KBIO HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£19M
-73% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£58M
-168.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
It is anticipated that the Company will be liquidated in the near future, and therefore the accounts have been prepared on a non going concern basis.
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£22,780,578 | -£58,850,259 | |
| Profit before tax | -£21,542,624 | -£57,896,219 | |
| Net profit | -£16,478,132 | -£51,919,199 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £71,157,895 | £19,238,695 | |
| Net assets | £71,157,895 | £19,238,695 | |
| Equity | £71,157,895 | £19,238,695 | |
| 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 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -32.0% | -305.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.3% | 63.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.46x | 0.71x | |
| Interest cover | -1617.36x | -3307.87x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“It is anticipated that the Company will be liquidated in the near future, and therefore the accounts have been prepared on a non going concern basis.”
Group structure
- KBIO HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- KBio Inc. 100%
- ZabBio, Inc 39%
- ZabBio, Inc 10%
Significant events
- “The principal decision made by the Directors on 27 March 2025 was the approval of the liquidation of the Company. This decision followed the BAT Plc. Board noting in October 2024 to cease funding KBio operations.”
- “In 2025, KBio Holdings Limited received a dividend of 47mn USD from its subsidiary, KBio Inc. This event occurred after the reporting date of 31 December 2024 and is considered a non-adjusting subsequent event under IAS 10 Events after the Reporting Period. The dividend does not impact the financial position or performance reported for the year ended 31 December 2024, but is disclosed to provide relevant information to users of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRATCHER, Barry | Director | 2024-02-05 | Oct 1967 | American |
| WALKER, Martin Thomas | Director | 2025-11-03 | Feb 1961 | American |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEHTA, Shital | Secretary | 2021-07-28 | 2025-11-03 |
| DOYLE, Patrick James | Director | 2021-12-23 | 2024-10-10 |
| DUNCAN, Alastair Mark | Director | 2024-09-10 | 2025-11-03 |
| MUNRO, Alexander Graeme | Director | 2024-02-05 | 2025-11-03 |
| MURPHY, James | Director | 2024-02-05 | 2025-11-03 |
| O'REILLY, David, Dr | Director | 2021-07-28 | 2025-07-31 |
| PALACIOS, Juan | Director | 2024-02-05 | 2024-09-10 |
| ZELL, Philippe | Director | 2021-07-28 | 2024-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Martin Thomas Walker | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-03 | Active |
| Nicoventures Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-07-28 | Ceased 2025-11-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 35 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-10-23 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-23 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 5
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
—
Not reported
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
-73%
£71,157,895 £19,238,695
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Employees
—
Not reported
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Operating profit
-158.3%
-£22,780,578 -£58,850,259
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Profit before tax
-168.8%
-£21,542,624 -£57,896,219
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