ABSHARE SHARE PLAN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-05 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-21
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£229M
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ABSHARE SHARE PLAN LIMITED 2018-12-17 → present
- THE ABCAM EMPLOYEE SHARE BENEFIT TRUST LIMITED 2008-09-24 → 2018-12-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | -£7,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £4,437,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £4,437,000 | |
| Cash | — | £4,464,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £229,287,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £229,287,000 | |
| Equity | — | £229,287,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | -0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 32756.29x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Director has performed a going concern assessment on the company, preparing forecasts for the period to 31 December 2026 (the going concern assessment period), taking into account reasonable possible downsides on the operations and financial resources of the company during that period. The company is a finance company with a strong asset base, having net assets of £229.3m. The company has a current cash balance within the group cash pool arrangement of £4.5m.”
Significant events
- “On 21 March 2025 the company paid a dividend of £4m to its parent company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LESTER, Andrew Lawrence | Director | 2024-06-24 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILIFFE, Jeffrey Michael | Secretary | 2008-09-24 | 2016-09-12 |
| SMITH, Suzanne Elaine | Secretary | 2016-09-12 | 2019-03-26 |
| FEARN, Jonathan Richard | Director | 2024-02-23 | 2024-06-25 |
| ILIFFE, Jeffrey Michael | Director | 2008-09-24 | 2016-09-12 |
| MILNER, Jonathan Simon, Dr | Director | 2008-09-24 | 2014-11-28 |
| SKINNER, Nicholas John | Director | 2016-12-16 | 2024-02-23 |
| WARWICK, David James | Director | 2014-11-28 | 2016-12-16 |
| WOOD, Gavin Hilary James | Director | 2016-09-12 | 2020-03-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danaher Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-08-16 | Active |
| Abcam Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-08-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-08-19 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-19 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-19 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2023-10-11 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2023-10-11 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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