EUROFINS FOOD TESTING UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-21 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9K
-83% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
+2% vs 2023
Employees
521
-10% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
+77.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- EUROFINS FOOD TESTING UK LIMITED 2012-01-03 → present
- EUROFINS LABORATORIES LIMITED 2004-10-07 → 2012-01-03
- EUROFINS LIMITED 2004-08-26 → 2004-10-07
- C.P.A. SCIENTIFIC LIMITED 2004-01-07 → 2004-08-26
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 | £36,530,000 | £41,068,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,706,000 | -£16,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,252,000 | -£1,386,000 | |
| Net profit | -£6,562,000 | -£1,430,000 | |
| Cash | £53,000 | £9,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,597,000 | £33,302,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,008,000 | £17,347,000 | |
| Equity | £17,008,000 | £17,347,000 | |
| Average employees | 579 | 521 | |
| Wages | £16,395,000 | £17,272,000 |
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 | -12.9% | -0.0% | |
| Net margin | -18.0% | -3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -13.6% | -0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.5% | 58.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.70x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | -3.25x | -0.01x |
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
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis, having concluded that no material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as it is or its ability to continue with current financing arrangements, supported by Group policy to provide internal funding.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, on 1 March 2025, the company purchased the business and net assets of Salamon & Seaber Limited.”
- “The Company completed the full integration of Express MicroScience, created a Microbiology centre of excellence in Scotland (opened April 2024), and absorbed Salamon & Seaber Limited into its scope in 2025 to incorporate GAFTA and FOSFA testing capabilities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GANDERTON, Laura Jayne | Secretary | 2023-01-20 | — | — |
| JOHNSON, Christopher William | Director | 2025-10-21 | Nov 1981 | British |
| WATTS, Michael Robert | Director | 2022-04-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMPION, Phyllis Marianne | Secretary | 2004-01-07 | 2005-07-01 |
| MILES, Sonia | Secretary | 2022-04-01 | 2023-01-20 |
| MILLS, Alice Irene | Secretary | 2005-07-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| SARGEANT, Mark Simon | Secretary | 2005-10-10 | 2006-02-14 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-01-07 | 2004-01-07 |
| BONTRIDDER, Dirk | Director | 2010-06-18 | 2012-12-31 |
| BRANDMEIER, Markus, Dr | Director | 2012-12-31 | 2015-02-05 |
| CARNAGHAN, Mark Lindesay | Director | 2021-03-18 | 2025-10-21 |
| COLES, Philip David | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2020-12-09 |
| MARTIN, Gilles Gerard | Director | 2004-01-07 | 2010-06-15 |
| MCBEAN, Christopher James | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2008-09-23 |
| MILLS, Alice Irene | Director | 2004-01-07 | 2022-03-31 |
| REEVES, Christopher John | Director | 2004-01-07 | 2004-04-27 |
| RISDON, Graeme Charles | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2016-07-01 |
| ROWLEY, John Timothy | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2010-03-31 |
| WICHERS, Wicher Rotger | Director | 2004-05-11 | 2007-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurofins Food Testing Uk Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-02-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-01-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
+12.4%
£36,530,000 £41,068,000
-
Cash
-83%
£53,000 £9,000
-
Net assets
+2%
£17,008,000 £17,347,000
-
Employees
-10%
579 521
-
Operating profit
+99.7%
-£4,706,000 -£16,000
-
Profit before tax
+77.8%
-£6,252,000 -£1,386,000
-
Wages
+5.3%
£16,395,000 £17,272,000
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