Hammersmith Medicines Research Limited
Registered name: HAMMERSMITH MEDICINES RESEARCH LIMITED
Part of Nn Bidco Pty Ltd (Acn 623 536 247) groupHammersmith Medicines Research Limited made £24.7m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Hammersmith Medicines Research Limited’s revenue was £24.7m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 285 employees. The company is classified under “other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.9m | £20.6m | £18.4m | £24.7m |
| Cost of sales | £14.8m | £14.8m | £11.2m | £16.2m |
| Gross profit | £7.1m | £5.8m | £7.2m | £8.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | −£2m | −£7.5m | −£2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | −£2.1m | −£7.4m | −£2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £530k | −£1.4m | −£729k | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £530k | −£1.4m | −£729k | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £12.5m | £20.1m |
| Employees (average) | 291 | 308 | 291 | 285 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | −6.8% | −4% | −4.4% |
| Gross margin | 32.5% | 28% | 39% | 34.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £75.3k | £66.9k | £63.1k | £86.6k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | −£4.5k | −£2.5k | −£3.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6% | ▼11% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼363.4% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▼5.5% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £1.9m | £3.7m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £25.7m | £24.4m | £23.7m | £16.2m |
| Fixed assets | £11.9m | £11.6m | £11.3m | £4.8m |
| Current assets | £18.1m | £17.2m | £17m | £14.5m |
| Debtors | £4m | £3.8m | £2.9m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £2.9m | −£2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £86.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now £16.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 285
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £4.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Nn Bidco Pty Ltd (Acn 623 536 247) (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Hammersmith Medicines Research Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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