BENEVOLENTAI CAMBRIDGE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-04 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£135K
-28.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£87M
-21.7% vs 2023
Employees
65
-27.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£19M
+19.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BENEVOLENTAI CAMBRIDGE LIMITED 2018-02-22 → present
- PROXIMAGEN LIMITED 2003-11-26 → 2018-02-22
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 | £1,939,000 | £2,641,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£23,126,000 | -£18,400,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£23,197,000 | -£18,604,000 | |
| Net profit | -£20,133,000 | -£15,743,000 | |
| Cash | £190,000 | £135,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£68,625,000 | -£85,936,000 | |
| Net assets | -£71,168,000 | -£86,620,000 | |
| Equity | -£71,168,000 | -£86,620,000 | |
| Average employees | 90 | 65 | |
| Wages | £5,707,000 | £4,455,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1192.7% | -696.7% | |
| Net margin | -1038.3% | -596.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.7% | 21.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 855.7% | 2984.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.05x | 0.03x | |
| Interest cover | -308.35x | -86.79x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has obtained a letter of support from its immediate parent company BenevolentAl Limited confirming that it has no intention to seek repayment for the balance owed to the Group and will continue to make available funds as needed by the Company for at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “As part of the update to the Group's strategy announced on 11 December 2024, following on from the business priorities announced on 23 April 2024, the Group is taking steps to streamline operations and reduce costs to support the revised business objectives going forward.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATERSTONE COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2018-02-22 | — | — |
| HUNTER, James | Director | 2026-03-20 | Jan 1967 | British |
| MULVANY, Kenneth Patrick | Director | 2026-03-10 | Jan 1968 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUNTER, James Douglas | Secretary | 2009-02-17 | 2012-08-14 |
| WHITTLE, Nigel, Dr | Secretary | 2004-09-01 | 2009-02-17 |
| WCPHD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-11-26 | 2004-03-02 |
| BRENNAN, Michael James | Director | 2025-01-14 | 2026-03-19 |
| BRENNAN, Michael James | Director | 2019-05-29 | 2021-03-12 |
| CAMPBELL, David Bruce, Dr | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2010-01-29 |
| CHURCHER, Ian, Dr | Director | 2018-02-21 | 2019-01-03 |
| EVENSTAD, Mark Bradford | Director | 2012-08-14 | 2018-02-21 |
| FIELD IV, Benjamin Rush | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2018-02-21 |
| GRIFFIN, Ivan | Director | 2019-05-29 | 2026-03-25 |
| HOLGATE, Tom Joseph Charles | Director | 2018-02-21 | 2025-02-07 |
| HUNTER, James Douglas | Director | 2008-05-19 | 2012-08-14 |
| JENNER, Peter George, Professor | Director | 2004-03-02 | 2010-01-29 |
| MARTINSON, Chad J., Mr. | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2018-02-21 |
| MULVANY, Kenneth Patrick | Director | 2004-04-13 | 2012-08-14 |
| MURLEWSKI, George David | Director | 2003-11-26 | 2005-12-31 |
| PHELAN, Anne | Director | 2019-01-03 | 2024-12-11 |
| PULLMAN, William Earnest, Dr. | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2018-02-21 |
| ROBINSON, Stephen Michael | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2014-12-15 |
| SHIELDS, Joanna | Director | 2019-05-29 | 2023-09-21 |
| WHITTLE, Nigel, Dr | Director | 2004-03-02 | 2009-02-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benevolentai Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-02-21 | Active |
| Proximagen Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-02-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-01 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+36.2%
£1,939,000 £2,641,000
-
Cash
-28.9%
£190,000 £135,000
-
Net assets
-21.7%
-£71,168,000 -£86,620,000
-
Employees
-27.8%
90 65
-
Operating profit
+20.4%
-£23,126,000 -£18,400,000
-
Profit before tax
+19.8%
-£23,197,000 -£18,604,000
-
Wages
-21.9%
£5,707,000 £4,455,000
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