Patients Pending Ltd
Registered name: PATIENTS PENDING LTD
Part of Abbott Laboratories groupPatients Pending Ltd made £130k revenue and a £587k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Patients Pending Ltd’s revenue grew 27% to £130k in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £587k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £102k | £130k |
| Cost of sales | £21.3k | £24k |
| Gross profit | £81.1k | £106k |
| Operating profit | −£399k | −£595k |
| Profit before tax | −£399k | −£594k |
| Profit after tax | −£390k | −£587k |
| Profit (best available) | −£390k | −£587k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −381.1% | −451.2% |
| Gross margin | 79.2% | 81.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £51.2k | £65.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£195k | −£294k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £15.5k | £15.4k |
| Net assets | £15.3k | −£146k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £64.9k | £29.8k |
| Debtors | £3.3k | £1.3k |
| Deferred income | £35.8k | £28.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −451.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 81.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £65.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£294k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 22.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1%
- 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
- ▼1054%
- Now −£146k
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £15.4k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▼20%
- Now £28.7k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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
- Abbott Laboratories (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Patients Pending Ltdthis 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 2023 (profit −£587k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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