Abdo Research Fund
Registered name: ABDO RESEARCH FUND
Part of Association of British Dispensing Opticians(The) groupAbdo Research Fund does not publish its revenue or profit. Its accounts to 31 Dec 2025 show net assets of £48.9k.
Abdo Research Fund did not publish its revenue or profit — small companies aren’t required to file a profit & loss account. Its accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 showed net assets of £48.9k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering” and is based in Canterbury; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Canterbury, South East
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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
Revenue not disclosed
Abdo Research Fund’s accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 contain a balance sheet but no profit & loss account, so its revenue and profit are not public. UK small and micro-entity companies are not required to publish a P&L — this is normal and says nothing about how the business is performing.
We never estimate revenue. Below you’ll find the balance-sheet figures that were filed — useful as indirect signals of momentum, but they are not revenue or profit.
- Employees
- 0
- Net assets
- £48.9k
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | £48.9k | £48.9k | £48.9k |
| Net assets | £49k | £49k | £48.9k | £48.9k | £48.9k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £49k | £49k | £48.9k | £48.9k | £48.9k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
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
- 0%
- Now £48.9k
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £48.9k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Association of British Dispensing Opticians(The)ultimate parent75–100%
- Abdo Research Fundthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Abdo International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Abdo Publications LimitedFigures not disclosed
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, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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