OXFORD SCIENCE ENTERPRISES PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-03 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£183M
-30.2% vs 2023
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
77
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£58M
+55.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- OXFORD SCIENCE ENTERPRISES PLC 2021-09-30 → present
- OXFORD SCIENCES INNOVATION PLC 2015-03-17 → 2021-09-30
- OXFORD SCIENCES PLC 2014-06-19 → 2015-03-17
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,475,000 | £4,958,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£31,333,000 | -£68,590,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£131,665,000 | -£58,269,000 | |
| Net profit | -£131,665,000 | -£58,269,000 | |
| Cash | £262,128,000 | £183,063,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £1,139,664,000 | £1,081,472,000 | |
| Average employees | 77 | 77 | |
| Wages | £7,070,000 | £7,461,000 |
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 | -483.9% | -1383.4% | |
| Net margin | -2033.4% | -1175.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.02x | 2.39x | |
| Interest cover | -23.97x | -54.92x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors confirm that they have a reasonable expectation that the Company will continue to operate in the foreseeable future and accordingly they accept that the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements”
Group structure
- OXFORD SCIENCE ENTERPRISES PLC · parent
- OSI Midco Limited 100%
- Oxford Sciences 100%
- OSI Services Limited 100%
- OSE Labs Limited 100%
- OSE Manager Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Raised "£863 million to build companies based on Oxford science" (page 13).”
- “Helped attract "300+ co-investors to the Oxford ecosystem" (page 13).”
- “Raised "£2.5 billion of investment for our portfolio companies (OSE and co-investors)" (page 13).”
- “Creation of "over 100 companies based on Oxford IP" (page 13).”
- “A "3x increase in spinouts created per annum" (page 13).”
- “A "8x increase in capital raised by Oxford spinouts per annum" (page 13).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKEMAN, Athene Eliana Georgina | Secretary | 2022-01-25 | — | — |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-04-09 | — | — |
| BRUNT, Andre Crawford | Director | 2020-02-14 | Mar 1971 | British |
| BUSSEY, Edward Martin | Director | 2023-09-01 | Oct 1967 | British |
| CHAMBERS, Christopher Michael | Director | 2015-06-01 | Jun 1961 | British |
| DONNELLY, Peter James, Professor | Director | 2024-01-30 | May 1959 | British,Australian |
| EDMONDSON, Jack Cemlyn | Director | 2023-09-01 | Aug 1977 | British |
| HOBBS, Frederick David Richard, Professor | Director | 2025-11-21 | Nov 1953 | British |
| JENKINSON, Antonia Scarlett | Director | 2026-04-28 | Jul 1969 | British |
| MURRAY, Fiona Elizabeth | Director | 2024-05-14 | May 1968 | British |
| STEVENS, Molly Morag | Director | 2026-01-01 | May 1974 | British |
| TAYLOR, Bernard John | Director | 2015-06-01 | Nov 1956 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'BRIEN, Kate | Secretary | 2019-06-13 | 2021-09-23 |
| SINGH, Benjamin Dhian | Secretary | 2014-06-19 | 2015-04-09 |
| WILKINSON, James Henry | Secretary | 2021-09-23 | 2022-01-25 |
| AUBREY, Alan John | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2021-10-01 |
| BELL, John Irving, Professor Sir | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2023-02-28 |
| BODDIE, Simon | Director | 2021-11-15 | 2026-01-31 |
| CASTELL, William, Sir | Director | 2016-03-03 | 2016-08-31 |
| CONN III, Charles Ronald | Director | 2019-03-04 | 2020-02-04 |
| DAVIES, Peter Graham | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2021-10-01 |
| DORMANDY, Alexis Paul Momtchiloff | Director | 2020-10-16 | 2022-12-12 |
| KERR, Giles | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2021-10-01 |
| KHAN, Aneeqa | Director | 2019-03-13 | 2021-12-31 |
| LAXER, Richard Alan | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2024-01-31 |
| NORWOOD, David Robert | Director | 2014-06-19 | 2019-01-31 |
| PICHETTE, Patrick, Mr. | Director | 2019-03-05 | 2020-01-30 |
| PRESTON, Heather Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2021-11-15 | 2023-12-31 |
| SNOW, Alexander Charles Wallace | Director | 2014-06-19 | 2017-05-02 |
| WILKINSON, James Henry | Director | 2015-11-17 | 2026-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-16 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-04-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-23.4%
£6,475,000 £4,958,000
-
Cash
-30.2%
£262,128,000 £183,063,000
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
0%
77 77
-
Operating profit
-118.9%
-£31,333,000 -£68,590,000
-
Profit before tax
+55.7%
-£131,665,000 -£58,269,000
-
Wages
+5.5%
£7,070,000 £7,461,000
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