GENUS PLC
Genus plc is a FTSE 250-listed biotechnology business that provides elite genetics and breeding products for dairy, beef, and pork farmers through its ABS and PIC divisions.
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Cash
£44m
-9% vs 2025
Net assets
£767m
+61.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
3,054
-7.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£311m
+989.5% highest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of GENUS PLC's latest filing
Inside the accounts for Genus plc: flat revenue, but operating profit multiplied to £42.4m as the biotech group ran a leaner operation. 🧬🐄🐖
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | 2026-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £668,800,000 | £672,800,000 | £658,100,000 | -2.2% | |
| Operating profit | £6,400,000 | £81,100,000 | £87,300,000 | +7.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,500,000 | £28,500,000 | £310,500,000 | +989.5% | |
| Net profit | £2,400,000 | £19,300,000 | £285,500,000 | +1,379.3% | |
| Cash | £42,500,000 | £48,000,000 | £43,700,000 | -9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £801,800,000 | £767,700,000 | £901,100,000 | +17.4% | |
| Net assets | £513,500,000 | £476,000,000 | £766,700,000 | +61.1% | |
| Equity | £513,500,000 | £476,000,000 | £766,700,000 | +61.1% | |
| Average employees | 3,581 | 3,307 | 3,054 | -7.7% | |
| Wages | £201,700,000 | £196,500,000 | £194,500,000 | -1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £466,000 | £506,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £75,000 | £84,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £3,507,000 | £3,610,000 | — | — |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | 2026-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 12.1% | 13.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 2.9% | 43.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.8% | 10.6% | 9.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.1% | 47.1% | 24.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.80x | 1.94x | 2.22x | |
| Interest cover | 0.35x | 3.79x | 5.23x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this assessment, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue its operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “On 31 January 2026, the Group formed a Chinese porcine joint venture with Beijing Capital Agribusiness (BCA) ('PIC China'). The Group sold 51% of its shareholding in PIC China for a consideration of £123.1m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT, Lucie | Secretary | 2025-03-17 | — | — |
| WALTON, Vaughn | Secretary | 2025-01-01 | — | — |
| BAXTER, Celia Frances | Director | 2025-11-19 | Jan 1958 | British |
| FERGUSON, Iain George Thomas | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jul 1955 | British |
| GRAY, Lysanne Mary | Director | 2016-04-01 | Jan 1964 | British |
| HEUSER, Ralph, Dr | Director | 2024-01-01 | Sep 1963 | German |
| KNOX, Lesley | Director | 2018-06-01 | Sep 1953 | British |
| KOKKE, Jorgen | Director | 2023-05-02 | Oct 1968 | Dutch |
| REITER, Robert Stefan | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jul 1962 | American |
| RUSSELL, Andrew Paul | Director | 2025-08-01 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESWICK, Paul William | Secretary | 1994-09-26 | 1994-10-27 |
| CRICHTON, Cara | Secretary | 2014-01-27 | 2014-06-09 |
| CRICHTON, Cara | Secretary | 2013-04-13 | 2013-07-15 |
| FAIRALL, Lawrence David | Secretary | 1994-10-27 | 2001-03-31 |
| FARRELLY, Ian Brian | Secretary | 2006-06-12 | 2013-04-13 |
| HALL, Francis | Secretary | 2001-04-01 | 2002-12-10 |
| HARTLEY, Daniel William David | Secretary | 2014-06-09 | 2025-01-01 |
| KILROY, Thomas Edward | Secretary | 2013-07-15 | 2014-01-27 |
| TIMMINS, David Peter | Secretary | 2004-07-22 | 2006-06-12 |
| VICKERS, Christopher John | Secretary | 2002-12-10 | 2004-07-22 |
| ACTON, Thomas Philip | Director | 1995-06-13 | 2003-03-17 |
| AMIES, Stephen John | Director | 1994-10-27 | 1999-09-02 |
| BAYLEY, Julian James | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2001-03-30 |
| BECKETT, John Hartley | Director | 1994-10-27 | 2004-08-12 |
| BESWICK, Paul William | Director | 1994-09-26 | 1994-10-27 |
| BITAR, Karim | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2019-09-13 |
| BODEN, Martin Brett | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2009-02-26 |
| BUZZACOTT, Mike | Director | 2009-05-07 | 2016-11-17 |
| CHARLES, Ian | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2021-05-31 |
| CHIN, Jason William Karl, Dr | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2025-05-31 |
| CRAVEN, John Alexander | Director | 1994-10-27 | 1996-12-31 |
| FURR, Barrington John Albert, Professor | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2014-11-14 |
| HAWKINS, John Eric | Director | 2000-07-05 | 2010-11-11 |
| HENRIKSEN, Alison Jane | Director | 2020-01-13 | 2025-07-31 |
| KELLY, Thomas John | Director | 1994-10-27 | 1999-09-02 |
| LAWSON, Robert Arthur | Director | 2010-11-11 | 2020-11-25 |
| MASKELL, Duncan John, Professor | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2018-11-15 |
| NEVILLE, Thomas | Director | 1994-10-27 | 1997-08-28 |
| NORMAN, Colin Peter | Director | 1994-10-27 | 1995-05-31 |
| ROLLER, Michael Roy David | Director | 2003-03-17 | 2003-08-06 |
| SCROGGS, Cedric Annesley | Director | 1994-10-27 | 2000-03-31 |
| SHERWOOD, John Norman | Director | 1994-09-26 | 1994-10-27 |
| TIMMINS, David Peter | Director | 2004-03-29 | 2007-04-02 |
| TREHANE, Guy | Director | 1994-10-27 | 1999-09-02 |
| TURNER, Philip Noel Nigel, The Hon | Director | 2008-01-17 | 2018-11-15 |
| VAN DER BROEK, Lykele Jurrit | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2023-11-22 |
| WEIR, Robert | Director | 1994-10-27 | 1997-04-07 |
| WHITE, Edwin William | Director | 1994-10-27 | 2008-01-17 |
| WILSON, Stephen David | Director | 2013-01-14 | 2023-09-30 |
| WOOD, Richard Kenneth | Director | 1996-12-19 | 2011-09-30 |
| WORBY, John Graham | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2013-04-01 |
| YEO, Timothy Stephen Kenneth | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2004-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 756 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-10-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-10-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-10-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 19
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.