BIOLOGICAL PREPARATIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-04 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13K
+31.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+14.7% vs 2023
Employees
92
+4.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£390K
+5.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,774,519 | £13,545,672 | |
| Operating profit | £537,807 | £563,991 | |
| Profit before tax | £369,488 | £390,380 | |
| Net profit | £363,940 | £326,793 | |
| Cash | £9,527 | £12,513 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,616,255 | £2,918,139 | |
| Net assets | £2,269,883 | £2,604,332 | |
| Equity | £2,269,883 | £2,604,332 | |
| Average employees | 88 | 92 | |
| Wages | £2,723,675 | £2,912,084 |
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 | 4.2% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.6% | 19.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.40x | |
| Interest cover | 3.18x | 3.25x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following this review, performance of sensitivities and stress scenarios, and with consideration of formal support provided by its current investors through the going concern period, directors have a reasonable expectation that the group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Biological Preparations Group Limited, the ultimate parent company has indicated that for at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements, it will continue to make available any funds that are needed by the company, allowing it to meet its liabilities as they fall due. Consequently, directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BIOLOGICAL PREPARATIONS LIMITED · parent
- Caerphilly Blenders Limited 1%
- Eco-Hygiene Limited 1%
- Biological Preparations (Ireland) Limited 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, Colin Brian | Director | 2023-05-30 | Mar 1983 | Northern Irish |
| MCCLUSKEY, Paul | Director | 2021-07-01 | Dec 1963 | British |
| PATTERSON, James Stuart | Director | 2009-06-01 | Feb 1976 | British |
| PATTERSON, Leslie Stuart | Director | 2009-05-28 | Jul 1947 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWEN, Gayle Elizabeth | Director | 2015-03-13 | 2016-07-02 |
| COX, Steven William | Director | 2008-10-21 | 2011-12-31 |
| DAVENPORT, Nicholas Rafael | Director | 2021-06-14 | 2022-10-25 |
| HOSKYNS-ABRAHALL, Bennet Mansel Leigh | Director | 2015-03-13 | 2015-12-31 |
| WALSH, Julia Maria, Dr | Director | 2015-03-13 | 2021-09-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biological Preparations Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-08-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-12-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
+6%
£12,774,519 £13,545,672
-
Cash
+31.3%
£9,527 £12,513
-
Net assets
+14.7%
£2,269,883 £2,604,332
-
Employees
+4.5%
88 92
-
Operating profit
+4.9%
£537,807 £563,991
-
Profit before tax
+5.7%
£369,488 £390,380
-
Wages
+6.9%
£2,723,675 £2,912,084
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