EARLHAM INSTITUTE
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-06 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-23
Watchouts
Cash
£13M
-6.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£24M
-2.4% vs 2024
Employees
107
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£613K
-212.5% vs 2024
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
- EARLHAM INSTITUTE 2016-06-13 → present
- THE GENOME ANALYSIS CENTRE 2009-03-23 → 2016-06-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,012,000 | £14,089,000 | |
| Operating profit | £60,000 | £69,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £545,000 | -£613,000 | |
| Net profit | £545,000 | -£613,000 | |
| Cash | £14,274,000 | £13,352,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,073,000 | £24,460,000 | |
| Net assets | £25,073,000 | £24,460,000 | |
| Equity | £25,073,000 | £24,460,000 | |
| Average employees | 107 | 107 | |
| Wages | £4,433,000 | £4,821,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | -4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.2% | 0.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.76x | 3.41x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have prepared cash flow forecasts for the period to March 2030 which indicate that, taking account of reasonable possible downsides on the operations and its financial resources, the Institute will have sufficient funds to meet is liabilities as they fall due for that period. The Institute is reliant on its strategic programme funding from BBSRC, which was £6.1m in the year (2024: £6.4m). BBSRC has confirmed continued strategic funding of £6.0m for the year to March 2026. BBSRC has also confirmed a strategic programme funding allocation for 2 years to March 2028 of £6.0m per annum.”
Group structure
- EARLHAM INSTITUTE · parent
- Earlham Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Our first spin-out, TraitSeq Ltd, that develops advanced data analysis solutions for agrochemical products and improved crop varieties, has raised significant pre-seed investment, secured a major contract with one of the world's largest agrochemical companies, and expanded its team.”
- “We filed five new patent applications, while patent application from our existing portfolio are progressing to national phases in the EU and US.”
- “We announced TraitSeq as our first spinout company, which received some trade coverage and a lot of engagement on social media.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSSEY, Sarah Jane | Secretary | 2025-09-16 | — | — |
| BARTER, Laura Mary Claire, Professor | Director | 2024-03-21 | Feb 1974 | British |
| CSUKAI, Michael, Dr | Director | 2023-09-19 | Apr 1966 | British |
| FAIRFIELD, Gillian Amanda | Director | 2024-12-03 | Jun 1971 | British |
| KAMOMBO, Timothy | Director | 2023-06-19 | Oct 1985 | British,Zimbabwean |
| LETTICE, Fiona Elaine, Professor | Director | 2025-12-02 | Nov 1967 | British |
| PILKINGTON, Stephanie Joan | Director | 2022-06-21 | Jun 1966 | British |
| RATTRAY, Lars Magnus, Dr | Director | 2022-06-21 | Jul 1971 | British |
| SMITH, Deborah Frances, Professor | Director | 2021-12-07 | Mar 1951 | British |
| THOMSON, Nicholas Robert, Professor | Director | 2025-03-18 | Apr 1970 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Joseph William | Secretary | 2009-03-23 | 2010-01-21 |
| BEGGS, Jean Duthie, Professor | Director | 2017-06-20 | 2021-12-07 |
| BRIGGS, Peter David Sinclair | Director | 2010-01-21 | 2016-09-19 |
| BROWN, Nigel Leslie, Professor | Director | 2013-03-14 | 2017-06-20 |
| BURROWS, Michael George | Director | 2011-03-25 | 2017-03-21 |
| COGDELL, Richard John, Professor | Director | 2010-01-21 | 2013-06-17 |
| FINEGAN, Andrea | Director | 2016-09-19 | 2022-06-21 |
| GILMARTIN, Philip Mark, Professor | Director | 2019-12-03 | 2025-12-02 |
| GOULD, Terence John | Director | 2013-03-14 | 2019-03-21 |
| HOLLAND, Peter William Harold, Professor | Director | 2019-06-18 | 2024-12-03 |
| LAMB, Christopher, Professor | Director | 2009-03-23 | 2009-08-21 |
| LOUIS, Edward John, Professor | Director | 2017-06-20 | 2023-06-18 |
| MACNAB, Alasdair James, Dr | Director | 2017-03-21 | 2023-03-21 |
| MARKHAM, Alexander Fred, Sir | Director | 2010-03-12 | 2012-06-14 |
| RAWSTHORNE, Stephen | Director | 2009-03-23 | 2010-01-21 |
| RICHARDS, Thomas Adam, Professor | Director | 2019-06-18 | 2023-03-21 |
| SULSTON, John Edward, Professor Sir | Director | 2012-10-15 | 2014-12-31 |
| TAGG, Amanda Jane | Director | 2018-12-04 | 2024-12-03 |
| THORNTON, Janet Maureen, Professor Dame | Director | 2015-03-17 | 2022-03-29 |
| TICKLE, Cheryll, Professor | Director | 2010-01-21 | 2013-06-17 |
| VAN HEYNINGEN, Veronica, Professor | Director | 2013-06-17 | 2019-06-18 |
| WAUGH, Robbie, Professor | Director | 2013-06-17 | 2019-06-18 |
| WILLIAMS, Gareth Alun | Director | 2009-03-23 | 2010-01-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Deborah Frances Smith | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2024-12-03 | Active |
| Professor Peter William Harold Holland | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-03-29 | Ceased 2024-12-03 |
| Professor Janet Maureen Thornton | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-06-20 | Ceased 2022-03-29 |
| Professor Nigel Leslie Brown | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-20 |
| Biotechnology And Biological Sciences Research Council | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| University Of East Anglia | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-21 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+0.5%
£14,012,000 £14,089,000
-
Cash
-6.5%
£14,274,000 £13,352,000
-
Net assets
-2.4%
£25,073,000 £24,460,000
-
Employees
0%
107 107
-
Operating profit
+15%
£60,000 £69,000
-
Profit before tax
-212.5%
£545,000 -£613,000
-
Wages
+8.8%
£4,433,000 £4,821,000
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