WOLF LABORATORIES LIMITED

Active
Company number 03011929Private limited companyIncorporated 1995

Key figures

£2,341,311+1.0%
Net assets 2025
+21.7%
Average annual growth 2020–2025
01 m2 m3 m202020212022202320242025

Like most small UK companies, WOLF LABORATORIES LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 46180

Where the company stands among the 7,662 active companies whose first SIC code is 46180 (Agents specialized in the sale of other particular products).

Net assets£2,341,311
Higher than 95% · median £14,418
Total assets£4,349,499
Higher than 95% · median £72,273
Cash£1,765,323
Higher than 95% · median £42,748
Employees28
Higher than 98% · median 1
Company age31.8 years
Older than 95% · median 6.2 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. WESTBANK GROUP LIMITED£70.2m
  2. AUDIO-TECHNICA LIMITED£51.3m
  3. TK ACCESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED£50.7m
  4. NESTLE PURINA UK COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS LIMITED£37.9m
  5. ALPHA LABORATORIES LIMITED£29.8m
  6. ASSISI PET CARE LIMITED£26.3m
  7. BEIRA LTD£25.9m
  8. CTEC (NI) LIMITED£21.2m
  9. SYLVAMO UK LIMITED£21.1m
  10. PURAGEN LIMITED£20.6m

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 7,662. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: WOLF LABORATORIES LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

WOLF LABORATORIES LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 03011929. It was incorporated on 19 Jan 1995. Its status is active. The registered office is in Pocklington east (YO42). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is agents specialized in the sale of other particular products (46180).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files abridged accounts (audited). Net assets were £2,341,311, up 1% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £1,765,323. The company had an average of 28 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 7,662 active companies whose first SIC code is 46180: By net assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £14,418). By total assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £72,273). By cash it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £42,748). By number of employees it ranks higher than 98% of them (median 1). It is older than 95% of them (median age 6.2 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 160 public contract award notices from 42 public sector buyers since 2016. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £23.5m. Its most frequent buyer is Public Health England (34 contracts). 19 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 machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery, electrical equipment.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 5 current directors. 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 2 Feb 2027.

Dividends

from the accounts
2024

Dividends paid in the financial year: £750,000 (92% of the profit for the year).

Filed accounts2020–2025
20212022202320242025
Turnover———17,515,568—
Profit for the year———819,122—
Cash at bank and in hand2,619,5003,121,7072,447,6591,320,0521,765,323
Total assets4,631,7344,308,9346,116,9374,830,4354,349,499
Total liabilities—————
Net assets / total equity1,091,0261,405,4302,248,6742,317,7962,341,311
Average number of employees2831293028
Dividends paid———750,000—

