NOVABIOTICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-29 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-20 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£144K
-40.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£202K
-43.5% vs 2023
Employees
12
-7.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£650K
+68.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-29 | 2024-11-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £32,904 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,469,492 | -£11,601 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,045,225 | -£650,041 | |
| Net profit | -£2,024,135 | -£637,511 | |
| Cash | £241,383 | £144,118 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,479,884 | £3,608,769 | |
| Net assets | £357,143 | £201,778 | |
| Equity | £357,143 | £201,778 | |
| Average employees | 13 | 12 | |
| Wages | £296,548 | £366,257 |
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 | 2023-11-29 | 2024-11-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -35.3% | |
| Net margin | — | -1937.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -42.2% | -0.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.2% | 95.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.67x | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | -2.51x | -0.02x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries and reviewing cash flow forecasts, the directors have formed a judgment at the time of approving the financial statements that the Group has access to adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months. For this reason, the directors believe it remains appropriate to continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- NOVABIOTICS LIMITED · parent
- Novabiotics Incorporated 100%
- Novabiotics Limited 100%
- Novabiotics Consumer Health 99%
Significant events
- “Following the year end on 28 April 2025, a Licence Agreement for Tinexyl® with Brand Creations International Ltd was executed.”
- “Tinexyl® has been launched as a B2B product in the UK as Tinexyl® PRO (for podiatrists and foot health practitioners) and through our worldwide distribution partner, digital test marketing has begun as a D2C product for Tinexyl® Nail ER in the US.”
- “Exposure to the 2025 imposed US tariffs has been minimised as the US market will be served by a US manufacturer and the UK and other markets by a UK manufacture.”
- “Novabiotics consumer health was newly incorporated with share capital of £100 on 28 February 2024 with Novabiotics Limited as the sole shareholder.”
- “Since the financial year end 29 November 2024, an additional £375k has been subscribed in convertible loan notes.”
- “On 28 April 2025, a Licence Agreement for Tinexyl® with Brand Creations International Ltd was executed granting them the rights to manufacture, market and sell Tinexyl® across direct-to-consumer markets worldwide except the Caribbean, where another distribution partner already has rights.”
- “In July 2025, an agreement was reached with a supplier to write off £115,839 of disputed invoiced amounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTT, Margaret Geraldine | Secretary | 2009-06-01 | — | Irish |
| BODEK, Bryan Harvey | Director | 2009-02-01 | Apr 1953 | British |
| ELLIS, Paul Grant | Director | 2013-09-25 | May 1957 | British |
| ONEIL, Deborah Antoinette, Dr | Director | 2004-08-23 | Mar 1971 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Trevor Michael | Director | 2023-08-24 | May 1961 | British |
| TOWNSEND, Ian | Director | 2012-08-02 | Dec 1954 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'NEIL, John | Secretary | 2004-08-23 | 2005-09-13 |
| BLACKADDERS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2009-02-10 | 2009-06-01 |
| MH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-09-13 | 2009-02-10 |
| BADEN FULLER, Charles Walter Frank, Professor | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2007-12-01 |
| BARRATT-JOHNSON, Malcolm Francis | Director | 2020-10-14 | 2026-04-29 |
| FOULGER, Paul Andrew Peter | Director | 2016-12-05 | 2018-08-16 |
| FOWLER, Michael William, Professor | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2007-10-08 |
| GALLOWAY, David Brian, Dr | Director | 2005-04-12 | 2008-10-10 |
| GILLIES, Malcolm John | Director | 2005-10-12 | 2008-10-10 |
| LAWRENCE, David | Director | 2008-10-10 | 2009-03-31 |
| MASON, Barry, Dr | Director | 2007-08-16 | 2008-10-10 |
| MURRAY, Peter Cyril | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2007-10-08 |
| POOL, John Kingston | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2013-09-06 |
| PORTER, Andrew Justin Radcliffe, Professor | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2021-01-11 |
| SMITH, Ian, Dr | Director | 2008-10-10 | 2009-03-09 |
| STRONG, Nicholas George | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2008-10-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-04-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2021-01-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2021-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-13 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2020-11-13 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2024-11-29 vs 2023-11-29
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-40.3%
£241,383 £144,118
-
Net assets
-43.5%
£357,143 £201,778
-
Employees
-7.7%
13 12
-
Operating profit
+99.2%
-£1,469,492 -£11,601
-
Profit before tax
+68.2%
-£2,045,225 -£650,041
-
Wages
+23.5%
£296,548 £366,257
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