ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH
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Cash
£703K
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.7M
-6% vs 2024
Employees
52
+2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,180,759 | £7,822,810 | -4.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£452,260 | -£1,474,651 | -226.1% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£763,324 | -£425,889 | +44.2% | |
| Cash | £703,799 | £703,498 | 0% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,731,393 | £8,961,667 | -7.9% | |
| Net assets | £7,125,173 | £6,699,284 | -6% | |
| Equity | £7,125,173 | £6,699,284 | -6% | |
| Average employees | 51 | 52 | +2% | |
| Wages | £1,695,444 | £1,772,582 | +4.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -5.5% | -18.9% | |
| Net margin | -9.3% | -5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.6% | -16.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 53.7% | 56.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.48x | 0.38x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH 2003-07-15 → present
- ACTION RESEARCH 1990-08-07 → 2003-07-15
- NATIONAL FUND FOR RESEARCH INTO CRIPPLING DISEASES(THE) 1955-05-12 → 1990-08-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Our financial modelling indicates a steady increase to our income, building from relatively strong performance this year, but also factoring the impact of current macro-economic challenges. A check on the charity's financial position and medium-term projections indicate that the charity would be able to continue delivering on its objectives and fulfil commitments as they fall due. Notwithstanding the uncertainty from the current economic challenges, given our reserves position we can and do approach 2026 with a degree of confidence and have continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Group structure
- ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH · parent
- Action Medical Research (Trading) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Other exciting progress in 2025 included the development of a rapid test for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to help improve diagnosis and guide doctors in selecting the best treatment for each child.”
- “In 2023 Action awarded £56,828 to fund research led by Professor Vincent Teng at Swansea University which enabled the researchers to develop and optimise the manufacturing and functioning processes of the HCMV biosensor (which is printed), to ensure it can be mass-produced at low-cost, with excellent performance.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 91 resigned
Showing the first 100 officers on file — Companies House returns these 100 per page and this record sits at that limit, so the list (and any former officers) may be incomplete. Full register on Companies House
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJIE, Kabba | Secretary | 2020-04-22 | — | — |
| BORDEWICH, Luke George Batchelor | Director | 2015-01-05 | Jan 1974 | British |
| EDWARDS, Anthony David, Professor | Director | 2016-01-19 | Nov 1954 | British |
| FERGUSON, Clare Joanna Elizabeth | Director | 2023-07-20 | Mar 1970 | British |
| LAST, Karen Ann | Director | 2019-11-13 | Jan 1959 | British |
| PATEL, Bhavin | Director | 2025-01-01 | May 1978 | British |
| SCHORGE, Stephanie, Professor | Director | 2022-10-01 | May 1972 | British,American |
| STONEHAM-BUCK, Richard Jonathan | Director | 2019-04-24 | Nov 1980 | British |
| WILD, Richard Duncan | Director | 2017-11-15 | Apr 1968 | British |
Show 91 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARQUHAR, Andrew | Secretary | 1992-05-01 | 1994-07-08 |
| LUTHER, Anne | Secretary | 1994-07-08 | 1994-09-12 |
| RICHARDSON, Martin Clive | Secretary | 1994-09-12 | 2020-04-22 |
| ALDERSON, Esther | Director | 2012-05-21 | 2022-07-20 |
| ARCHER, Charles, Prof | Director | 2002-07-17 | 2006-10-30 |
| ARMSTRONG-JONES, Anthony Charles Robert, Earl Of Snowdon | Director | — | 1995-07-12 |
| BATTEN, Peter Albert | Director | 1992-05-01 | 2000-08-08 |
| BAUM, John David | Director | 1994-11-09 | 1997-07-09 |
| BEARD, Richard William, Professor | Director | — | 1998-03-11 |
| BIDDLE, Paul Richard | Director | 2000-10-25 | 2009-10-01 |
| BOWES LYON, Michael Fergus, Earl Of Strathmore And Kinghorne | Director | — | 1998-03-11 |
| BOWMAN, Patrick Donald | Director | — | 1996-07-10 |
| BRAY, Sarah Jane, Professor | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| BRENAN, Patrick | Director | — | 1999-07-07 |
| BRUCE, Fiona | Director | 2001-07-11 | 2004-01-01 |
| CADOGAN, Pamela | Director | — | 1994-09-06 |
| CARTER-JONES, Lewis | Director | — | 1992-03-04 |
| CATHERWOOD, Adrienne | Director | — | 1996-07-10 |
| CLAUGHTON, John Philip | Director | 1996-07-10 | 2000-03-08 |
| COLLETT, Christopher, Sir | Director | — | 1993-03-24 |
| COOPER, George Leslie, General Sir | Director | — | 1995-08-17 |
| CREWE, Quentin | Director | — | 1993-07-30 |