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

160 contracts

WOLF LABORATORIES LIMITED is named as a supplier in 160 public contract award notices from 42 public sector buyers since 2016. The 138 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £23.5m. 19 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers42
Public Health England
34 contracts · £6.9m
UK Health Security Agency
28 contracts · £10.1m
Animal and Plant Health Agency
16 contracts · £895.7k
DEFRA
8 contracts · £2.1m
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
5 contracts · £479.5k
Latest 100 contracts
  1. Multiple Freezers for APHA Laboratories‡Animal and Plant Health Agency · £36,817 · runs until Dec 2031
  2. EA CapEx: Carbon Analyser Instrument‡Environment Agency · £62,613 · runs until Jan 2028
  3. Supply of Vaporised Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP) Generator to APHA‡Animal and Plant Health Agency · £123,388 · 2 lots · runs until Dec 2029
  4. Supply of 3 Mediajet Dispensers to APHA‡Animal and Plant Health Agency · £54,463 · runs until Nov 2027
  5. NSECH Decant Building - Blood Sciences Lab Equipment‡Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management · £46,835 · runs until Mar 2027
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  1. Supply of P33 LEEC Precision Incubator 730Ltr and Labcold Incubator‡Animal and Plant Health Agency · £28,606 · runs until Mar 2028
  2. MEZE Replacement ULT Freezer‡UK Health Security Agency · £24,302 · 2 lots · runs until Mar 2027
  3. Order for Laboratory Equipment for LSBA and B940‡DEFRA · £128,252 · runs until Jun 2027
  4. 9 x MSC Class II's‡UK Health Security Agency · £109,375 · runs until Mar 2027
  5. Microbiological Safety Cabinet (Porton Down)‡Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Heal… · £12,488 · runs until Mar 2027
  6. MSCIIIs CL3 capacity 114268/30‡UK Health Security Agency · £159,912 · runs until Jan 2027
  7. C34786: Various -20⁰C and -80⁰C Freezers for APHA Laboratories‡Defra · £191,961 · runs until Oct 2031
  8. Supply of x2 Microbiological Safety Cabinets for APHA‡Defra · £24,725 · runs until Aug 2028
  9. The Provision of a MSC Class II Cabinet‡Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency · £17,718 · runs until Jul 2027
  10. Portable Recirculation Fume Hood for APHA‡Animal and Plant Health Agency · £13,068 · runs until Jun 2031
  11. Contract C34214 - Supply of x2 Centrifuges for APHA‡Animal and Plant Health Agency · £12,266 · runs until May 2028
  12. CSP26552 - Coy Anaerobic chamberUK Research and Innovation · £39,729
  13. Double Scientific LMS 1200L Series 4 Security Incubator for APHA‡Animal and Plant Health Agency · £11,185 · runs until May 2028
  14. Provision of Freezers‡UK Health Security Agency · £176,963 · runs until Mar 2027
  15. Supply of Safety Cabinets‡UK Health Security Agency · £115,682
  16. C33187 - Supply of Multiple -80 Freezers‡Animal and Plant Health Agency · £262,134 · runs until Mar 2031
  17. Laboratory Equipment for B940 Laboratory at Weybridge‡DEFRA · £99,853 · 2 lots
  18. GB-Newcastle Upon Tyne: E25/0005 - Ellison Labs Equipment_Batch 3‡BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £176,319 in total
  19. X-ray pathogen inactivation -Purchase of Incubator‡UK Health Security Agency · £12,637
  20. Purchase of Opentrons System for UKHSA Bristol‡UK Health Security Agency · £415,000 · runs until Mar 2030
  21. UKHSA - Replacement Microbiological Safety Cabinet Capital‡UK Health Security Agency · £46,606
  22. Replacement MSC III‡Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Heal… · £45,450
  23. APHA CapEx: Supply of Multiple Freezers and Racking‡ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY · £72,496 · runs until Jan 2031
  24. C32084 - Purchase of various Incubators for APHA‡Animal and Plant Health Agency · £41,742 · runs until Feb 2029
  25. Liquid Handling EquipmentASTON UNIVERSITY
  26. Supply of x2 Recirculating MSC for APHA‡Animal and Plant Health Agency · £46,052 · 2 lots · runs until Feb 2028
  27. Supply and Installation of Incubators for MMMP & FWEMS‡UK Health Security Agency · £83,009
  28. Supply and Installation of Incubators for MMMP & FWEMS‡Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Heal… · £83,009
  29. C394126 - Purchase of 2+1+1 MSCIII cabinets‡UK Health Security Agency · £357,219
  30. Lab Equipment (General) and Associated Services‡London Universities Purchasing Consortium · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £200,000,000 in total · runs until Oct 2028
  31. Lab Equipment (General)‡London Universities Purchasing Consortium · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £1,800,000,000 in total · 9 lots
  32. CSP25431 - Miele glass washers and accessoriesUK Research and Innovation · £23,480
  33. Supply of 30L Bench Top & 2 X 10L Bench Top Sterilisers for APHA‡Animal and Plant Health Agency · £83,997 · runs until Sep 2027
  34. C376985 - Provision of MSC III x 3‡UK Health Security Agency · £165,709 · runs until Jul 2028
  35. C374609 - Purchase of 6 BioMAT1 MSCI cabinets‡UK Health Security Agency · £80,436
  36. Supply of Benchtop Autoclave‡ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY · £11,405 · runs until Nov 2027
  37. UKHSA Provision for Eight Class I Safety Cabinets for UKHSA Bristol‡UK Health Security Agency · £86,616
  38. Procurement of Class I & II Microbiology Safety Cabinets‡UKHSA · £100,691
  39. Call-Off Contract No. C27391 - Floor Standing Autoclave‡Animal and Plant Health Agency · £40,862
  40. ELISA Processing System(s)‡Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £328,475 · runs until Dec 2026
  41. CryostatUNIVERSITY OF DERBY · £36,877
