ABCAM LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-26 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-12
Watchouts
Cash
£46M
-7% vs 2023
Net assets
£370M
-54.2% vs 2023
Employees
635
-5.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£143M
+209% 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.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ABCAM LIMITED 2023-12-12 → present
- ABCAM PLC 2005-10-26 → 2023-12-12
- ABCAM LIMITED 1998-03-26 → 2005-10-26
- TAYVIN 103 LIMITED 1998-02-12 → 1998-03-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £266,500,000 | £236,000,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£121,900,000 | £120,100,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£131,200,000 | £143,000,000 | |
| Net profit | -£137,900,000 | £132,900,000 | |
| Cash | £49,800,000 | £46,300,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £889,900,000 | £370,200,000 | |
| Net assets | £808,400,000 | £370,200,000 | |
| Equity | £808,400,000 | £370,200,000 | |
| Average employees | 671 | 635 | |
| Wages | £50,900,000 | £49,600,000 |
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 | -45.7% | 50.9% | |
| Net margin | -51.7% | 56.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -13.7% | 32.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.8% | 17.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 1.60x | |
| Interest cover | -11.29x | 133.44x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors... confirm... that they have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ABCAM LIMITED · parent
- Abcam KK 100%
- Abcam Taiwan Company Limited 100%
- Abcam (Netherlands) B V 100%
- Abcam Singapore Pte Limited 100%
- Expedeon Holdings Limited 100%
- Innova BioSciences Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In May 2024, the Company distributed a dividend of £686.4 million proportionally to its shareholders as a result of proceeds obtained from the disposal of subsidiaries as part of organisational restructuring...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMERSCHMIDT-BROMAN, Melanie | Director | 2026-03-10 | Mar 1969 | German |
| LUSSER, Markus | Director | 2025-07-29 | Nov 1968 | Austrian |
| SOLACHE DIAZ, Emma Alejandra | Director | 2025-07-29 | May 1969 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, Susan Elizabeth | Secretary | 1998-11-01 | 2001-02-13 |
| ILIFFE, Jeffrey Michael | Secretary | 2009-11-02 | 2015-07-06 |
| MCGUIRE, Thomas Cochrane | Secretary | 2004-06-07 | 2009-11-02 |
| MILNER, Jonathan Simon, Dr | Secretary | 1998-04-18 | 1999-03-12 |
| PERKINS, Marc Leigh Russell | Secretary | 2019-03-29 | 2024-02-22 |
| POWELL, Edward William, Dr | Secretary | 2001-02-13 | 2004-06-07 |
| SHORT, John Richard | Secretary | 1998-02-12 | 1998-04-18 |
| SMITH, Suzanne Elaine | Secretary | 2015-07-06 | 2019-03-29 |
| ALLEN, Peter Vance | Director | 2018-06-18 | 2023-12-06 |
| ASPINALL, Mara Glickman | Director | 2015-09-14 | 2023-12-06 |
| BALDOCK, Michael Shaun | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2023-12-06 |
| BOUDA, Christopher Matthew | Director | 2023-12-06 | 2025-07-29 |
| CAPONE, Mark Christopher | Director | 2021-01-27 | 2023-12-06 |
| CLEEVELY, David Douglas | Director | 1998-04-18 | 2009-11-02 |
| CRAWFORD, Sally Wellinghoff | Director | 2021-08-12 | 2023-12-06 |
| DAVIES, Luke Hughes | Director | 1998-04-18 | 1998-11-18 |
| DYE, Timothy George | Director | 2006-07-31 | 2011-10-21 |
| GREENWOOD, Lubov | Director | 2022-09-12 | 2023-12-06 |
| HARRIS, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2014-12-12 | 2019-11-13 |
| HENNESSY, Murray Edwin | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2017-11-14 |
| HIRZEL, Alan Thomas | Director | 2014-01-30 | 2023-12-06 |
| ILIFFE, Jeffrey Michael | Director | 2007-11-20 | 2016-09-12 |
| KEEN, Peter Stephen | Director | 2005-10-27 | 2014-11-03 |
| KERR, Giles Francis Bertram | Director | 2018-12-12 | 2023-12-06 |
| KOUZARIDES, Tony, Dr | Director | 1998-04-18 | 2012-10-22 |
| LEE, Chienling | Director | 2021-01-27 | 2023-12-06 |
| MARTIN, Anthony Francis, Dr | Director | 2011-09-16 | 2016-10-31 |
| MCFADEN, Frank Talbot | Director | 2023-12-06 | 2025-07-29 |
| MILNER, Jonathan Simon, Dr | Director | 1998-04-18 | 2020-10-02 |
| MUELLER, Knud | Director | 2025-07-29 | 2025-12-31 |
| PATTEN, Louise Alexandra Virginia Charlotte, Lady | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2021-05-18 |
| POWELL, Edward William, Dr | Director | 2000-04-15 | 2007-11-20 |
| REDMOND, Michael | Director | 2009-03-01 | 2014-11-03 |
| ROSS, Michael Alexander Nunes | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2016-10-31 |
| SHORT, John Richard | Director | 1998-02-12 | 1998-04-18 |
| WARWICK, David James | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| WEBSTER, Mark John Alexander | Director | 2006-07-31 | 2011-10-21 |
| WHITEHEAD, Philip Bernard | Director | 2023-12-06 | 2025-07-29 |
| WOMACK, Michael Thomas | Nominee Director | 1998-02-12 | 1998-04-18 |
| WOOD, Gavin Hilary James | Director | 2016-09-12 | 2020-02-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diadem Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-05-22 | Active |
| Danaher Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-06 | Ceased 2024-05-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 737 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-01 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-06-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-21 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-05-21 | SH20 | capital | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 5
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-11.4%
£266,500,000 £236,000,000
-
Cash
-7%
£49,800,000 £46,300,000
-
Net assets
-54.2%
£808,400,000 £370,200,000
-
Employees
-5.4%
671 635
-
Operating profit
+198.5%
-£121,900,000 £120,100,000
-
Profit before tax
+209%
-£131,200,000 £143,000,000
-
Wages
-2.6%
£50,900,000 £49,600,000
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