PHARMASPECTRA GROUP LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-16 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-02
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+21% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
+126.4% vs 2023
Employees
14
-6.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£18M
-22.9% vs 2023
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.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £11,156,737 | £9,119,064 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£5,117,968 | -£7,803,816 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£14,353,602 | -£17,641,152 | |
| Net profit | — | -£14,233,888 | -£16,795,118 | |
| Cash | — | £4,137,168 | £5,004,204 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£55,693,300 | £14,676,876 | |
| Net assets | — | -£55,693,300 | £14,676,876 | |
| Equity | -£41,459,412 | -£55,693,300 | £14,676,876 | |
| Average employees | — | 15 | 14 | |
| 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 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -45.9% | -85.6% | |
| Net margin | — | -127.6% | -184.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 9.2% | -53.2% | |
| Interest cover | — | -0.55x | -0.79x |
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
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On this basis, the directors have, at the time of approving these financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the business has adequate resources available to continue in operational existence, for the foreseeable future, being a period of not less than 12-months from approval of these financial statements. Therefore, the directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Waiver of intercompany loans by parent company amounting to £87,165,294, recognised as a capital contribution.”
- “Loss on sale of intangible assets amounting to $4,375,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JTC (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-06-29 | — | — |
| KOTCHIE, Robert | Director | 2022-08-01 | Jan 1979 | British |
| PARK, Graham Russell | Director | 2022-08-01 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONG, Ben | Director | 2019-07-03 | 2022-08-01 |
| MOULDING, Jeremy Charles | Director | 2019-10-04 | 2022-08-01 |
| MURRELL, Andrew John | Director | 2019-10-04 | 2022-08-01 |
| NIGHTINGALE, Saloshnee | Director | 2019-09-20 | 2022-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iqvia Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-12-02 | Active |
| Pharmaspectra Midco 2 Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-08-01 | Ceased 2024-12-02 |
| Mr Ben Long | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-07-03 | Ceased 2019-08-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 41 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-06 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-09-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-18.3%
£11,156,737 £9,119,064
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Cash
+21%
£4,137,168 £5,004,204
-
Net assets
+126.4%
-£55,693,300 £14,676,876
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Employees
-6.7%
15 14
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Operating profit
-52.5%
-£5,117,968 -£7,803,816
-
Profit before tax
-22.9%
-£14,353,602 -£17,641,152
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers