ROSLIN CELL THERAPIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-28 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£13M
Equity attributable
Employees
264
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ROSLIN CELL THERAPIES LIMITED 2015-09-09 → present
- QUILLCO 233 LIMITED 2015-08-04 → 2015-09-09
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 | £17,643,000 | £27,463,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,164,000 | £1,570,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,135,000 | £1,550,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,135,000 | £1,540,000 | |
| Cash | £1,481,000 | £1,100,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,253,000 | £13,543,000 | |
| Net assets | £11,866,000 | £13,406,000 | |
| Equity | £11,866,000 | £13,406,000 | |
| Average employees | 233 | 264 | |
| Wages | £7,336,000 | £10,188,000 |
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 | 6.6% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | 6.4% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.5% | 11.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.32x | 3.45x | |
| Interest cover | 40.14x | 41.32x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“From their review, the directors are satisfied that the company will have sufficient resource to enable it to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. The directors have considered financial covenants and are satisfied that based on current forecast revenue and EBITDA there will be no issues achieving these. The directors are of the view that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 8th July 2025 a charge with respect of the loan secured by way of a floating charge covering all the property and undertaking of the group was registered in favour of MidCap Financial Trust. A negative pledge is in place in relation to this charge. A further charge was registered in favour of MidCap Financial Trust on the same day, whereby all current and future material land and intellectual property owned by the group is secured by way of a fixed and floating charge, as specified in the debenture registered. A negative pledge is also is place in relation to this charge.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLEMAN, Peter Alistair | Director | 2022-09-02 | Mar 1966 | British |
| HALL, David | Director | 2025-06-26 | Dec 1988 | Australian |
| HAMILTON-FAIRLEY, Geoffrey Neil | Director | 2021-12-14 | Apr 1961 | British |
| MATHIESON, Peter William, Professor Sir | Director | 2024-06-17 | Apr 1959 | British |
| MCCUBBIN, Ian | Director | 2018-11-09 | Dec 1956 | British |
| PONTI, Andrea, Mr. | Director | 2021-12-14 | Nov 1963 | Italian |
| TOUCHON, Pascal | Director | 2025-06-26 | Jun 1962 | French,Swiss |
| WARREN, Lee Stephen | Director | 2022-09-02 | Jan 1984 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWIE, David Malcolm | Director | 2019-01-07 | 2021-12-14 |
| COURTNEY, Aidan Benedict | Director | 2015-08-04 | 2015-12-18 |
| DOWNIE, Janet Margaret | Director | 2015-12-18 | 2022-10-07 |
| MACKAY, Alan Browning | Director | 2021-12-14 | 2025-06-26 |
| MCNAB, David Brown | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2021-12-14 |
| WILLIAMS, Paul | Director | 2015-08-04 | 2016-04-01 |
| ROSLIN CELLS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2015-12-18 | 2021-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolly Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-12-14 | Active |
| The University Court Of The University Of Edinburgh | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-03-18 | Ceased 2021-12-14 |
| Roslin Foundation | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-03-18 | Ceased 2021-12-14 |
| Roslin Cells Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-08-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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