BRIDGE FARM BIOSCIENCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-27 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-23 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£118K
-78.3% vs 2023
Net assets
-£4M
-514.2% vs 2023
Employees
35
+25% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
-56.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BRIDGE FARM BIOSCIENCE LIMITED 2023-03-03 → present
- BRIDGE FARM NURSERIES LIMITED 2001-03-21 → 2023-03-03
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 | -£5,298,000 | -£4,094,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,615,000 | -£4,094,000 | |
| Net profit | -£386,000 | -£5,538,000 | |
| Cash | £544,000 | £118,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,077,000 | -£4,461,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,077,000 | -£4,461,000 | |
| Equity | £1,077,000 | -£4,461,000 | |
| Average employees | 28 | 35 | |
| Wages | £1,194,000 | £1,168,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -491.9% | 91.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.8% | 136.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.45x | 0.20x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- BRIDGE FARM BIOSCIENCE LIMITED · parent
- Neame Lea Nursery Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group completed the construction of an £8.2m GMP compliant facility at Clay Lake to allow the commercialisation of its bioscience activities, which have been conducted at its R&D facility since 2018. The build costs were funded by a £7.9m equity raise and the project was completed in April 2024.”
- “Bridge Farm Bioscience received MHRA approval of the GMP facility in Q1 2025. In Q4 2025, the company received licence updates to permit commercial sales.”
- “During 2024, in order to complete the restructure, three dormant subsidiaries were voluntarily struck off being Zyon UK Flowers and Plants Limited, Neame Lea Fresh Limited and Riverside Horticultural Marketing Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, David Robert William | Director | 2020-06-05 | Jan 1985 | British |
| ZWETSLOOT, Karl Dominic | Director | 2023-12-15 | May 1965 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, Shirley Jayne | Secretary | 2001-03-21 | 2017-08-11 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-03-21 | 2001-03-21 |
| BALL, Anthony William | Director | 2001-03-21 | 2017-08-11 |
| BALL, David | Director | 2015-04-23 | 2020-02-06 |
| BALL, Shirley Jayne | Director | 2015-02-02 | 2017-08-11 |
| BRANT, Robert James | Director | 2019-07-02 | 2020-05-15 |
| GEORGE, Zachary Ryan | Director | 2020-05-15 | 2020-06-05 |
| HELLARD, Edward Arthur | Director | 2019-07-02 | 2019-11-20 |
| HOGG, David John | Director | 2018-06-05 | 2018-07-27 |
| KUENZLEN, Torsten | Director | 2019-11-20 | 2020-03-05 |
| MOTALA, Louise | Director | 2020-02-17 | 2024-06-28 |
| MOTALA, Louise | Director | 2017-08-11 | 2019-07-02 |
| PRIESTLEY, Richard Anthony | Director | 2017-08-11 | 2018-06-05 |
| ZWETSLOOT, Karl Dominic | Director | 2017-08-11 | 2018-06-05 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-03-21 | 2001-03-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Farm Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-22 | Active |
| Bridge Farm Property Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-08-11 | Ceased 2023-12-22 |
| Mr Anthony Ball | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-03-09 | Ceased 2017-08-11 |
| Mrs Shirley Jayne Ball | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-03-09 | Ceased 2017-08-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-01-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-78.3%
£544,000 £118,000
-
Net assets
-514.2%
£1,077,000 -£4,461,000
-
Employees
+25%
28 35
-
Operating profit
+22.7%
-£5,298,000 -£4,094,000
-
Profit before tax
-56.6%
-£2,615,000 -£4,094,000
-
Wages
-2.2%
£1,194,000 £1,168,000
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