HORIZON DISCOVERY GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-13 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£126K
-24.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£165M
-31.8% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£266K
-104.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HORIZON DISCOVERY GROUP LIMITED 2021-02-24 → present
- HORIZON DISCOVERY GROUP PLC 2014-03-19 → 2021-02-24
- HORIZON DISCOVERY GROUP LIMITED 2014-03-04 → 2014-03-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£1,361,000 | -£8,248,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,454,000 | -£266,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,343,000 | -£2,186,000 | |
| Cash | £167,000 | £126,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £242,475,000 | £165,289,000 | |
| Net assets | £242,475,000 | £165,289,000 | |
| Equity | £242,475,000 | £165,289,000 | |
| 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 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.6% | -5.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.4% | 3.3% | |
| Current ratio | 65.70x | 28.60x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In assessing the going concern basis of preparation and appropriateness of disclosures, the directors have considered the availability of Group support and the available forecasts, results, internal risk factors and external factors which may influence the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least the next twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements. Revvity Inc (formerly PerkinElmer Inc) has provided a letter which confirms financial support will be provided to the Company to enable it to meet its financial liabilities as and when they fall due.”
Group structure
- HORIZON DISCOVERY GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Revvity Discovery Limited 100%
- Horizon Discovery Biosciences Limited 100%
- Horizon Genomics GmbH 100%
- Horizon KK TA 100%
Significant events
- “On 20 December 2024, following the partial settlement of an intercompany loan balance, the Company declared and paid a final dividend of £75m in respect of 2024 (2023: £nil).”
- “Avvinty Therapeutics Limited was dissolved on 12 February 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP, Bryan Andrew | Director | 2021-06-30 | Dec 1988 | American |
| LOWE, Christopher Eric | Director | 2022-02-28 | Jul 1975 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Teifion Mark | Secretary | 2019-05-22 | 2021-12-10 |
| PANKHANIA, Jayesh | Secretary | 2019-02-26 | 2019-05-22 |
| VELLACOTT, Richard | Secretary | 2014-03-04 | 2019-02-26 |
| BROOKS, Paul Robert, Dr | Director | 2021-03-31 | 2022-02-28 |
| COOK, Grahame David | Director | 2015-05-14 | 2020-12-23 |
| DISLEY, Darrin Matthew, Dr | Director | 2014-03-04 | 2018-03-02 |
| FLETCHER, Alan Edward, Dr | Director | 2020-12-23 | 2024-05-31 |
| GALBRAITH, Susan | Director | 2014-06-09 | 2020-04-30 |
| GILHAM, Ian David, Dr | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2020-12-23 |
| GULATI, Vishal Kumar, Dr | Director | 2014-03-19 | 2020-12-23 |
| KADIA, Siddhartha, Dr | Director | 2020-04-30 | 2020-12-23 |
| KRIVITSKI, Margarita | Director | 2018-11-08 | 2020-12-23 |
| MILNER, Jonathan Simon, Dr | Director | 2014-03-19 | 2018-06-04 |
| PANKHANIA, Jayesh | Director | 2019-02-26 | 2021-03-31 |
| PIZZIE, Terence William | Director | 2018-05-08 | 2021-06-30 |
| SEARLE, Susan Jane | Director | 2014-06-09 | 2020-12-23 |
| SMOLLER, David Adam | Director | 2014-11-03 | 2015-11-02 |
| VELLACOTT, Richard John | Director | 2014-03-04 | 2019-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revvity (Uk) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-19 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-07-17 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-07-05 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-07-05 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-12-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2022-11-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2024-12-29 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-24.6%
£167,000 £126,000
-
Net assets
-31.8%
£242,475,000 £165,289,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-506%
-£1,361,000 -£8,248,000
-
Profit before tax
-104.9%
£5,454,000 -£266,000
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