Biobest Laboratories Limited
Registered name: BIOBEST LABORATORIES LIMITED
Part of Ares Management Corporation groupBiobest Laboratories Limited made £2.9m revenue and £4.9k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Biobest Laboratories Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £2.9m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £4.9k profit and 41 employees. The company is classified under “non-trading company” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.3m | £3.3m | £2.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£707k | −£699k | −£745k |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.6m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £339k | £146k | −£182k |
| Profit before tax | £496k | £319k | £4.3k |
| Profit after tax | £484k | £280k | £4.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £484k | £280k | £4.9k |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 44 | 41 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 14.6% | 8.4% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 78.7% | 78.9% | 74.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £75.6k | £75.4k | £71k |
| Profit per employee | £11k | £6.4k | £120 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.2% | ▼12.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.2% | ▼98.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼6.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 74.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £71k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £120
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ares Management Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Ares Management Limited75–100%
- Biobest Laboratories Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £4.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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