Meet Life Sciences Limited
Registered name: MEET LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED
Part of Project Panda Topco Limited groupMeet Life Sciences Limited made £21.1m revenue and a £908k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Meet Life Sciences Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £21.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £908k and 73 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.4m | £20.3m | £19.9m | £21.1m |
| Cost of sales | £17.3m | £15.5m | £15.7m | £16.1m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £4.8m | £4.2m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £437k | −£1.3m | −£877k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £398k | −£1.3m | −£908k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £398k | −£1.3m | −£908k |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £5m | £4.5m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 71 | 58 | 73 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 2% | −6.6% | −4.3% |
| Gross margin | 26.1% | 23.6% | 21.2% | 23.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £321k | £286k | £343k | £289k |
| Profit per employee | £17.5k | £5.6k | −£22.7k | −£12.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.5% | ▼2% | ▲6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼68.8% | ▼431.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.7% | ▼18.3% | ▲25.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £4.2m | £3.4m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £2.8m | £7.9m | £10.6m |
| Deferred income | £450k | £28.4k | £0 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £289k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 50.4%
- 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
- ▼19%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲26%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Project Panda Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Project Panda Bidco Limited75–100%
- Meet Life Sciences Group Limited75–100%
- Meet Life Sciences 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 Dec 2025 (profit −£908k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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