TAP BIOSYSTEMS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-05 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-19
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2B
0% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£25M
-75% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
During the financial year ended 31 December 2020 the directors took the decision to cease trading with the intention to liquidate the company and they have therefore prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- TAP BIOSYSTEMS GROUP LIMITED 2013-12-17 → present
- TAP BIOSYSTEMS GROUP PLC 2011-08-16 → 2013-12-17
- THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP GROUP PLC 1998-07-06 → 2011-08-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £100,000,000 | £25,000,000 | |
| Net profit | £100,000,000 | £25,000,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,659,000,000 | £1,659,000,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,659,000,000 | £1,659,000,000 | |
| Equity | £1,659,000,000 | £1,659,000,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“During the financial year ended 31 December 2020 the directors took the decision to cease trading with the intention to liquidate the company and they have therefore prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern.”
Group structure
- TAP BIOSYSTEMS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- The Automation Partnership (Cambridge) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BULLOCK, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2020-12-08 | Jun 1975 | British |
| BUSHNELL, Dominic Christian | Director | 2020-12-08 | Jul 1970 | British |
| KALINOWSKI, Mark James Adam | Director | 2023-07-01 | Nov 1965 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, David | Secretary | 2010-07-23 | 2019-10-07 |
| FEGAN, Scott | Secretary | 2020-12-08 | 2024-03-01 |
| HOUSE, James | Secretary | 2019-10-07 | 2020-12-08 |
| KNELL, Thomas Alexander | Secretary | 1998-07-06 | 2010-07-23 |
| SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-07-06 | 1998-07-06 |
| ARCHER, John Richard | Director | 1998-07-06 | 2004-03-31 |
| BAIER, Manfred | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| BULLOCK, Matthew Peter Dominic, The Hon | Director | 1999-01-04 | 2012-03-31 |
| CAMPBELL, David | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2019-10-07 |
| CAMPBELL, David | Director | 2013-04-06 | 2013-12-31 |
| COOKE, Nicholas Vandeleur | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2020-12-08 |
| COOKE, Nicholas Vandeleur | Director | 2000-06-05 | 2013-12-31 |
| CUMPSTEY, David Edward | Director | 1998-08-13 | 2004-03-31 |
| EDWARDS, Jacqueline Ann | Director | 2002-04-06 | 2005-07-20 |
| EVANS, Michael Robert, Dr | Director | 2005-12-09 | 2013-12-31 |
| FEGAN, Scott | Director | 2020-12-08 | 2024-03-01 |
| FOX, James Charles | Director | 1998-10-19 | 1999-10-12 |
| HARRISON, William John | Director | 1998-09-11 | 2002-03-31 |
| KNOX, Peter, Dr | Director | 2000-12-04 | 2009-01-31 |
| LONG, Ronald Eric | Director | 2001-11-16 | 2005-10-31 |
| MORFFEW, Andrew | Director | 2004-01-12 | 2009-04-03 |
| NEWBLE, David Allan | Director | 2013-12-31 | 2015-05-01 |
| NEWBLE, David Allan | Director | 2006-01-09 | 2013-12-31 |
| OWEN, Stephen | Director | 1998-07-06 | 2013-12-31 |
| PARNELL, David Gordon, Dr | Director | 1998-08-28 | 2011-01-06 |
| PEUKER, Thorsten, Dr | Director | 2019-02-18 | 2023-05-31 |
| PHILLIPS, David Tudor | Director | 2002-12-16 | 2004-09-17 |
| SEFTON, Phillip Bryan | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2013-12-31 |
| VOGT, Reinhard | Director | 2013-12-31 | 2019-02-18 |
| VOGT, Susan Leah Novak, Ms. | Director | 2011-01-06 | 2013-12-31 |
| WARD, Martyn Thomas | Director | 2005-07-04 | 2006-09-08 |
| WESSEL, Matthias | Director | 2013-12-31 | 2019-02-18 |
| CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-07-06 | 1998-07-06 |
| SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1998-07-06 | 1998-07-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2021-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
0%
£1,659,000,000 £1,659,000,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-75%
£100,000,000 £25,000,000
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