KADANS SCIENCE PARTNER UK LIMITED
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Cash
£5.9m
+172.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£99m
+43.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£21m
-1,721.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate 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 | £15,726,171 | £17,924,868 | £18,379,824 | +2.5% | |
| Operating profit | £23,523,118 | £18,339,054 | £2,250,382 | -87.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,377,853 | -£1,148,170 | -£20,913,159 | -1,721.4% | |
| Net profit | £6,139,084 | -£1,864,722 | -£19,719,743 | -957.5% | |
| Cash | £3,574,834 | £2,177,196 | £5,927,124 | +172.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £401,177,541 | £431,120,747 | £345,903,121 | -19.8% | |
| Net assets | £70,532,956 | £68,668,234 | £98,774,401 | +43.8% | |
| Equity | £70,532,956 | £68,668,234 | £98,774,401 | +43.8% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 149.6% | 102.3% | 12.2% | |
| Net margin | 39.0% | -10.4% | -107.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.9% | 4.3% | 0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 84.3% | 81.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.16x | 1.87x | 0.08x | |
| Interest cover | 1.42x | 0.88x | 0.10x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In the event of bank refusing to refinance the loan, the intermediate parent company support will be available and therefore the directors of the company are of the opinion that there is no material uncertainty around going concern and the use of the going concern assumption is appropriate.”
Group structure
- KADANS SCIENCE PARTNER UK LIMITED · parent
- Kadans Science Partner 1 UK Limited 100%
- Kadans Science Partner 2 UK Limited 100%
- Kadans Science Partner 3 UK Limited 100%
- Kadans Science Partner 4 UK Limited 100%
- Kadans Science Partner 5 UK Limited 100%
- Kadans Science Partner 6 UK Limited 100%
- Kadans Science Partner 7 UK Limited 100%
- Kadans Science Partner 9 UK Limited 100%
- Kadans Science Partner 11 UK Limited 100%
- Kadans Science Partner 15 UK Limited 100%
- Kadans Science Partner 17 UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 31 December 2025, the Company acquired the shares of Kadans Science Partner 6 UK Limited, Kadans Science Partner 11 Limited and Kadans Science Partner 17 Limited.”
- “On 14 January 2026, the existing loan facility was amended to extend the repayment date to 20 June 2027 (previously due on 20 June 2026). As a part of the amendment, and following acquisition of Kadans Science Partner 6 UK Limited, Kadans Science Partner 11 UK Limited and Kadans Science Partner 17 UK Limited (the subsidiaries), the subsidiaries were also added as guarantors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHEPPARD, James Paul | Director | 2021-05-12 | Oct 1989 | British |
| KADANS HOLDING B.V. | Corporate Director | 2019-01-09 | — | — |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIBBENS, Steijn Johannes | Director | 2019-01-09 | 2023-07-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-24 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.