Genome Research Trading Limited
Registered name: GENOME RESEARCH TRADING LIMITED
Part of The Wellcome Trust Limited groupGenome Research Trading Limited made £2.1m revenue and £91.8k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Genome Research Trading Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £2.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £91.8k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Cost of sales | £893k | £747k |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £138k | £91.8k |
| Profit before tax | £138k | £91.8k |
| Profit after tax | £138k | £91.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £138k | £91.8k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.3% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 59% | 64% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼33.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £262k | £232k |
| Net assets | £1 | £1 |
| Current assets | £542k | £517k |
| Debtors | £223k | £198k |
| Deferred income | £242k | £211k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 10.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £1
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £232k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼13%
- Now £211k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- The Wellcome Trust Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Genome Research Limited75–100%
- Genome Research Trading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- GRL Construction LimitedRev. £457k · Profit £0
- Base RX LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Genome Research Pensions Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hinxton Hall 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £91.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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