ABBOTT RAPID DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED

Active
Company number 01716581Private limited companyIncorporated 1983

Key figures

£20,350,000+15.2%
Net assets 2025
+15.2%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
010 m20 m30 m20242025

† ABBOTT RAPID DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 32500

Where the company stands among the 2,756 active companies whose first SIC code is 32500 (Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies).

Turnover£24,957,000
Higher than 63% · median £15,908,083 among 152 that publish turnover
Net assets£20,350,000
Higher than 95% · median £30,174
Total assets£25,859,000
Higher than 95% · median £141,257
Cash£1,289,000
Higher than 90% · median £61,843
Company age43.6 years
Older than 96% · median 6.0 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. BECTON, DICKINSON U.K. LIMITED£776.5m
  2. SSC HOLDCO (UK) LIMITED£701.9m
  3. ABBOTT DIABETES CARE LIMITED£589.9m
  4. JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL LIMITED£541.6m
  5. PEARSALLS LIMITED£399.8m
  6. SURGICAL SPECIALTIES UK HOLDINGS LIMITED£352.2m
  7. ICU MEDICAL BIDCO LTD£341.8m
  8. SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED£294.3m
  9. CONVATEC LIMITED£277m
  10. SURGICAL SPECIALTIES CORPORATION LIMITED£252.4m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 2,756. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: ABBOTT RAPID DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

ABBOTT RAPID DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01716581. It was incorporated on 20 Apr 1983. Its status is active. The registered office is in Maidenhead (SL6). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies (32500).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £24,957,000. Profit for the year was £2,680,000. Net assets were £20,350,000, up 15.2% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £1,289,000. Total assets were £25,859,000 and total liabilities £5,509,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 2,756 active companies whose first SIC code is 32500: By turnover it ranks higher than 63% of the 152 that publish turnover (median £15,908,083). By net assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £30,174). By total assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £141,257). By cash it ranks higher than 90% of them (median £61,843). It is older than 96% of them (median age 6.0 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 32 public contract award notices from 19 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £376.2m. Its most frequent buyer is Department of Health and Social Care (5 contracts). 8 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly miscellaneous chemicals, optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly miscellaneous chemicals, optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 16 May 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover26,415,00024,957,000
Profit for the year1,747,0002,680,000
Cash at bank and in hand2,713,0001,289,000
Total assets24,095,00025,859,000
Total liabilities6,436,0005,509,000
Net assets / total equity17,659,00020,350,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

32 contracts

ABBOTT RAPID DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED is named as a supplier in 32 public contract award notices from 19 public sector buyers since 2015. The 23 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £376.2m. 8 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers19
Department of Health and Social Care
5 contracts · £231.4m
Public Health England
5 contracts · £71.6k
UK Health Security Agency
4 contracts · £52.3m
Department of Health and Social Care (T&T)
2 contracts · £90.2m
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF DERBY AND BURTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
2 contracts · £35.5k
Contracts
  1. UKHSA Diagnostics & Research Open Framework‡Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Heal… · shared by 81 suppliers, up to £5,200,000,000 in total · runs until Sep 2028
  2. AEGIS POC MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF DERBY AND BURTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · £22,352 · runs until Sep 2027
  3. AEGIS POC MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF DERBY AND BURTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · £13,166 · runs until Sep 2027
  4. Supply of Dengue & Leptospira ELISA kits and other diagnostic kits‡UKHSA · £820,000 · runs until Nov 2026
  5. Maintenance of maldi biotyper mass spectrometer‡NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University… · shared by 47 suppliers, up to £5,400,000,001 in total · 3 lots
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  1. Abbott ID NOW Test Kits‡UK Health Security Agency · £27,800,000
  2. Tests for Premature Ruptured Fetal Membranes [3299316]‡Procurement and Logistics Service · £425,000
  3. Abbott ID NOW Test Kits‡UK Health Security Agency · £1,500,000
  4. Alere Actim PromTORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · £53,246 · runs until Aug 2027
  5. 21057 Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) - Point of Care Testing‡Cambridgeshire County Council · £495,000
  6. Abbott Printer & Tests‡UK Health Security Agency · £22,650,000
  7. Connectivity to AegisPOC‡Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd · £55,493 · runs until Feb 2027
  8. Abbott ID NOW continued supply FY 21/22‡UK Health Security Agency · £380,000 · 2 lots
  9. SB0192 ID NOW INC PRINTER & BARCODE SCANNER‡HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY · £14,000
  10. Abbott ID Now continued supply FY 21/22‡Department of Health and Social Care (T&T) · £77,852,500
  11. National Microbiology Framework - Lot 2: Research and Development Goods and Services‡Public Health England · shared by 69 suppliers, up to £1,500,000,000 in total
  12. National Microbiology Framework - Lot 1: Diagnostic Goods and Services‡Public Health England · shared by 100 suppliers, up to £3,000,000,000 in total
  13. me Supply install commissioning Interface Abbott AugisPOC iLab 26/03/21-26/03/25‡DERBYSHIRE SUPPORT FACILITIES SERVICES · £17,616
  14. WCC - Point of Care Testing Equipment Service - AWARD‡Warwickshire County Council (WCC) · £30,000
  15. Lateral Flow Testing Kits‡Department of Health and Social Care · £1
  16. Abbott ID Now Covid-19 Test Kit 24T, Instruments and Label‡Department of Health and Social Care · £4,914,382
  17. Abbott Rapid Diagnostic ID NOW platforms and associated tests‡Department of Health and Social Care (T&T) · £12,300,000
  18. Panbio Covid 19 Antigen Rapid Test Device‡Department of Health and Social Care · £120,000,000
  19. PHE_Scientific_Equipment Maintenance‡Public Health England · £10,144
  20. Provision of Abbott Panbio Covid 19 Antigen Rapid Test Devices‡Department of Health and Social Care · £44,000,000
  21. Serology - Rapid Antibody Test kits‡Department of Health and Social Care · £62,500,000
  22. Northamptonshire County Council: Framework for Point of Care Testing (POCT) for NHS Health Check Service‡Northamptonshire County Council · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £480,000 in total
  23. Point of Care Testing - Contracts Finder‡HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as agent for the University Hospitals of Coventry and… · shared by 18 suppliers
  24. Point of Care Testing to Support the NHS Health Checks Programme‡London Borough of Bromley · £300,000
  25. PHE Public Health Microbiology Framework - Lot 1 Diagnostics‡Public Health England · shared by 59 suppliers, up to £120,000,000 in total
  26. Microbiology and Serology (including Viral and Auto Immunity)- Urine Screening, Blood & Culture Media, Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Antibody and…‡NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · shared by 35 suppliers, up to £44,000,000 in total
  27. Purchase of Ebola detection assay kits‡Public Health England · £61,464

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: miscellaneous chemicals, optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery, paper and paperboard and glass.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 5 of the last 12 months on record, most recently July 2026. Main goods: miscellaneous chemicals, optical, medical and measuring instruments and machinery.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

9 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £25m, net assets £20.4m
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £26.4m, net assets £17.7m
  3. Abbott Equity Holdings Unlimited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Alere Uk Holdings Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Name changed to ABBOTT RAPID DIAGNOSTICS LIMITEDPreviously ALERE LIMITED
  6. Alere Uk Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  7. Name changed to ALERE LIMITEDPreviously INVERNESS MEDICAL UK LIMITED
  8. Name changed to INVERNESS MEDICAL UK LIMITEDPreviously BIO STAT LIMITED
Earlier events (1)
  1. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.