ALTONA DIAGNOSTICS UK LIMITED

Active
Company number 10641789Private limited companyIncorporated 2017

Key figures

£3,202,292-66.0%
Net assets 2025
-20.2%
Average annual change 2021–2025
02.5 m5 m7.5 m10 m20212022202320242025

Like most small UK companies, ALTONA DIAGNOSTICS UK 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 71200

Where the company stands among the 4,429 active companies whose first SIC code is 71200 (Technical testing and analysis).

Net assets£3,202,292
Higher than 97% · median £14,689
Total assets£3,534,825
Higher than 95% · median £51,942
Cash£2,503,561
Higher than 97% · median £36,150
Employees6
Higher than 88% · median 1
Company age9.7 years
Older than 57% · median 7.8 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. TUV RHEINLAND UK LIMITED£80.8m
  2. COSMETIC WARRIORS LIMITED£41.3m
  3. SOCOTEC UK LIMITED£36.4m
  4. BRITISH ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED£35.7m
  5. ALS LABORATORIES (UK) LIMITED£34.5m
  6. AS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION LTD£34.1m
  7. INSPECTORATE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£32.9m
  8. ALMAC SCIENCES LIMITED£29.5m
  9. ITS TESTING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED£25.2m
  10. BRE GLOBAL LIMITED£24.5m

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 4,429. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: ALTONA DIAGNOSTICS UK LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

ALTONA DIAGNOSTICS UK LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 10641789. It was incorporated on 27 Feb 2017. Its status is active. The registered office is in Liverpool (L3). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is technical testing and analysis (71200), research and experimental development on biotechnology (72110).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files small company accounts (filleted). Net assets were £3,202,292, down 66% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £2,503,561. The company had an average of 6 employees. Figures are available for 5 financial years (2021–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 4,429 active companies whose first SIC code is 71200: By net assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £14,689). By total assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £51,942). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £36,150). By number of employees it ranks higher than 88% of them (median 1). It is older than 57% of them (median age 7.8 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 13 public contract award notices from 6 public sector buyers since 2020. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £9m. Its most frequent buyer is UK Health Security Agency (5 contracts). 2 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, plastics, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 3 current directors.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 5 Apr 2027.

Filed accounts2021–2025
20212022202320242025
Cash at bank and in hand7,266,5827,761,5087,935,1109,187,1072,503,561
Total assets9,467,4308,603,2508,929,8669,967,8033,534,825
Total liabilities—————
Net assets / total equity7,877,3468,206,6648,690,1769,422,5773,202,292
Average number of employees55566

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

13 contracts

ALTONA DIAGNOSTICS UK LIMITED is named as a supplier in 13 public contract award notices from 6 public sector buyers since 2020. The 11 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £9m. 2 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers6
UK Health Security Agency
5 contracts · £2.6m
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")
3 contracts · £3.3m
Public Health England
2 contracts · £2.7m
Luke Fillery
1 contract · £335k
Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
1 contract · £31.7k
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. Altona Kits & Consumables‡UK Health Security Agency · £960,000 · runs until Aug 2027
  3. Extraction Platforms‡UK Health Security Agency · £679,192 · runs until Dec 2030
  4. UKHSA- Replacement Molecular Equipment (Manchester)‡UK Health Security Agency · £411,490
  5. Molecular Kits for RIPL diagnostic service (Altona Diagnostics)‡UK Health Security Agency · £312,500 · runs until Oct 2029
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  1. Provision of Molecular Assays‡Luke Fillery · £335,000
  2. Provision of ACE and HHV-6 Molecular assays‡UK Health Security Agency · £270,916
  3. AltoStar® Molecular Diagnostic Workflow (AM16 Automation System, PC & Monitor, Plate Sealer, Connect Software)‡Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · £31,696
  4. National Microbiology Framework - Lot 1: Diagnostic Goods and Services‡Public Health England · shared by 100 suppliers, up to £3,000,000,000 in total
  5. NSSCOVID-19 -294 Altona AM16 platform with consumables‡The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") · £143,291
  6. Provision of RealStar® PCR kits‡Public Health England · £2,700,000
  7. Supply, delivery of Altona Assay for SARS-CoV2 Testing‡The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") · £1,200,000
  8. NSSCOVID-19 -187 -SAR-Con V2 testing‡The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") · £2,000,000

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, plastics, machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments and furniture and lighting.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 1 of the last 12 months on record, most recently February 2026. Main goods: machinery and optical, medical and measuring instruments.

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

25 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £3.2m, 6 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £9.4m, 6 employees
  3. Ulrich Karl Walter SPENGLER resignedDirector
  4. Stuart Edward CASSEY appointedDirector
  5. Sonke FRIEDRICHSEN appointedDirector
  6. Hans KUHN appointedDirector
  7. Wilhelm DREYER resignedDirector
  8. Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets £8.7m, 5 employees
Earlier events (17)
  1. Financial year 2022 endedAccounts: net assets £8.2m, 5 employees
  2. Financial year 2021 endedAccounts: net assets £7.9m, 5 employees
  3. Dr Klaus Matzen registered as a person with significant control
  4. Dr Klaus Matzen ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Mr Ronald Jörg Begemann ceased to be a person with significant control
  6. Wilhelm DREYER appointedDirector
  7. Ulrich Karl Walter SPENGLER appointedDirector
  8. Mr Ronald Jörg Begemann registered as a person with significant control
  9. Markus Hess registered as a person with significant control
  10. Markus Hess ceased to be a person with significant control
  11. Mr Jens Spudy registered as a person with significant control
  12. Mr Jens Spudy ceased to be a person with significant control
  13. Markus Hess registered as a person with significant control
  14. Markus Hess ceased to be a person with significant control
  15. Jens Spudy registered as a person with significant control
  16. Jens Spudy ceased to be a person with significant control
  17. 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.