Bio Scope 3 Ltd
Registered name: BIO SCOPE 3 LTD
Bio Scope 3 Ltd made £16m revenue and a £269k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Bio Scope 3 Ltd’s revenue grew 25% to £16m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £269k and 117 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Bury ST Edmunds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury ST Edmunds, East of England
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.5m | £13.1m | £12.8m | £16m |
| Cost of sales | £4.6m | £8.2m | £8.6m | £10.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £4.8m | £4.2m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | −£995k | −£1.8m | −£2.9m | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | −£2m | −£3.3m | −£2.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | −£2m | −£3.2m | −£269k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | −£2m | −£3.2m | −£269k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £5.7m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 111 | 129 | 133 | 117 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −12.7% | −15.6% | −25.1% | −1.7% |
| Gross margin | 45.9% | 37% | 33% | 33% |
| Revenue per employee | £76.5k | £101k | £96.3k | £136k |
| Profit per employee | −£9.7k | −£15.8k | −£24.2k | −£2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲53.9% | ▼2% | ▲24.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.2% | ▲3.1% | ▼12% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | £422k | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £4m | £4m | £5m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £4m | £4m | £4.8m |
| Current assets | — | — | £4.4m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £5.9m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£851k | £631k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £136k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 37.1%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲358%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 117
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲21%
- Now £4.8m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Network 2 Supplies LimitedRev. £15m · Profit £674k
- Bio Scope Technologies LtdFigures not disclosed
- Gag402 LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- N2S Global LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£269k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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