£3.39m
−7%vs Mar 2024Active04401901Private limited companyPorton Down
PLOUGHSHARE INNOVATIONS LTD
Significant control: Secretary Of State For Defence (75–100%)
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Summary
PLOUGHSHARE INNOVATIONS LTD is an active private limited company (company number 04401901) incorporated on 22 March 2002, registered in Porton Down. Its registered activity is research and experimental development on biotechnology (SIC 72110). Latest small accounts cover the period ending 31 March 2025, showing net assets of £3.39m and cash of £7.66m, with 31 employees on average. Net assets fell 7% on the prior period (£3.65m).
Peer position · net assets
By net assets it sits in the top quarter of 278 comparable companies in Other (median £129, upper quartile £59k).
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Ownership and control
- Secretary Of State For Defence
- owns 75–100% of shares
- Defence Science And Technology Laboratory
- owns 75–100% of shares
- holds 75–100% of voting rights
- can appoint or remove directors
Persons with significant control hold 25% or more of shares or voting rights. Smaller shareholdings are only listed in confirmation-statement documents. Directors and secretaries: see the officers list at Companies House.
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Key dates
- Incorporated
- 22 March 200224 yrs ago
- Next accounts due
- 31 December 2026in 68 days
- Confirmation statement due
- 5 April 2027in 163 days
Due dates are expected from Companies House filing rules; confirm on the official register before relying on them.
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Activity
- SIC 72110
- Research and experimental development on biotechnology
- SIC 74909
- Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
- Accounts type
- Small
- Size band
- SmallCompanies Act thresholds
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Financials
£7.66m
+18%vs Mar 2024Not reported
31
−6%vs Mar 2024| Period end | Net assets | Cash | Debtors | Creditors <1y | Turnover | Profit | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £3.39m | £7.66m | — | £7.92m | — | −£267k | 31 |
| 31 March 2024 | £3.65m | £6.48m | — | £3.50m | — | £342k | 33 |
| 1 April 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Current ratio1.35Current assets ÷ creditors within one year
Cash per employee£247kCash ÷ average employees
Figures as filed in iXBRL accounts at Companies House. "—" means the line was not reported in that filing.
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Filing and accounts signals
- Net assets above zeroNet assets £3,386,871 at 31 March 2025
- Cash at bank of £50,000 or moreCash £7,662,110
- Three or more accounting periods on record3 periods on record
- Incorporated five or more years agoIncorporated 22 March 2002
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Timeline
- Confirmation statement duein 163 days
- Next accounts duein 68 days
- Accounts period endNet assets £3.39m · small accounts
- Accounts period endNet assets £3.65m · small accounts
- Accounts period end
- Incorporated
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