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Company description
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)”. Incorporated on 7 January 1956; registered for 70 years; registered office reported in WOKING, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 72190 · Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 charity record, 69 procurement records, 1 other public-register record. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE
- Company number
- 00559784
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 2 total · 0 outstanding · 2 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 March 2026Next accounts due
31 December 2027Last statement made up to
28 October 2025Next statement due
11 November 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- Not supplied
- Mean bonus gap
- Not supplied
- Women receiving bonus
- 0.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 0.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 35.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 48.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 59.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 54.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 250 to 4997.6% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49911.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4996.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4995.8% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4996.9% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4998.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49916.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49915.1% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 April 2019 – 30 September 2019
- Filed
- 30 October 2019
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 45 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-1
- Financial period started
- Not supplied
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £0
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 14.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 45 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
The Pirbright Institute has standard payment terms of 30 days and this is applied by the vast majority of suppliers although a few offer slightly longer terms of 45 days or end of month following date of invoice.
A few suppliers have shorter terms which range from 0 to 28 days. - Dispute resolution process
The Pirbright Institute places great importance on maintaining strong and healthy supplier relationships.
We have a dedicated accounts payable team who liaise with the relevant requisitioner/approver in any disputes with suppliers.
Earlier payment reports (2 shown)
- 31.0 average days to pay35.0% outside terms
- 30.0 average days to pay44.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE
LEI 213800649Z6DNVRP7680 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 6 January 1956
- Initial LEI registration
- 31 March 2017
- LEI last updated
- 17 April 2026
- Next renewal
- 7 April 2027
- Managing LOU
- 529900F6BNUR3RJ2WH29
- Other legal names
- THE INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH
- Legal address
- Pirbright Laboratory Ash Road, WOKING, GB-SRY, GU24 0NF, GB
- Headquarters address
- Pirbright Laboratory Ash Road, WOKING, GB-SRY, GU24 0NF, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NATURAL_PERSONS
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NATURAL_PERSONS
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Approved
- 1 April 2026
- Sectors
- Charitable / not-for-profit activities
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Not reported as covered
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £36 million to £60 million
- Years producing statements
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 2 April 2026
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
UK Additional public registers
Schools, childcare, care and HSE records
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE
7 May 2025 · Improvement Notice
Identity methods differ by source. DfE links use source-supplied company numbers. Ofsted and Scottish care links are unique exact name-and-postcode candidates. HSE links require one unique exact Companies House organisation name. Verify candidate associations independently.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
The Pirbright Institute
Registration ZB690507
- Registered from
- 15 May 2024
- Current end date
- 14 May 2027
- Trading names
- N/A
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
08 Environmental regulation
Environment Agency records
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE
EPR/WE6206AB · GU24 0NF
- Permit or record holder
- THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE
- Record date
- 12 October 2022
- Local authority
- Guildford
- Regulated site or public record address
- Attn: Uwe Mueller-Doblies, The Pirbright Institute - CHP Plant, Pirbright Laboratory, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey, GU24 0NF
- Activity
- MCP
- Grid reference
- SU9543554158
- Easting
- 495435.000
- Northing
- 154158.000
- All populated source fields
- Permission Number: EPR/WE6206AB; Name: THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE; Activity Type Description: MCP; Site Address: Attn: Uwe Mueller-Doblies, The Pirbright Institute - CHP Plant, Pirbright Laboratory, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey, GU24 0NF; Site Postcode: GU24 0nf; Site Grid Reference: SU9543554158; Easting: 495435; Northing: 154158; Local Authority: Guildford; Permission Date: 2022-10-12
The Pirbright Institute
RB3339DP · GU24 0NF
- Permit or record holder
- The Pirbright Institute
- Record date
- 26 October 2016
- Local authority
- Not supplied
- Regulated site or public record address
- The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0NF
- Activity
- Keeping & Use of Radioactive Materials and Disposal of Radioactive Waste
- Grid reference
- Site S197.
