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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-09 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-10-26

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

-92.6% vs 2023

Net assets

£3M

-85.5% vs 2023

Employees

202

+5.8% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£23M

-15% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. OWLSTONE MEDICAL LIMITED 2016-03-04 → present
  2. OWLSTONE LIMITED 2004-04-20 → 2016-03-04
  3. TIGER DAWN LIMITED 2003-11-06 → 2004-04-20

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £2,081,255£3,192,272
Operating profit -£20,911,125-£23,292,474
Profit before tax -£20,143,702-£23,160,723
Net profit -£17,989,527-£19,523,293
Cash £17,025,754£1,259,840
Total assets less current liabilities £23,083,134£4,259,429
Net assets £21,352,361£3,105,757
Equity £21,352,361£3,105,757
Average employees 191202
Wages £10,619,905£12,009,261

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -1004.7%-729.7%
Net margin -864.4%-611.6%
Return on capital employed -90.6%-546.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 19.4%72.0%
Current ratio 6.54x1.13x
Interest cover -168.41x-207.24x

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
IFRS
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Grant Thornton UK LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Group expects that it will continue to incur losses as it seeks to develop its Breath Biopsy technology and prepare for future commercialisation, and will need to obtain further financing before the Group is sustainably cash generative. The Board has comprehensively reviewed the Group's funding requirements and it is the Directors' expectation, following the completion of the equity round in early 2025, that sufficient capital is present to continue in operational existence beyond the going concern assessment period. Following the completion of this latest close, it is the Directors' expectation that there is sufficient capital to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

  1. OWLSTONE MEDICAL LIMITED · parent
    1. Omed Health Limited 1% · United Kingdom · Dormant company
    2. Owlstone Medical Inc: 1% · USA · Support services for sales and R&D

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

8 active · 9 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
TWEEN, Neil Andrew Secretary 2021-07-22
BADER, Bret Ian Director 2016-03-03 Jun 1966 American
BOYLE, Paul Director 2004-05-28 Oct 1978 British
CAPONE, Mark Christopher Director 2021-08-05 Jun 1962 American
MCCREADIE, Jessica Director 2026-05-07 Sep 1991 British
RICHARDS, Andrew John Mcglashan, Dr Director 2018-09-12 Mar 1960 British
TOUMAZOU, Christofer Director 2016-03-03 Jul 1961 British
ZHANG, Haorui Patrick Director 2021-08-05 Nov 1986 Chinese
Show 9 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BOYNE, Linden James Hastings Secretary 2004-04-15 2009-12-22
RUIZ ALONSO, David Secretary 2009-12-22 2021-07-22
SUBSCRIBER SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2003-11-06 2004-04-15
BOYNE, Linden James Hastings Director 2004-04-15 2009-12-22
GITTINS, Magnus Director 2004-04-15 2008-11-28
KOEHL, Andrew Hampton Director 2004-05-28 2016-03-03
RUIZ ALONSO, David Director 2009-12-22 2016-03-03
WRIGHT, Douglas David Director 2018-02-26 2025-08-31
SUBSCRIBER DIRECTORS LIMITED Corporate Director 2003-11-06 2004-04-15

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 218 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-05-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-01-05 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-11-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-10-31 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-08-26 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-07-23 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-06-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-05-31 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-05-30 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2025-05-30 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2025-05-30 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2025-05-30 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2025-05-30 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2025-05-30 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2025-05-30 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2025-05-30 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2025-05-21 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-03-25 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-03-10 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-02-13 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
17

last 12 months

Capital events
16

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

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

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

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