BIOCAIR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
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Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,223,259 | £22,076,218 | £22,699,914 | +2.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,632,060 | £1,845,213 | £1,732,563 | -6.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £736,444 | £1,753,166 | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,900,509 | £1,420,730 | — | — | |
| Cash | £847,045 | £1,055,491 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,142,116 | £23,817,588 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,093,258 | £2,618,684 | — | — | |
| Equity | £1,093,258 | £2,618,684 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 208 | 191 | — | — | |
| Wages | £9,277,804 | £8,757,218 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £558,273 | £159,383 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £27,881 | £13,534 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £290,943 | £159,383 | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 8.4% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 6.4% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.5% | 7.7% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.4% | 94.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 1.17x | — | |
| Interest cover | 0.89x | 1.12x | 0.69x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BIOCAIR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1992-03-27 → present
- BIOCAIR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LIMITED 1986-11-05 → 1992-03-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the analysis performed management concluded that the company has adequate financial resources to continue operating as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements”
Group structure
- BIOCAIR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Biocair Asia Limited 100%
- Biocair Belgium N.V 99%
- Biocair Germany GmbH 100%
- Biocair South Africa (Pty) Ltd 100%
- Biocair Australia (Pty) Limited 100%
- Biocair France SAS 100%
- Biocair India Private Ltd 99%
- Biocair International Forwarding (Shanghai) Co. Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The company suffered a cyber incident in April 2023 and this risk is still applicable to the business. The company has made significant investment in enhancing infrastructure and cyber security to mitigate this risk.”
- “The company made the decision to fully impair the company's investment in Biocair France”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLEMENT, Gwenael | Director | 2022-12-01 | Dec 1981 | French |
| DEMOGE, Benjamin Robert | Director | 2020-01-02 | Dec 1976 | French |
| HOWARD, Vincent James | Director | 1995-10-16 | Jul 1968 | British |
| MARCHAL, Philippe | Director | 2024-10-31 | Apr 1975 | French |
| SHAH, Pranab Mahendra | Director | 2026-01-19 | Apr 1969 | American |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIME, Simon John Covell | Secretary | — | 2012-08-21 |
| BRADSHAW, Michael Laurence | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2012-08-21 |
| COOKE, Christopher Raymond | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2023-12-22 |
| COPIGNEAUX, Francois | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2020-01-02 |
| EWAN, Wesley Lloyd | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2010-03-04 |
| FAVRE-LORRAINE, Cedric | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2022-12-01 |
| HIGGS, Simon | Director | 2012-08-21 | 2015-04-20 |
| HOUGHTON, Russell Neil | Director | — | 2002-09-13 |
| JILLINGS, Andrew Blaise | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2020-09-18 |
| KIME, Simon John Covell | Director | — | 2012-08-21 |
| KING, Andrew Crispin Lancaster | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2011-03-23 |
| MILNE, Andrew | Director | — | 1991-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caisse Des Depots Et Consignations | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2018-01-07 | Ceased 2024-06-03 |
| Agence Des Participations De L'Etat | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2024-06-03 |
| Geopost Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-11 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.