BIOMED CENTRAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-19 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£155M
-8.4% vs 2023
Employees
78
+4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£80M
+28.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BIOMED CENTRAL LIMITED 1999-10-20 → present
- CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 1999-01-12 → 1999-10-20
- CINTAS LIMITED 1998-12-08 → 1999-01-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £83,285,000 | £98,604,000 | |
| Operating profit | £56,662,000 | £67,049,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £62,490,000 | £80,442,000 | |
| Net profit | £47,790,000 | £60,330,000 | |
| Cash | £0 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £169,431,000 | £155,238,000 | |
| Equity | £169,431,000 | £155,238,000 | |
| Average employees | 75 | 78 | |
| Wages | £3,946,000 | £3,999,000 |
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 | 68.0% | 68.0% | |
| Net margin | 57.4% | 61.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.0% | 15.1% | |
| Current ratio | 7.46x | 6.38x | |
| Interest cover | 4358.62x | 33524.50x |
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 consider that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have therefore continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements. Based on the above modelling, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future and to at least 30 June 2026 which is the formal going concern period modelled by management.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIVEN, Frances Julie | Secretary | 2021-11-30 | — | — |
| INCHCOOMBE, Steven Charles | Director | 2016-04-29 | Nov 1964 | British |
| JACOBS, Rachel Elizabeth | Director | 2016-03-03 | Dec 1975 | British |
| JEGADEESAN, Harshavardhan | Director | 2024-01-01 | Nov 1980 | German |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIMENT, Peter Charles Michael | Secretary | 1999-10-05 | 2008-10-06 |
| PARKER, Brian John | Secretary | 1999-01-19 | 1999-10-05 |
| RIMINGTON, Stephen Brian | Secretary | 2009-07-01 | 2015-04-15 |
| WILLIAMS HAMER, Gabrielle Mary | Secretary | 2016-03-03 | 2021-11-30 |
| BADGER HAKIM SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-08-02 | 1999-10-05 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-12-08 | 1999-01-19 |
| BRITTON, Tim John | Director | 2017-01-03 | 2018-12-31 |
| COCKERILL, Matthew James, Dr | Director | 2000-07-05 | 2013-12-31 |
| CROMPTON, Andrew Gordon | Director | 2008-09-26 | 2008-10-06 |
| GODLEE, Fiona | Director | 2000-07-05 | 2002-12-31 |
| GREENWOOD, Anne Neil | Director | 1999-01-19 | 2000-07-05 |
| HENDRIKS, Petrus Wilhelmus Johannes | Director | 2008-10-06 | 2016-03-03 |
| LAW, Henry Mulholland | Director | 1999-01-19 | 2000-07-05 |
| NEWMARK, Peter | Director | 2001-05-18 | 2005-12-22 |
| PARKER, Brian John | Director | 1999-01-19 | 1999-08-02 |
| PEEL, John | Director | 2000-07-05 | 2001-01-12 |
| RIMINGTON, Stephen Brian | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2015-04-15 |
| TRACZ, Vitek | Director | 1999-02-11 | 2008-10-06 |
| VELTEROP, Johannes Josephus Marinus | Director | 2002-12-31 | 2005-04-28 |
| VEST, Ulrich, Dr | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS HAMER, Gabrielle Mary | Director | 2018-07-23 | 2021-11-30 |
| COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-12-08 | 1999-01-19 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-12-08 | 1999-01-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Christiane Schoeller | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-03-06 | Ceased 2021-07-15 |
| Dr Stefan Von Holtzbrinck | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-07-15 |
| Stampdew Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 194 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-27 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-11-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-29 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-10-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-29 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-29 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-05 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2024-10-05 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-10-01 | SH18 | capital | Capital statement directors reduction of capital following redomination | |
| 2024-10-01 | SH15 | capital | Capital reduction of capital redomination | |
| 2024-10-01 | SH14 | capital | Capital redomination of shares | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 8
- 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
-
Turnover
+18.4%
£83,285,000 £98,604,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-8.4%
£169,431,000 £155,238,000
-
Employees
+4%
75 78
-
Operating profit
+18.3%
£56,662,000 £67,049,000
-
Profit before tax
+28.7%
£62,490,000 £80,442,000
-
Wages
+1.3%
£3,946,000 £3,999,000
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