CYPROTEX DISCOVERY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-03 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17M
+38.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£31M
+17.1% vs 2023
Employees
211
-3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+3,322.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- CYPROTEX DISCOVERY LIMITED 2002-05-02 → present
- CYPROTEX SERVICES LIMITED 2002-01-07 → 2002-05-02
- CYPROTEX LIMITED 2001-06-05 → 2002-01-07
- INHOCO 2306 LIMITED 2001-03-21 → 2001-06-05
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 | £28,196,306 | £37,601,419 | |
| Operating profit | £290,045 | £6,218,832 | |
| Profit before tax | -£183,937 | £5,928,046 | |
| Net profit | -£73,202 | £4,385,135 | |
| Cash | £12,189,117 | £16,880,627 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,156,622 | £41,482,398 | |
| Net assets | £26,087,405 | £30,539,820 | |
| Equity | £26,087,405 | £30,539,820 | |
| Average employees | 219 | 211 | |
| Wages | £8,451,130 | £8,647,148 |
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 | 1.0% | 16.5% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | 11.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.8% | 15.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.6% | 37.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.79x | 4.13x | |
| Interest cover | 0.58x | 12.48x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At 31 December 2024, the company has net assets of £30.5m and net current assets of £24.1m. The directors consider that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis, due to the entity being profitable, possessing sufficient cash reserves and its assets exceeding its liabilities.”
Significant events
- “In 2024, the company doubled its footprint at Alderley Park with the introduction of Building 22, comprising 2,981m² of laboratory space split over 3 floors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PETRECZKY, Krisztina, Dr | Secretary | 2024-08-30 | — | — |
| MADDEN, Stephen | Director | 2023-03-28 | Feb 1966 | British |
| ULLMANN, Dirk, Dr | Director | 2025-01-01 | Nov 1965 | German |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABDUL, Mary | Secretary | 2022-11-15 | 2024-08-30 |
| BASHIR, Kamran | Secretary | 2017-06-30 | 2019-07-31 |
| BINNEY, Adrian Philip | Secretary | 2001-04-24 | 2001-12-12 |
| DARGEL, Christian, Dr | Secretary | 2021-04-13 | 2022-11-15 |
| RITCHIE, Gillian Elizabeth | Secretary | 2003-03-31 | 2004-09-06 |
| SAGOO, Ranjeet Singh | Secretary | 2019-08-01 | 2021-04-13 |
| WARBURTON, Mark Charles | Secretary | 2004-09-06 | 2017-06-30 |
| A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-03-21 | 2001-04-24 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-12-12 | 2004-02-10 |
| ATWATER, Robert Morrisson | Director | 2003-08-27 | 2008-06-03 |
| BAXTER, Anthony David, Dr | Director | 2008-06-03 | 2017-07-31 |
| DAVIDSON, Paul | Director | 2001-04-24 | 2001-11-08 |
| DOOTSON, John Kevin | Director | 2009-03-02 | 2017-06-30 |
| EGERTON, Mark, Doctor | Director | 2002-11-29 | 2003-09-01 |
| GIBBS, Russell Barry | Director | 2006-04-24 | 2008-12-31 |
| JOHNSTONE, Craig | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| LEAHY, David Edward, Dr | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2006-01-01 |
| LONG, Robert William | Director | 2001-09-27 | 2002-04-11 |
| NICHOLSON, John Andrew | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2004-01-21 |
| PAYNE, Lloyd James, Dr | Director | 2017-03-15 | 2020-12-11 |
| POLYWKA, Mario Eugenio Cosimino | Director | 2017-03-15 | 2019-01-01 |
| RILEY, Robert John | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2023-03-28 |
| SPILLNER, Ralph Enno | Director | 2017-03-15 | 2023-03-28 |
| INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-03-21 | 2001-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyprotex Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+33.4%
£28,196,306 £37,601,419
-
Cash
+38.5%
£12,189,117 £16,880,627
-
Net assets
+17.1%
£26,087,405 £30,539,820
-
Employees
-3.7%
219 211
-
Operating profit
+2,044.1%
£290,045 £6,218,832
-
Profit before tax
+3,322.9%
-£183,937 £5,928,046
-
Wages
+2.3%
£8,451,130 £8,647,148
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