, Francesco, Professor | Director | 2005-06-22 | 2009-02-24 |
| SHEWRY, Peter Robert, Professor | Director | 2001-07-26 | 2008-09-10 |
| SMITH, Alison, Professor | Director | 2015-06-16 | 2023-11-22 |
| SUMMERS, Richard William, Dr. | Director | 2009-09-11 | 2015-09-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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 2024-03-31 vs 2023-03-31
-
Turnover
+2.9%
£7,700,000 £7,923,000
-
Cash
+79.2%
£1,749,000 £3,135,000
-
Net assets
-261.9%
£113,000 -£183,000
-
Employees
-6%
369 347
-
Operating profit
+113.9%
-£2,735,000 £381,000
-
Profit before tax
+113.9%
-£2,736,000 £380,000
-
Wages
+0.9%
£13,766,000 £13,893,000
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