OXFORD CANCER BIOMARKERS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC379069 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-24
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (75/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
25 officers (4 active, 25 linked, 25 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
132 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 200 | 800 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (68 events)Click to expand
- 2025-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-06-27📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-23➖LEE, Kyoung Mee, Dr resigneddirector
- 2024-04-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-17➕KERR, David James, Professor appointeddirector
- 2024-03-26📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-22➖SLAGEL, Dean Marc resigneddirector
- 2023-11-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-09-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-09-13➖SMART, Joanna resigneddirector
- 2023-05-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-05-16➖TOWLER, Christopher Malcolm, Dr resigneddirector
- 2023-05-02📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-05-02📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-05-02📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-05-02📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-04-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-04-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-04-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-31➕JAMAL, Mohammed appointeddirector
- 2023-03-31➖KERR, David James, Prof resigneddirector
- 2023-03-31➖PARK, Sang Tae resigneddirector
- 2022-11-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-11-21📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-05-20➖ZHANG, Hao, Dr resigneddirector
- 2022-01-25➖LEE, Baeckseung, Dr resigneddirector
- 2022-01-25➕PARK, Sang Tae appointeddirector
- 2021-12-14➕SMART, Joanna appointeddirector
- 2021-07-20➕ZHANG, Hao, Dr appointeddirector
- 2021-04-22➕LEE, Kyoung Mee, Dr appointeddirector
- 2021-03-09➖CHEON, Se-Young resigneddirector
- 2020-01-13➖OTTER, James Anthony resigneddirector
- 2020-01-08➖OXLADE, David Aufere resigneddirector
- 2020-01-07➖FROHN, Matthew Gerard Winston, Dr resigneddirector
- 2019-09-10➕LEE, Bungkwn appointeddirector
- 2019-07-19➖BROWNING, David resigneddirector
- 2019-07-01➕OTTER, James Anthony appointeddirector
- 2019-06-11➕LEE, Baeckseung, Dr appointeddirector
- 2019-06-11➕TOWLER, Christopher Malcolm, Dr appointeddirector
- 2019-05-29➕CHEON, Se-Young appointeddirector
- 2019-04-30➖BOMAN, Erik Anders resigneddirector
- 2018-04-17➕BOMAN, Erik Anders appointeddirector
- 2017-12-31➖KIM, Hyungtae, Dr resigneddirector
- 2017-10-09➕BROWNING, David appointeddirector
- 2017-06-27➕KIM, Hyungtae, Dr appointeddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 68 events
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
🔒Co-director network graph
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-05-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities
Registered office
C/O Douglas Mcdonald Ca
2 Octavia Buildings
Kilmacolm
PA13 4AE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-06
Last: 2025-12-23
Officers (4 active · 21 resigned)
JAMAL, Mohammed→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2023-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KERR, David James, Professor→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2024-04-17
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LA THANGUE, Nicholas Barrie, Prof→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2010-05-24
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LEE, Bungkwn→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2019-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOMAN, Erik Anders→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2018-04-17 · resigned 2019-04-30
BROWNING, David→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2017-10-09 · resigned 2019-07-19
CHEON, Se-Young→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2019-05-29 · resigned 2021-03-09
CONS, Ben Major George, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2012-01-30 · resigned 2015-12-16
EDWARDS, Glyn Owain→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2011-12-01 · resigned 2012-04-30
FROHN, Matthew Gerard Winston, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2015-12-16 · resigned 2020-01-07
KERR, David James, Prof→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2011-08-02 · resigned 2023-03-31
KERR, David James, Prof→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2010-05-24 · resigned 2011-02-18
KIM, Hyungtae, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2017-06-27 · resigned 2017-12-31
LEE, Baeckseung, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2019-06-11 · resigned 2022-01-25
LEE, Kyoung Mee, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2021-04-22 · resigned 2024-04-23
MACDONALD, Alasdair→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2015-01-27 · resigned 2017-05-05
MCCOOKE, Nicholas John→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2012-07-26 · resigned 2013-11-01
MORTIMER, Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2012-01-30 · resigned 2015-01-21
OTTER, James Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2019-07-01 · resigned 2020-01-13
OXLADE, David Aufere→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2013-01-15 · resigned 2020-01-08
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Recent filings (132 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-06-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-05-02