  42. Specialist irradiated vials (with colour coded dropper tops) for APHA‡Animal and Plant Health Agency · £27,926
  43. P-36363 APHA CapEx: Portable LEV / Fume Hood x3‡Animal and Plant Health Agency · £29,301 · runs until Mar 2030
  44. GB-LONDON: RBGKEW1334 Freeze-drying centrifugal evaporator ‡Royal Botanic Gardens · £73,970
  45. MSC Installation Phase 2‡DEFRA · £440,000
  46. Procurement of Chemical Storage CabinetsDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £12,166
  47. CO2 Incubators‡University of Bristol · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £56,120 in total · 2 lots
  48. Bespoke MSCIII cabinet‡UK Health Security Agency · £99,762
  49. LAB 5061 LU FA_ Call-off Contract for the supply of Microbiological Safety CabinetsBRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON · £83,667
  50. LAB 5061 LU FA_ Call-off Contract for the supply of Laboratory Glass WasherBRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON · £31,261
  51. RFL Decommissioning - Wolf‡UK Health Security Agency · £17,984
  52. Provision of Class 2 and 3 Microbiological Safety Cabinets‡UK Health Security Agency · £328,724
  53. CO2 INCUBATORS‡UK Health Security Agency · £32,626
  54. Q23/11_HEMS Lab Equipment - AWARD‡Anglia Ruskin University · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £63,998 in total
  55. MSC Installation Phase 1‡DEFRA · £1,105,204
  56. Fume CupboardsAston University · £136,000
  57. Provision of class II safety cabinets‡UKHSA · £98,340
  58. Maintenance of maldi biotyper mass spectrometer‡NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University… · shared by 58 suppliers, up to £5,100,000,001 in total · 4 lots
  59. Purchase of 8 MSC's at Weybridge‡DEFRA · £15,175
  60. Supply and Installation of 36 Replacement Safety Cabinets plus decommissioning of the existing units to the University of BirminghamTHE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · £250,901
  61. Equipment for Biomedical Laboratory - A call-off from Lot 11 (one stop shop) of the LUPC awarded framework agreement for Laboratory Equipment (General) and Ass…LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £259,000 in total
  62. Provision of Two -80C freezers (CRCE)‡UKHSA · £20,109
  63. MSC including commissioning and deliveryDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £18,453
  64. 2423 - General Lab EquipmentCENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £10,000,000 in total · 2 lots · runs until Apr 2027
  65. Autoclaves, Design, Supply, Install and Commissioning‡UK Health Security Agency · £7,122,352 · 2 lots
  66. General Lab EquipmentCENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £5,000,000 in total
  67. Provision of 10 x -80 Freezers‡UK Health Security Agency · £94,830
  68. Provision of a -80C freezer for use in the Polio Reference Lab‡UK Helalth Security Agency · £10,700
  69. Safety cabinets for cleanroom in the Jodrell LaboratoryBoard of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew · £17,960
  70. Provision of Manchester Bacteriology Laboratory Fridges‡UK Health Security Agency · £25,730
  71. GSS23063 Rodwell Ambassador 158L AutoclavesUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £25,891
  72. 36186 - EA Provision of Laboratory Glass Washers‡EA · £381,024 · runs until Mar 2027
  73. Coy Type B Anaerobic Chamber Setup with Incubator and MonitorsUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £41,602
  74. Provision of a Liquid Nitrogen Storage Tank for Porton Down‡UK Health Security Agency · £21,256
  75. Purchase of Two MSC units for SSB‡DEFRA · £46,426
  76. Class II Safety Cabinets for Porton‡UK Health Security Agency · £164,871
  77. RA323221 - LEC Medical Refrigeration for new Veterans Centre‡Shropshire Healthcare Procurement Service · £4,177
  78. Supply of Cybio Felix Tips‡UK Health Security Agency · £83,140
  79. Assorted Benching‡UK Health Security Agency · £86,398
  80. Water Units for Vaccine Task Force‡UK Health Security Agency · £35,692
  81. Teaching Equipment for Chemistry LabsUniversity of Bristol · £40,200
  82. Laboratory Benching for RFL BETA Programme‡UK Health Security Agency · £26,500
  83. Environmental Chamber, Further Competition under the LUPC General Laboratory Equipment and Associated Post Installation Framework (LAB5061 LU) Lot 2 Environmen…‡Northumbria University · £47,000
  84. Service contract for 72 Air Handling Hoods‡UK Health Security Agency · £71,040
  85. GB-London: UKRI-1932 LMS New Freezers‡BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED · £48,484
  86. Procurement of ePCR Consumables‡UK Health Security Agency · £42,305
  87. PHE_Scientific- Provision of -80C Freezers‡Public Health England · £300,000
  88. UKHSA_Scientific - Purchase of ULT Freezers VTF B‡Public Health England · £400,000 · 2 lots
  89. PHE_Scientific - Purchase of MSC Cabinets for VTF building B‡Public Health England · £1,840,000 · 4 lots
  90. PHE_Scientific_Purchase of Ultra Low Energy ULT Freezer- LUPC LAB5061 SU - Lot 5‡Public Health England · £539,820 · 2 lots
  91. PHE_Scientific_Purchase of Ultra Low Energy ULT Freezer- LUPC LAB5061 SU - Lot 5‡Public Health England · £340,450
  92. PHE_Scientific_Purchase of -80degree Freezers_LAB5061_LU‡Public Health England · £180,032 · 2 lots
  93. PHE_Scientific_Purchase of Tube Picker and Tube Rack Adaptor- LAB5061_LU‡Public Health England · £152,500 · 2 lots
  94. K-CT1100 RECIRCULATING FUME CUPBOARD‡HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY · £5,415
  95. Laboratory Equipment (General) and Associated Post Installation Services‡London Universities Purchasing Consortium · shared by 17 suppliers, up to £120,000,000 in total

