Neogen Europe Limited
Registered name: NEOGEN EUROPE LIMITED
Part of Neogen Corporation groupNeogen Europe Limited made £42.7m revenue and a £2.1m loss in the year to 31 May 2025.
Neogen Europe Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £42.7m in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £2.1m and 226 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Ayr; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ayr, Scotland
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate and ultimate parent company is Neogen Corporation, a publicly owned company based in the United States of America whose shares are traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market. Copies of ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.1m | £44m | £46.9m | £42.7m |
| Cost of sales | £26.2m | £27.8m | £28.5m | £29m |
| Gross profit | £15.9m | £16.3m | £18.4m | £13.8m |
| Operating profit | £4.3m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £180k |
| Profit before tax | £3.6m | £2.2m | £4.2m | −£2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £1.4m | £3.5m | −£2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £1.4m | £3.5m | −£2.1m |
| Staff costs | £8.7m | £9.5m | £10m | £11.1m |
| Employees (average) | 247 | 230 | 219 | 226 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 3.2% | 7.6% | −5% |
| Gross margin | 37.8% | 36.9% | 39.3% | 32.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £170k | £191k | £214k | £189k |
| Profit per employee | £11.8k | £6.1k | £16.2k | −£9.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▲6.5% | ▼8.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼51.7% | ▲151.9% | ▼160.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.9% | ▼4.8% | ▲3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £3.7m | £5m | £5.3m |
| Net assets | £39.2m | £40.6m | £44.2m | £42m |
| Fixed assets | £44.5m | £48m | £44.5m | £37.8m |
| Current assets | £19.5m | £22.3m | £23.5m | £23.5m |
| Debtors | £7.3m | £6.6m | £7.5m | £4.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £189k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 88.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £42m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £5.3m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 226
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £37.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Neogen Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Neogen Europe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Delf (UK) LimitedRev. £3.7m · Profit −£789k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit −£2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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