AXIS-SHIELD DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-11 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+200.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£30M
-15.8% vs 2023
Employees
127
+10.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
-39.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- AXIS-SHIELD DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED 1999-06-09 → present
- SHIELD DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED 1988-05-03 → 1999-06-09
- SHIELD IMMUNOLOGICALS LIMITED 1982-01-28 → 1988-05-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £30,022,000 | £28,533,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,071,000 | £3,273,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,800,000 | £4,101,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,129,000 | £2,942,000 | |
| Cash | £592,000 | £1,780,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,267,000 | £30,581,000 | |
| Net assets | £35,153,000 | £29,592,000 | |
| Equity | £35,153,000 | £29,592,000 | |
| Average employees | 115 | 127 | |
| Wages | £4,749,000 | £4,867,000 |
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 | 20.2% | 11.5% | |
| Net margin | 17.1% | 10.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.9% | 10.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.5% | 18.9% | |
| Current ratio | 6.15x | 3.63x | |
| Interest cover | 45.65x | 38.06x |
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
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company generated a profit before tax of £4,101.000 (2023; £6,800.000) and has a net asset position of £29.592.000) (2023. £35,153,000) Trading profits are expected to continue in the foreseeable future. Therefore, after making enquiries and considering the forecasted cash flows, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will continue in operational existence for a period of twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements, Accordingly, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOND, David Andrew | Director | 2013-06-24 | Sep 1971 | British |
| KOEWLER, Mark Andrew | Director | 2025-09-01 | Feb 1980 | American |
| ROBBIE, Duncan Douglas | Director | 2019-12-09 | Sep 1977 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMEYE, Veronique | Secretary | 2011-01-17 | 2015-02-07 |
| COWIE, John Michael | Secretary | 1990-02-15 | 1991-09-30 |
| EVANS, David Eric | Secretary | 1993-05-21 | 2000-08-08 |
| GARVEY, Paul Maurice | Secretary | 2000-08-08 | 2007-04-01 |
| HERMANSEN, Ronny | Secretary | 2007-04-01 | 2011-12-08 |
| ROCHE, Martin John | Secretary | — | 1990-01-13 |
| ZAJICEK, George Thomas | Secretary | 1991-11-08 | 1993-05-21 |
| BARRY, Douglas | Director | 2015-07-24 | 2017-10-03 |
| BATTEN, Jane Ann, Doctor | Director | 1989-09-21 | 1991-07-23 |
| BRIDGEN, John | Director | 2014-08-26 | 2017-10-03 |
| COOKSON, Christopher Ian | Director | 1995-09-01 | 2007-10-31 |
| EVANS, David Eric | Director | 1993-01-21 | 2000-11-06 |
| FISTER, Julius C | Director | 2015-07-24 | 2017-10-03 |
| FOSTER, John Peter | Director | — | 1999-05-27 |
| GILHAM, Ian David, Dr | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2011-11-28 |
| HALE, Arthur James, Doctor | Director | 1990-12-20 | 1996-07-08 |
| HALL, Gordon James | Director | 1990-11-05 | 1997-10-13 |
| HORNE, David Norman | Director | 2012-01-17 | 2013-06-24 |
| JAMES, Michael | Director | — | 1990-03-30 |
| KARWOSKI, Jane Catherine | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2000-03-07 |
| KEEN, Nigel John | Director | — | 1996-07-08 |
| KING, Colin | Director | 2012-01-17 | 2015-07-24 |
| KING, Colin | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2014-10-07 |
| KRAMMER, Karen Ann | Director | 2022-10-28 | 2025-08-29 |
| MCANDREW, George Gordon | Director | — | 1996-07-08 |
| MCNAMARA, Joseph Patrick | Director | 2014-08-26 | 2015-07-24 |
| MCNIVEN, Andrew | Director | 2017-10-03 | 2022-05-02 |
| MORGAN, Philip William | Director | — | 1989-09-27 |
| MULLINS, Fiona | Director | 2022-05-02 | 2022-12-30 |
| OOSTERBAAN, Benjamin Edward | Director | 2017-10-03 | 2022-10-28 |
| PITHER, Martyn Robert | Director | 2012-01-17 | 2013-02-26 |
| REID, Brian | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2008-09-22 |
| REID, James Owen | Director | 1998-09-28 | 2000-08-24 |
| ROCHE, Martin John | Director | — | 1990-01-31 |
| SMEDVIG, Peter Thomas | Director | 1991-12-16 | 1996-07-08 |
| TAZALLA, Greg | Director | 2017-10-03 | 2018-09-07 |
| VASISHTA, Anil | Director | 2015-07-24 | 2019-12-09 |
| WALTON, David | Director | 2012-01-17 | 2012-12-06 |
| WORLOCK, Arnold, Dr | Director | — | 1991-09-26 |
| ZAJICEK, George Thomas | Director | 1991-05-28 | 2011-12-13 |
| APAX VENTURE PARTNERS&COMPANY | Corporate Director | — | 1993-05-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axis-Shield Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 301 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-5%
£30,022,000 £28,533,000
-
Cash
+200.7%
£592,000 £1,780,000
-
Net assets
-15.8%
£35,153,000 £29,592,000
-
Employees
+10.4%
115 127
-
Operating profit
-46.1%
£6,071,000 £3,273,000
-
Profit before tax
-39.7%
£6,800,000 £4,101,000
-
Wages
+2.5%
£4,749,000 £4,867,000
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