THE ROSALIND FRANKLIN INSTITUTE
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-02 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£16M
+23.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£36M
-11.8% vs 2024
Employees
136
+6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5M
-87.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,508,464 | £20,571,730 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,598,744 | -£4,870,445 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,598,744 | -£4,870,445 | |
| Net profit | -£2,598,744 | -£4,870,445 | |
| Cash | £13,165,126 | £16,308,345 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £41,109,145 | £36,238,700 | |
| Net assets | £41,109,145 | £36,238,700 | |
| Equity | £41,109,145 | £36,238,700 | |
| Average employees | 128 | 136 | |
| Wages | £5,620,466 | £6,408,951 |
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 | -12.7% | -23.7% | |
| Net margin | -12.7% | -23.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.3% | -13.4% | |
| Current ratio | 7.91x | 4.17x |
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
- Richardsons
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Whilst future funding of the Institute is in place to March 2027, discussions around funding beyond this date have begun with UKRI/EPSRC, based on this assurance, the Board believe that it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “In October, the Rosalind Franklin Institute hosted the inaugural Volume Electron Microscopy conference, welcoming over 150 international delegates to Harwell.”
- “The Rosalind Franklin Institute has entered into a new collaboration with Astra Zeneca, which enables access to Franklin technology and training.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURGESS, Gillian Munro, Dr | Director | 2018-12-11 | Nov 1955 | British |
| CARTER, Caroline Jane | Director | 2024-11-01 | Dec 1963 | British |
| CHARLES, Ian George, Prof | Director | 2025-03-01 | Oct 1957 | British |
| GHINELLI, Barbara Maria Gigliola, Dr | Director | 2019-01-01 | Nov 1972 | British |
| HOLLOWAY, John William, Prof | Director | 2025-03-01 | May 1971 | British,New Zealander |
| MATTHEWS, Paul, Professor | Director | 2024-04-08 | Jun 1956 | British |
| MOUNT, Andrew Raymond, Professor | Director | 2025-03-01 | May 1962 | British |
| NEWISS, Hilary Jane | Director | 2024-11-01 | Apr 1956 | British |
| PRITCHARD, Bruce Philip | Director | 2024-09-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| REES, David Charles, Dr | Director | 2022-05-01 | Apr 1958 | British |
| SKINGLE, Malcolm, Dr | Director | 2024-11-01 | Oct 1953 | British |
| SPITTLE, Graham Nigel, Dr | Director | 2026-01-01 | Nov 1955 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CADDICK, Stephen, Professor | Director | 2018-12-13 | 2023-12-18 |
| COOPER, Helen Jill, Professor | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| COX, Vivienne, Dr | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| DAUNCEY, Stephen Benedict | Director | 2019-01-25 | 2025-02-28 |
| DAVIS, Benjamin Guy, Professor | Director | 2023-11-06 | 2024-04-08 |
| DE LEEUW, Nora Henriette, Professor | Director | 2020-11-26 | 2024-11-01 |
| DEKKERS, Joanne, Dr | Director | 2018-12-11 | 2019-05-09 |
| GAUTEL, Mathias, Professor | Director | 2020-11-30 | 2025-02-28 |
| JENNINGS, Jennifer, Dr | Director | 2019-05-09 | 2020-12-11 |
| LIVINGSTON, Andrew Guy, Professor | Director | 2018-03-20 | 2020-09-30 |
| MCKENDRICK, Ewan Gordon, Professor | Director | 2018-12-08 | 2024-06-30 |
| NAISMITH, James Henderson, Professor | Director | 2019-07-22 | 2023-11-05 |
| SMITH, Peter John Shand, Professor | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2020-09-30 |
| TITCHENER-HOOKER, Nigel, Professor | Director | 2019-05-07 | 2025-02-28 |
| VENABLES, Timothy John Gower | Director | 2018-03-20 | 2019-03-18 |
| WALMSLEY, Ian Alexander, Prof | Director | 2018-03-20 | 2018-12-01 |
| WOOD, Anthony, Dr | Director | 2019-01-25 | 2022-03-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 78 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
+0.3%
£20,508,464 £20,571,730
-
Cash
+23.9%
£13,165,126 £16,308,345
-
Net assets
-11.8%
£41,109,145 £36,238,700
-
Employees
+6.3%
128 136
-
Operating profit
-87.4%
-£2,598,744 -£4,870,445
-
Profit before tax
-87.4%
-£2,598,744 -£4,870,445
-
Wages
+14%
£5,620,466 £6,408,951
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