Bio Search (N.i.) Limited
Registered name: BIO SEARCH (N.I.) LIMITED
Part of Eurofins Scientific S.E. groupBio Search (N.i.) Limited made £3.4m revenue and a £889k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Bio Search (N.i.) Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £3.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £889k and 52 employees. The company is classified under “technical testing and analysis” and is based in Belfast; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Belfast
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1m | £3.3m | £3.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£431k | −£1.4m | −£1.3m |
| Gross profit | £592k | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | −£85.4k | −£510k | −£828k |
| Profit before tax | −£101k | −£582k | −£889k |
| Profit after tax | −£96.5k | −£547k | −£889k |
| Profit (best available) | −£96.5k | −£547k | −£889k |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 46 | 52 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −9.4% | −16.4% | −26.1% |
| Gross margin | 57.8% | 57.4% | 62.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £26.9k | £72.7k | £65.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.5k | −£11.9k | −£17.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲1.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲13% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −26.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £65.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£17.1k
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Eurofins Scientific S.E. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Eurofins Food Testing UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Bio Search (N.i.) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Eurofins Agro Testing UK LimitedRev. £2.5m · Profit −£640k
- Public Analyst Scientific Services LimitedRev. £2.2m · Profit £302k
- Salamon & Seaber LimitedLiquidationRev. £827k · Profit £21.7k
- Eurofins Food Testing UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£889k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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