# Oxford Nanopore Technologies (Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC)

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

- Company number: 05386273
- Status: Active
- Type: Public limited company
- Incorporated: 9 March 2005
- Registered office: Gosling Building Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4DQ
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
- Website: nanoporetech.com

## Latest filed profit

Profit after tax in the year to 31 December 2025: **loss of £145m**, from its latest filed accounts.

Turnover, net assets, cash, staff, earlier years, ratios and owners are on the page for subscribers.

## 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 on the page for FirmFacts Pro subscribers: https://firmfacts.co/company/oxford-nanopore-technologies-05386273

### 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.

## Timeline

Recent filings and changes at Companies House.

- 2026-10-07: 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)
- 2026-08-29: Registration of charge 053862730004, created on 27 August 2026
- 2026-06-26: Resolutions (and 3 more like it since 28 June 2023)
- 2026-06-25: Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2025
- 2026-03-13: Appointment of Francis Albert Luc Van Parys as a director on 2 March 2026
- 2026-03-11: Termination of appointment of Gurdial Singh Sanghera as a director on 2 March 2026
- 2025-06-23: Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2024
- 2025-04-08: Registration of charge 053862730003, created on 7 April 2025
- 2024-12-20: Cancellation of shares by a PLC. Statement of capital on 26 November 2024 · GBP 95,474.5072
- 2024-10-03: Termination of appointment of Guy Harmelin as a director on 1 October 2024
- 2024-10-03: Appointment of Dr Daniel Mahony as a director on 1 October 2024
- 2024-06-12: Termination of appointment of Timothy Cowper as a director on 10 June 2024
- 2024-06-12: Termination of appointment of James Peter Willcocks as a director on 10 June 2024
- 2024-06-12: Termination of appointment of Wendy Mira Becker as a director on 10 June 2024
- 2024-06-03: Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2023
- 2024-03-05: Termination of appointment of Clive Gavin Brown as a director on 29 February 2024
- 2024-01-26: Appointment of Mr Nicholas Patrick Keher as a director on 22 January 2024
- 2023-12-21: Appointment of Dr Heather Elizabeth Preston as a director on 19 December 2023
- 2023-12-21: Termination of appointment of Sarah Lucinda Gordon Wild as a director on 19 December 2023
- 2023-12-21: Appointment of Dr Sarah Merritt Fortune as a director on 19 December 2023
- 2023-07-19: Appointment of Mrs Katherine Sophie Priestman as a director on 13 July 2023
- 2023-07-05: Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2022
- 2023-03-21: Director's details changed for Mr Timothy Cowper on 13 March 2023
- 2023-02-22: Second filing of a statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 15 January 2023 · GBP 82,590.3048
- 2022-12-30: Register(s) moved to registered inspection location

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Source: Companies House filings (Open Government Licence v3.0). Figures are as filed; nothing is estimated. Page: https://firmfacts.co/company/oxford-nanopore-technologies-05386273