Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering · Oxford, Oxfordshire

Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC

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Losses 3 years runningTurnover up 22%ActiveLatest figures: 2025Group consolidated21 years on the register

Public limited company registered in Oxford, classed under “Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering”.

Headline figures

FY to Dec 2025 · Group consolidated

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

−£145m

Net assets

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Cash

For subscribers

Employees

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Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

3 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£202320242025
Profit after tax−£145m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 3 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet202320242025
Current assets
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Creditors due after a year
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year

5 balance-sheet lines and 4 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-26

  1. Shares
    Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 30 September 2026 · GBP 97,844.6207 (and 68 more like it since 19 January 2023)
  2. Charges
    Registration of charge 053862730004, created on 27 August 2026
  3. Filing
    Resolutions (and 3 more like it since 28 June 2023)
  4. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2025
  5. Directors
    Appointment of Francis Albert Luc Van Parys as a director on 2 March 2026
  6. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Gurdial Singh Sanghera as a director on 2 March 2026
  7. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2024
  8. Charges
    Registration of charge 053862730003, created on 7 April 2025
  9. Shares
    Cancellation of shares by a PLC. Statement of capital on 26 November 2024 · GBP 95,474.5072
  10. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Guy Harmelin as a director on 1 October 2024
  11. Directors
    Appointment of Dr Daniel Mahony as a director on 1 October 2024
  12. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Timothy Cowper as a director on 10 June 2024
  13. 13 earlier
    1. Directors
      Termination of appointment of James Peter Willcocks as a director on 10 June 2024
    2. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Wendy Mira Becker as a director on 10 June 2024
    3. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2023
    4. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Clive Gavin Brown as a director on 29 February 2024
    5. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Nicholas Patrick Keher as a director on 22 January 2024
    6. Directors
      Appointment of Dr Heather Elizabeth Preston as a director on 19 December 2023
    7. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Sarah Lucinda Gordon Wild as a director on 19 December 2023
    8. Directors
      Appointment of Dr Sarah Merritt Fortune as a director on 19 December 2023
    9. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Katherine Sophie Priestman as a director on 13 July 2023
    10. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2022
    11. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr Timothy Cowper on 13 March 2023
    12. Shares
      Second filing of a statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 15 January 2023 · GBP 82,590.3048
    13. Address
      Register(s) moved to registered inspection location

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Oxford Nanopore Technologies do?

Public limited company registered in Oxford, classed under “Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering”. In its own words: “Discover a new generation of molecular sensing technology which offers short to ultra-long native DNA and RNA reads.”

›How much turnover does Oxford Nanopore Technologies make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Oxford Nanopore Technologies profitable?

No: it made a loss after tax of £145m in the year to 31 December 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›Who runs and owns Oxford Nanopore Technologies?

Its directors are Hannah Laura Coote, Sarah Merritt Fortune, Adrian Nevil Hennah, Nicholas Patrick Keher, Daniel Mahony and 5 more. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is Oxford Nanopore Technologies based?

Its registered office is Gosling Building Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4DQ, in Oxford, Oxfordshire.

›When was Oxford Nanopore Technologies founded?

Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC was incorporated on 9 March 2005.

›Is Oxford Nanopore Technologies still trading?

The register lists Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC as active.

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