BENEVOLENTAI CAMBRIDGE LIMITED
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Cash
£190k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£71m
Equity attributable
Employees
90
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£23m
Period ending 2023-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,939,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£23,126,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£23,197,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£20,133,000 | — | |
| Cash | £190,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£68,625,000 | — | |
| Net assets | -£71,168,000 | — | |
| Equity | — | — | |
| Average employees | 90 | — | |
| Wages | £5,707,000 | — | |
| 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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 855.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.05x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BENEVOLENTAI CAMBRIDGE LIMITED 2018-02-22 → present
- PROXIMAGEN LIMITED 2003-11-26 → 2018-02-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- UK-adopted international accounting standards
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has obtained a letter of support from its immediate parent company BenevolentAl Limited confirming that it has no intention to seek repayment for the balance owed to the Group and will continue to make available funds as needed by the Company for at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATERSTONE COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2018-02-22 | — | — |
| HUNTER, James | Director | 2026-03-20 | Jan 1967 | British |
| MULVANY, Kenneth Patrick | Director | 2026-03-10 | Jan 1968 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUNTER, James Douglas | Secretary | 2009-02-17 | 2012-08-14 |
| WHITTLE, Nigel, Dr | Secretary | 2004-09-01 | 2009-02-17 |
| WCPHD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-11-26 | 2004-03-02 |
| BRENNAN, Michael James | Director | 2025-01-14 | 2026-03-19 |
| BRENNAN, Michael James | Director | 2019-05-29 | 2021-03-12 |
| CAMPBELL, David Bruce, Dr | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2010-01-29 |
| CHURCHER, Ian, Dr | Director | 2018-02-21 | 2019-01-03 |
| EVENSTAD, Mark Bradford | Director | 2012-08-14 | 2018-02-21 |
| FIELD IV, Benjamin Rush | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2018-02-21 |
| GRIFFIN, Ivan | Director | 2019-05-29 | 2026-03-25 |
| HOLGATE, Tom Joseph Charles | Director | 2018-02-21 | 2025-02-07 |
| HUNTER, James Douglas | Director | 2008-05-19 | 2012-08-14 |
| JENNER, Peter George, Professor | Director | 2004-03-02 | 2010-01-29 |
| MARTINSON, Chad J., Mr. | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2018-02-21 |
| MULVANY, Kenneth Patrick | Director | 2004-04-13 | 2012-08-14 |
| MURLEWSKI, George David | Director | 2003-11-26 | 2005-12-31 |
| PHELAN, Anne | Director | 2019-01-03 | 2024-12-11 |
| PULLMAN, William Earnest, Dr. | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2018-02-21 |
| ROBINSON, Stephen Michael | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2014-12-15 |
| SHIELDS, Joanna | Director | 2019-05-29 | 2023-09-21 |
| WHITTLE, Nigel, Dr | Director | 2004-03-02 | 2009-02-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benevolentai Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-02-21 | Active |
| Proximagen Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-02-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-10 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.