FRANCIS CRICK TRADING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-08 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+239.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£223K
-77.2% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1K
-100.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,390,000 | £15,538,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,135,000 | -£1,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,135,000 | -£1,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,135,000 | -£1,000 | |
| Cash | £388,000 | £1,318,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £977,000 | £223,000 | |
| Net assets | £977,000 | £223,000 | |
| Equity | £977,000 | £223,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.5% | -0.0% | |
| Net margin | 13.5% | -0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 116.2% | -0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.4% | 95.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.00x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered these plans and the budget for the year ahead in their assessment of adopting the going concern basis of preparation in preparing the financial statements. No material uncertainties have been identified and therefore the accounts continue to be prepared on a going concern basis as detailed in the accounting policies note 1.”
Significant events
- “The opening of the 8th floor within the Crick building in August 2024 has contributed to a 101% increase in building letting and service income in 2024-25.”
- “An adjusted qualifying charitable gift aid donation in relation to prior year reserves in 2024-25 of £600k (2024: £807k) was distributed to the parent company, Francis Crick Institute Limited in December 2024.”
- “Charitable gift aid for the year 2024-25 of £153k to the parent company was provided for in statement of income and retained earnings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, Esther Ruth Odile | Secretary | 2022-08-10 | — | — |
| HEARD, Edith, Professor | Director | 2025-09-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
| MAYHEW, Stephen, Dr | Director | 2023-07-11 | Sep 1973 | British |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, Michelle Susanne | Director | 2022-12-19 | Oct 1977 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHATFIELD, Melanie | Secretary | 2017-05-26 | 2018-02-01 |
| FITZ, Joseph Daniel | Secretary | 2018-11-22 | 2022-05-10 |
| HOAD, Heather Gwendolyn | Secretary | 2022-05-10 | 2022-08-10 |
| FITZ, Joseph Daniel | Director | 2022-05-10 | 2022-12-19 |
| MAIKOVSKY, Stephane | Director | 2017-05-26 | 2022-05-10 |
| NURSE, Paul Maxime, Sir | Director | 2017-05-26 | 2025-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Francis Crick Institute Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 34 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+85.2%
£8,390,000 £15,538,000
-
Cash
+239.7%
£388,000 £1,318,000
-
Net assets
-77.2%
£977,000 £223,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-100.1%
£1,135,000 -£1,000
-
Profit before tax
-100.1%
£1,135,000 -£1,000
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