ALMAC SCIENCES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-16 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£9M
+15.5% vs 2023
Employees
51
+6.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-63.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ALMAC SCIENCES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED 2006-06-13 → present
- CSS-ALBACHEM LIMITED 2004-07-16 → 2006-06-13
- ALBACHEM LIMITED 1994-11-02 → 2004-07-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,577,092 | £7,107,020 | |
| Operating profit | £4,594,313 | £1,524,433 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,756,312 | £1,724,071 | |
| Net profit | £3,677,302 | £1,266,952 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,117,932 | £12,569,824 | |
| Net assets | £8,177,865 | £9,444,817 | |
| Equity | £8,177,865 | £9,444,817 | |
| Average employees | 48 | 51 | |
| Wages | £2,028,592 | £2,194,816 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 43.4% | 21.4% | |
| Net margin | 34.8% | 17.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 41.3% | 12.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.19x | 6.20x | |
| Interest cover | 99.06x | 38.59x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (Northern Ireland) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis. The Company participates in group cash pooling arrangements providing access to cash necessary for the day-to-day running of the company and to support the going concern assertion. After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has access to adequate financial and other resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “The business has progressed satisfactorily during the year. The directors are continually evaluating opportunities to deliver growth and profit development.”
- “The company intends to continue to improve and develop its operations.”
- “The company is committed to research and development in the area of drug discovery on behalf of third parties. Research carried out in the year was expensed as incurred. No development expenditure was incurred in the year (2023: £nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIAMOND, Chris | Secretary | 2023-01-09 | — | — |
| ARMSTRONG, Alan David | Director | 2004-03-26 | Nov 1958 | Northern Irish |
| BARR, Stephen Alexander | Director | 2004-03-26 | Aug 1966 | British |
| HARKIN, Niall Patrick | Director | 2019-08-01 | May 1972 | British |
| MCBURNEY, Graeme Thomas | Director | 2022-10-01 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROCK, Simon Christopher | Secretary | 1994-11-02 | 1999-09-01 |
| HAYBURN, Colin | Secretary | 2005-06-01 | 2023-01-01 |
| RAMAGE, Jennifer Louise | Secretary | 1999-09-01 | 2004-04-14 |
| RAMAGE, Joan Fraser | Secretary | 2001-10-26 | 2002-06-04 |
| STEVENSON, Heather | Secretary | 2004-04-14 | 2005-06-01 |
| OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-11-02 | 1994-11-02 |
| BROCK, Julia Ann Mary | Director | 2002-06-04 | 2004-03-26 |
| BROCK, Simon Christopher | Director | 2002-02-04 | 2002-05-14 |
| CAMPBELL, Stephen | Director | 2004-03-26 | 2024-04-30 |
| CRESSWELL, Ronald Morton, Professor | Director | 2002-06-04 | 2008-01-23 |
| HAYBURN, Colin | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2023-01-01 |
| IRVINE, John Walter | Director | 2004-03-26 | 2016-08-22 |
| MCCLAY, Allen James, Dr | Director | 2004-03-26 | 2010-01-12 |
| MILLIKEN, Richard Alexander | Director | 2004-03-26 | 2009-04-06 |
| RAMAGE, Jacqueline Eva | Director | 2002-06-04 | 2004-03-26 |
| RAMAGE, Joan Fraser | Director | 1994-11-02 | 2004-03-26 |
| RAMAGE, Robert | Director | 1994-11-02 | 2010-04-30 |
| STEPHENS, Kevin | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2020-01-02 |
| VIDA, Julius Adalbert | Director | 2002-06-04 | 2008-01-23 |
| JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-11-02 | 1994-11-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almac Sciences Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-01-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-32.8%
£10,577,092 £7,107,020
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+15.5%
£8,177,865 £9,444,817
-
Employees
+6.3%
48 51
-
Operating profit
-66.8%
£4,594,313 £1,524,433
-
Profit before tax
-63.8%
£4,756,312 £1,724,071
-
Wages
+8.2%
£2,028,592 £2,194,816
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