ABBOTT TOXICOLOGY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-29 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+2.7% vs 2023
Net assets
-£27M
-6.2% vs 2023
Employees
324
+4.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
+74.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ABBOTT TOXICOLOGY LIMITED 2020-05-01 → present
- ABBOTT TOXICOLOGY PLC 2020-05-01 → 2020-05-01
- ALERE TOXICOLOGY PLC 2012-06-20 → 2020-05-01
- CONCATENO PLC 2005-03-17 → 2012-06-20
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 | £34,625,000 | £38,132,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,564,000 | £1,359,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,017,000 | -£1,530,000 | |
| Net profit | -£7,426,000 | -£1,554,000 | |
| Cash | £5,607,000 | £5,756,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,759,000 | £34,797,000 | |
| Net assets | -£25,545,000 | -£27,128,000 | |
| Equity | -£25,545,000 | -£27,128,000 | |
| Average employees | 311 | 324 | |
| Wages | £12,247,000 | £13,493,000 |
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 | -10.3% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | -21.4% | -4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.9% | 3.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 157.8% | 161.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.12x | 2.55x | |
| Interest cover | -1.43x | 0.46x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that there are no material uncertainties that lead to significant doubt regarding the Company's ability to continue as a going concern and that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ABBOTT TOXICOLOGY LIMITED · parent
- Abbott Healthcare Connections Limited 100%
- Forensics Limited 100%
- Ig Innovations Limited 100%
- Cozart Limited 100%
- EDTS European Drug Testing Service AB 20%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEELEY, Jennifer | Secretary | 2022-01-14 | — | — |
| CLAYTON, Michael Robert Kendall | Director | 2022-05-16 | Apr 1974 | British |
| DEELEY, Jennifer | Director | 2022-01-14 | Nov 1985 | English |
| WOJCIECHOWICZ, Nicola | Director | 2022-08-01 | Jan 1978 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COULING, Geoffrey | Secretary | 2014-09-17 | 2017-10-03 |
| COULING, Geoffrey John | Secretary | 2010-06-17 | 2013-05-24 |
| ELTON, Neil Anthony | Secretary | 2009-10-31 | 2010-06-17 |
| FADIL, Susan Carol | Secretary | 2005-08-04 | 2008-05-07 |
| HILLHOUSE, Robert James | Secretary | 2005-08-04 | 2008-05-07 |
| NIXON, Rowena | Secretary | 2008-05-07 | 2009-10-31 |
| ROWE, Kenneth James | Secretary | 2019-12-01 | 2022-01-14 |
| AMEYE, Veronique Yvonne | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2015-02-07 |
| BEATO, Paolo | Director | 2018-02-28 | 2020-03-02 |
| BEGLEY, Fiona | Director | 2006-11-06 | 2010-06-24 |
| BREARE, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2022-07-25 |
| BRIDGEN, John | Director | 2009-08-11 | 2013-05-24 |
| CHINIARA, Ellen Vanessa | Director | 2009-08-11 | 2014-09-17 |
| CORSELLIS, James Henry Merrick | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2009-08-11 |
| ELTON, Neil Anthony | Director | 2007-09-14 | 2010-07-20 |
| FIELDHOUSE, Ian William | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2013-11-06 |
| HAND, Christopher William, Dr | Director | 2007-10-04 | 2009-08-11 |
| JAMES, Neil Edward | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2018-02-28 |
| MACKEN, Ross Gwynfor | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2014-01-31 |
| MACNAUGHTON, Robert Ian | Director | 2013-11-06 | 2014-11-17 |
| MALKANI, Sanjay | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2018-01-26 |
| MCNAMARA, Joseph Patrick | Director | 2015-04-14 | 2015-11-11 |
| MURRIA, Vinodka | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2009-08-11 |
| PAUL, Stuart | Director | 2018-01-26 | 2018-08-17 |
| PAVIA, Michael James | Director | 2005-03-21 | 2006-07-12 |
| PITHER, Martyn Robert | Director | 2010-06-02 | 2013-01-13 |
| ROWE, Kenneth James | Director | 2020-03-02 | 2021-11-30 |
| TARPEY, Christopher James | Director | 2012-07-24 | 2014-01-31 |
| TEITEL, David | Director | 2009-08-11 | 2015-11-09 |
| TOOHEY, David Gerard | Director | 2009-08-11 | 2013-03-01 |
| TOZZI, Keith | Director | 2005-03-17 | 2010-06-24 |
| WALL, Anthony John | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2015-11-10 |
| WATTS, Mark Irvine John | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2006-11-06 |
| WELCH, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 2010-06-02 | 2012-04-02 |
| WILLIAMS, David Jeffreys | Director | 2005-03-17 | 2006-11-06 |
| WRIGHT, Katharine Hannah | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2013-03-01 |
| YOOR, Brian Bernard | Director | 2017-10-03 | 2018-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alere Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 213 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-26 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2022-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-01-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-21 | 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
+10.1%
£34,625,000 £38,132,000
-
Cash
+2.7%
£5,607,000 £5,756,000
-
Net assets
-6.2%
-£25,545,000 -£27,128,000
-
Employees
+4.2%
311 324
-
Operating profit
+138.1%
-£3,564,000 £1,359,000
-
Profit before tax
+74.6%
-£6,017,000 -£1,530,000
-
Wages
+10.2%
£12,247,000 £13,493,000
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