OWLSTONE MEDICAL LIMITED
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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
- OWLSTONE MEDICAL LIMITED 2016-03-04 → present
- OWLSTONE LIMITED 2004-04-20 → 2016-03-04
- TIGER DAWN LIMITED 2003-11-06 → 2004-04-20
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 | £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 | 191 | 202 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 6.54x | 1.13x | |
| 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
- OWLSTONE MEDICAL LIMITED · parent
- Omed Health Limited 1%
- Owlstone Medical Inc: 1%
Significant events
- “In January 2025, the Group completed the first close of its latest equity financing, raising net proceeds after expenses of £21.9 million, which included the maturity of the convertible loan note as per Note 19.”
- “In March 2025, the Group raised a further £1.1 million ($1.4 million) of net proceeds after expenses from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.”
- “In April 2025, the Group raised a further £1.2 million ($1.6 million) of net proceeds after expenses from existing shareholders.”
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
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 218 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment 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 | |
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| 2025-05-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 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
- Capital events
- 16
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+53.4%
£2,081,255 £3,192,272
-
Cash
-92.6%
£17,025,754 £1,259,840
-
Net assets
-85.5%
£21,352,361 £3,105,757
-
Employees
+5.8%
191 202
-
Operating profit
-11.4%
-£20,911,125 -£23,292,474
-
Profit before tax
-15%
-£20,143,702 -£23,160,723
-
Wages
+13.1%
£10,619,905 £12,009,261
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