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: machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment, plastics and paper and paperboard.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 7 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery, electrical equipment, salt, stone and cement and plastics.

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

43 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £2.3m, 28 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £17.5m, net assets £2.3m, 30 employees
  3. Sean Anthony WOODWARD resignedDirector
  4. Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets £2.2m, 29 employees
  5. Financial year 2022 endedAccounts: net assets £1.4m, 31 employees
  6. Financial year 2021 endedAccounts: net assets £1.1m, 28 employees
  7. Financial year 2020 endedAccounts: net assets £877.6k, 25 employees
  8. Robert Peter CHAPMAN resignedDirector
Earlier events (35)
  1. Ian Andrew ROULSTONE appointedDirector
  2. Lisa Jayne CHILD resignedSecretary
  3. Georgia HOLE resignedDirector
  4. Neil Andrew BEWELL appointedDirector
  5. Robert Peter CHAPMAN appointedDirector
  6. Flow Group Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  7. Mr David John Child ceased to be a person with significant control
  8. Mr Sean Anthony Woodward ceased to be a person with significant control
  9. David Andrew SUDDABY appointedDirector
  10. Jennifer Ann FOSS appointedDirector
  11. Mr David John Child registered as a person with significant control
  12. Mr Sean Anthony Woodward registered as a person with significant control
  13. Sean Anthony WOODWARD resignedSecretary
  14. Lisa Jayne CHILD appointedSecretary
  15. Georgia HOLE appointedDirector
  16. Peter ROBINSON resignedDirector
  17. David Alexander FORREST resignedDirector
  18. Andrew Robert MCEWAN resignedSecretary
  19. Andrew Robert MCEWAN resignedDirector
  20. Sean Anthony WOODWARD appointedSecretary
  21. David John CHILD appointedDirector
  22. David Alexander FORREST appointedDirector
  23. Peter ROBINSON appointedDirector
  24. David Alexander FORREST resignedDirector
  25. David CHILD resignedDirector
  26. David Alexander FORREST appointedDirector
  27. David CHILD appointedDirector
  28. WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedNominee secretary (corporate)
  29. WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedNominee director (corporate)
  30. Andrew Robert MCEWAN appointedSecretary
  31. WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedNominee secretary (corporate)
  32. Andrew Robert MCEWAN appointedDirector
  33. Sean Anthony WOODWARD appointedDirector
  34. WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedNominee director (corporate)
  35. 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.