3F BIO LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
Cash
£19M
-31.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£54M
-11.6% vs 2023
Employees
65
+14% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£13M
-25.2% 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
We draw attention to note 1.1 in the financial statements, which indicates that the company will be dependent on the outcome of the process of obtaining additional funding. As stated in note 1.1, these events or conditions, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £66,180 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£10,698,149 | -£13,704,224 | |
| Profit before tax | -£10,561,383 | -£13,223,102 | |
| Net profit | -£10,187,671 | -£13,645,129 | |
| Cash | £27,559,056 | £18,959,069 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £61,084,997 | £54,014,001 | |
| Net assets | £61,084,997 | £54,014,001 | |
| Equity | £61,084,997 | £54,014,001 | |
| Average employees | 57 | 65 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -16165.2% | — | |
| Net margin | -15393.9% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | -17.5% | -25.4% | |
| Current ratio | 5.59x | 6.94x | |
| Interest cover | -656.09x | — |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- CT Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to note 1.1 in the financial statements, which indicates that the company will be dependent on the outcome of the process of obtaining additional funding. As stated in note 1.1, these events or conditions, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- 3F BIO LTD · parent
- Enough BV 1%
Significant events
- “2024 was a milestone year, marking our first commercial sales, however we also encountered challenges in commissioning and in consistently achieving high-scale production, which limited our ability to fully meet market demand.”
- “At the end of 2024, the Board agreed with Jim Laird, the Chief Executive Officer to initiate an orderly transition for a new Chief Executive Officer and Jan Agter was appointed ad interim in June 2025. Jim will leave his executive role in December 2025, but will continue in a non-exec capacity. In addition, in Q3 2025, Elaine Ferguson, Chief Financial Officer, chose to step down from the business.”
- “In 2024, our FSMS was certified against GFSI recognised standard, FSSC 22000 v.6.”
- “Company was accredited with ISO27001:2022 on the 10th of December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALHUIZEN, Arnoud | Director | 2021-06-24 | Mar 1969 | Dutch |
| ELMSLIE, Nicholas Reginald | Director | 2017-06-30 | Jul 1957 | British |
| KALMS, Harry | Director | 2023-08-14 | Apr 1995 | British |
| KANBI, Vinod | Director | 2021-06-24 | Feb 1977 | British |
| LAIRD, Robert James Taylor | Director | 2015-01-30 | May 1969 | British |
| SEMMENS, Guy William | Director | 2018-04-18 | Nov 1968 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, Elaine | Director | 2018-03-09 | 2025-07-15 |
| GRAINGER, Kevin Gawn | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2019-06-05 |
| JOHNSTON, Craig | Director | 2015-01-30 | 2018-04-04 |
| MATTHIJSSEN, Joost | Director | 2021-06-24 | 2023-08-14 |
| RITCHIE, David | Director | 2015-01-30 | 2018-03-09 |
| ROBERTSON, David Charles Alexander | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2022-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mlc 50 Lp Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-04-04 | Active |
| Mr Robert James Taylor Laird | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-30 |
| Mr David Ritchie | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-30 |
| Mr Craig Johnston | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-02-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-01-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-01-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-01-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-01-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-01-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-01-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-01-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-01-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-01-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-01-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
-31.2%
£27,559,056 £18,959,069
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Net assets
-11.6%
£61,084,997 £54,014,001
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Employees
+14%
57 65
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Operating profit
-28.1%
-£10,698,149 -£13,704,224
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Profit before tax
-25.2%
-£10,561,383 -£13,223,102
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