PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-27 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-30.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
-10.2% vs 2024
Employees
183
+3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY 2001-11-30 → present
- PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY LIMITED 2001-10-17 → 2001-11-30
- PLYMOUTH MARINE PARK LIMITED 2001-03-13 → 2001-10-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,664,000 | £16,390,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£441,000 | -£775,000 | |
| Cash | £3,142,000 | £2,189,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,076,000 | £13,529,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,410,000 | £7,552,000 | |
| Equity | £8,410,000 | £7,552,000 | |
| Average employees | 177 | 183 | |
| Wages | £7,621,000 | £8,434,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -2.8% | -4.7% | |
| Current ratio | -1.25x | -1.07x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees believe that PML is a going concern on the following basis: Strong cash position, principal funding sources are government backed, strong signed contracts position, the charity can meet its short-term debts, the charity has no loans, and strong reserves position. In conclusion, there are no material uncertainties to cast doubt on PML's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY · parent
- PML Applications Ltd 100%
- Smart Sound Plymouth Ltd 100%
- GenePro Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Restructuring resulted in 18 members of staff exiting the organisation to reduce operational costs and improve financial resilience.”
- “PML received external validation with a Silver Award from Investors in Diversity in Spring 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOORES, Christopher Clive | Secretary | 2024-07-04 | — | — |
| BELLERBY, Richard Garth James, Professor | Director | 2024-05-20 | Oct 1966 | British |
| BUCKLAND OBE, Nicholas Brian | Director | 2017-10-25 | Feb 1951 | British |
| BUTCHER, Mark James | Director | 2020-05-13 | Apr 1988 | British |
| CROCKETT, Daniel | Director | 2023-02-01 | Jul 1981 | British |
| GARÇON, Véronique Camille Emilie, Dr | Director | 2022-04-26 | May 1956 | French |
| GODEFROY, Nigel John | Director | 2015-08-07 | Nov 1964 | British |
| MACKENZIE, Beverley Anne, Dr | Director | 2019-03-25 | Aug 1976 | British |
| SCHRATZBERGER, Michaela, Dr | Director | 2024-05-22 | Sep 1968 | German |
| SEQUEIRA, Kerin Jean | Director | 2024-03-29 | Feb 1990 | British |
| TIMBERLAKE, Janice Elizabeth | Director | 2012-11-08 | Sep 1966 | British |
| VIRMANI, Jyotika Itee, Dr | Director | 2023-01-01 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TREMAIN, Beverly Kim | Secretary | 2001-10-10 | 2024-06-30 |
| FOOT ANSTEY SARGENT SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-03-13 | 2001-10-10 |
| BARNES, Wendy Jacqueline | Director | 2015-08-27 | 2016-12-31 |
| BERKELEY, Anthony Fitzhardinge, Lord | Director | 2011-08-05 | 2016-07-20 |
| BURNELL-NUGENT, James Michael, Sir | Director | 2008-08-04 | 2021-08-01 |
| CARPENTER, Lucy Jane, Professor | Director | 2022-04-06 | 2024-03-15 |
| CATTLE, Howard, Dr | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2010-04-04 |
| CLARIDGE, Peter Norman, Dr | Director | 2001-03-13 | 2002-03-26 |
| DIXON, Andrew | Director | 2009-08-27 | 2015-08-26 |
| DUROWSE, Henry Roland | Director | 2002-01-28 | 2009-01-28 |
| FIELD, Johannes Gerhardus, Professor | Director | 2003-03-03 | 2010-03-26 |
| HART, Graeme Manson | Director | 2011-08-03 | 2016-07-20 |
| JACKSON, Caroline Frances, Dr | Director | 2002-02-27 | 2003-09-08 |
| JAMES, Paul Robert | Director | 2021-01-28 | 2023-11-23 |
| JICKELLS, Timothy David | Director | 2014-01-10 | 2024-01-09 |
| JOHNS, Jonathan Henry | Director | 2011-08-03 | 2012-10-12 |
| KINGSLAND, Christopher James, The Right Honourable The Lord Kingsland | Director | 2002-02-27 | 2009-02-28 |
| KNOWLES, Christopher John, Professor | Director | 2004-07-30 | 2010-03-01 |
| LEWIS, Christopher Terence, Prof | Director | 2002-02-27 | 2015-10-31 |
| MORGAN, Karen Jane | Director | 2005-11-11 | 2012-11-11 |
| OWENS, Nicholas John Paul | Director | 2001-03-13 | 2002-03-26 |
| PEAT, David Alan | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2010-04-04 |
| RAYNER, Ralph Frank, Dr | Director | 2009-02-01 | 2023-01-31 |
| ROY, Claude Jacques, Dr | Director | 2010-04-23 | 2013-01-09 |
| SHERRARD, Simon Patrick | Director | 2012-08-13 | 2019-07-15 |
| TRICKER, Michael John, Dr | Director | 2002-02-27 | 2005-08-08 |
| WARD, Bess Berkley, Professor | Director | 2010-04-26 | 2022-04-25 |
| WATKINS, Mary Jane, Baroness | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2019-11-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+4.6%
£15,664,000 £16,390,000
-
Cash
-30.3%
£3,142,000 £2,189,000
-
Net assets
-10.2%
£8,410,000 £7,552,000
-
Employees
+3.4%
177 183
-
Wages
+10.7%
£7,621,000 £8,434,000
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