| CRIBBINS, Bernard, Bernard | Director | — | 1996-07-10 |
| CULLEN OF ASHBOURNE, Patricia | Director | — | 1995-03-08 |
| DELPY, David Thomas, Professor | Director | 1998-07-08 | 2002-07-17 |
| DOUGLAS, Joseph Kenneth | Director | — | 1992-03-04 |
| DOWDEN, Ronald Scott Charles, Lt Col | Director | — | 1992-03-04 |
| DUCHESS OF WELLINGTON, Her Grace Diana Ruth | Director | — | 1998-07-08 |
| EARLE, Norah Helen | Director | — | 2000-07-12 |
| EWART, Wendy Rosemary, Dr | Director | 2014-07-23 | 2014-12-15 |
| FITZALAN HOWARD, Bridget, Lady | Director | — | 1999-07-07 |
| FRENCH CONSTANT, Charles, Prof | Director | 2005-01-05 | 2008-01-29 |
| GARDINER, Mark, Professor | Director | 2000-07-12 | 2004-10-28 |
| GARDINER, Richard Mark, Professor | Director | 2009-02-06 | 2016-07-14 |
| GEORGE, Andrew John Timothy, Professor | Director | 2008-01-29 | 2015-04-22 |
| GIBBS, David Phillip | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2014-11-12 |
| GILLS, Colin | Director | 1994-07-13 | 1998-07-08 |
| GOODCHILD, Stanley Richard | Director | 2001-10-24 | 2005-06-15 |
| HADINGHAM, Reginald Edward Hawke | Director | — | 1996-07-10 |
| HAMMOND, Valerie June | Director | 1998-10-21 | 2011-04-12 |
| HANNAM, John | Director | — | 1998-07-08 |
| HANWELL, Richard Edwin | Director | — | 1992-03-04 |
| HAPGOOD, Michael Peter | Director | 2000-07-12 | 2006-07-05 |
| HARVEY, Kathy Lynn | Director | 2018-04-25 | 2026-01-19 |
| HERMON-TAYLOR, John, Professor | Director | — | 1997-07-09 |
| HODKINSON, Phil Andrew | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| HOLDER, David Simon, Professor | Director | 2006-10-31 | 2009-11-17 |
| HUGHES, Sean Patrick Francis, Prof | Director | — | 1991-11-06 |
| HUME-KENDALL, Caroline Elizabeth | Director | 2013-07-24 | 2016-11-17 |
| HUNSLEY, Colin | Director | 1994-07-13 | 2010-07-28 |
| JACKSON, Charles Vivian | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2017-07-12 |
| JANKEL, Karen Mary | Director | 1992-07-15 | 2012-07-25 |
| KEELING, Petronella Gerarda | Director | 1997-03-12 | 2003-11-05 |
| KENNEDY, Colin Riddiford, Professor | Director | 1997-03-12 | 2000-03-08 |
| KLEIN, Nigel Jonathan, Professor | Director | 2016-01-16 | 2018-09-30 |
| LEVENE, Mlcolm Irvin, Professor | Director | 1993-11-10 | 1996-10-23 |
| LLOYD, June Kathleen, Baroness Lloyd Of Highbury | Director | 1993-03-24 | 1998-03-11 |
| LLOYD, Simon Buchanan | Director | 2001-03-07 | 2004-11-11 |
| MANSFIELD, Terry | Director | — | 2003-03-05 |
| MARSLAND, Diana | Director | 2003-07-02 | 2011-07-27 |
| MARTIN, Alexander | Director | — | 1995-03-08 |
| MAY, Stephen Charles | Director | 1999-07-07 | 2007-10-31 |
| MCCULLAGH, Keith Graham, Dr | Director | 2007-04-24 | 2008-07-27 |
| MCDONALD, William Ian, Professor | Director | — | 1992-03-04 |
| MCINTOSH, Neil, Professor | Director | 1999-10-20 | 2002-07-17 |
| MCNEIL, Ian Robert | Director | 1998-07-08 | 2000-10-25 |
| MCNEISH, Alexander Stewart, Professor | Director | 1998-03-11 | 2008-10-28 |
| MOLHO, Rachel | Director | 2015-01-05 | 2017-02-07 |
| MONTGOMERY, Hugh Bryan Greville | Director | — | 1992-03-04 |
| PALMER, Anne Boyd | Director | 2003-11-05 | 2009-11-17 |
| PARK, Lamont Archibald Burniston | Director | 1992-05-01 | 1995-03-08 |
| PARSONS, Betty | Director | — | 1994-03-09 |
| PAUL, Ann Jacqueline | Director | 2005-10-05 | 2011-07-27 |
| PENNANT-REA, Rupert Lascelles | Director | 2000-07-12 | 2007-12-31 |
| PETERS, Nicholas James | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2018-11-14 |
| PRICE, Richard Ralph | Director | 2005-04-13 | 2014-07-23 |
| REA, John Nicolas, Lord | Director | 1997-07-09 | 2001-10-26 |
| REMINGTON-HOBBS, Valerie Anne | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2019-07-17 |
| REVELL, Peter Allan, Professor | Director | 1995-07-12 | 1998-07-08 |
| REYNOLDS, Edward Osmund Royle, Professor | Director | 2001-07-11 | 2004-07-07 |
| RITTER, Mary Alice | Director | 1994-11-09 | 1999-10-20 |
| ROWITCH, David Henry, Professor | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2025-11-27 |
| SACKVILLE, Thomas Geoffrey, Honourable | Director | 2001-07-11 | 2004-07-07 |
| SHARMA, Rajat | Director | 2022-11-23 | 2024-11-26 |
| SPRATT, Douglas Norman, Colonel | Director | — | 1992-03-04 |
| SPRATT, Greville Douglas, Sir | Director | — | 1999-10-20 |
| STRINGER, Katie | Director | 2010-11-30 | 2012-04-25 |
| UNSWORTH, Anthony, Professor | Director | 1992-01-22 | 1995-07-12 |
| WEATHERALL, David John, Sir | Director | 1992-03-04 | 1995-03-08 |
| WELLS, William Henry Weston, Sir | Director | 2005-07-06 | 2008-10-28 |
| WHILEY, Reginald Raymond | Director | — | 1995-03-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 303 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-08-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-08-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-27 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-08-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.