- Easting
- 495305.000
- Northing
- 154295.000
- All populated source fields
- Permit Number: RB3339DP; Permit Holder Name: The Pirbright Institute; Approved Date: 2016-10-26; Permit Type: Keeping & Use of Radioactive Materials and Disposal of Radioactive Waste; Site Address: The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0NF; Site Postcode: GU24 0NF; Site Reference: Site S197.; Easting: 495305; Northing: 154295
These are candidate company associations. The public-register downloads do not supply Companies House numbers. BritDB requires one unique exact holder-name and postcode match; the regulated site may differ from the registered office, so verify the record at source.
09 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Research and Development Framework
Ministry of Defence · ocds-b5fd17-9423057d-d56e-4686-95a7-f5c6e7055303
- Supplier named in award
- THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE
- Award value
- £2,000,000
- Contract period
- 3 April 2024 – 1 April 2027
- Published
- 10 April 2024
- Procedure
- Other - Single Source Requirement
- Main CPV
- 73100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9423057d-d56e-4686-95a7-f5c6e7055303-2024-04-10T13:50:37+01:00
Disinfectant Efficacy Testing - Method Update
Defra Network eTendering Portal · ocds-b5fd17-a1600a5c-06c7-4e44-925d-9e8e06853d39
- Supplier named in award
- The Pirbright Institute
- Award value
- £64,850
- Contract period
- 1 September 2020 – 31 March 2021
- Published
- 29 July 2021
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73111000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-a1600a5c-06c7-4e44-925d-9e8e06853d39-2021-07-29T15:31:46+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
10 Charity register
Charity Commission links
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 25 July 1977
- Latest income
- £52,700,000
- Latest expenditure
- £59,519,000
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Education/training
- The General Public/mankind
To conduct and promote scientific research on infectious diseases of farm animals, including exotic diseases and to develop appropriate methods for their control; and on matters concerned with animal health and ancillary thereto, and to publish the results of such research.
Source details and official record →This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
11 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
12 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
13 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Poultry Training
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY · updated 24 September 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 2
ISO11 Fumigation Lobby Replacement Project - Civil Works and CDM Principal Designer/Principal Contractor Role
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 22 September 2026
- Tender value
- £154,166
- Awards
- 0
Tx8 & Tx9 Transformer and Switchgear New Building - Retender
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 28 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 0
Site Energy Project Development Services
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 24 August 2026
- Tender value
- £51,000
- Awards
- 0
Site Autoclave Service and Validation
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 19 August 2026
- Tender value
- £255,000
- Awards
- 1
Site Steam Management and Boiler Maintenance
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 19 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 0
ISO11 Fumigation Lobby and Dedicated Air Handling Unit (AHU)
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 17 August 2026
- Tender value
- £151,666
- Awards
- 0
Provision of Planned Preventative Maintenance for the Chillers, AC Systems and Refrigeration
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 14 August 2026
- Tender value
- £177,666
- Awards
- 0
Supply and fit Plowright East Wing Emergency lighting batteries and removal and dispose of 80 defective batteries.
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 5 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Brooksby Secondary Monitoring System (SMS) 3 Year Service Contract
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 5 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Installation of Temporary Centralised Battery System (CBS) for emergency lighting in Brooksby Building following fire
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 5 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Tx8 & Tx9 Transformer and Switchgear New Building
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 5 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Site Steam Upgrade Project - Principal Contractor Design & Installation Package
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 4 August 2026
- Tender value
- £500,000
- Awards
- 0
Traka Standard Service Level Agreement and Software License Renewal
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 31 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Provision of Planned Preventative Maintenance for Air Compressors at The Pirbright Institute
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 31 July 2026
- Tender value
- £249,554.64
- Awards
- 1
Site HV/LV Supplies Maintenance Retender
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 29 June 2026
- Tender value
- £153,828.60
- Awards
- 1
Plowright Formaldehyde (HCOH) Detection System Replacement
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 29 June 2026
- Tender value
- £40,000
- Awards
- 1
Installation of CVIM Generator Back Up Power
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 29 June 2026
- Tender value
- £104,000
- Awards
- 1
Site Emergency Generator Maintenance
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 29 June 2026
- Tender value
- £187,502
- Awards
- 1
Site and Housing Grounds Maintenance for The Pirbright Institute
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · updated 18 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 0
Showing the first 20 of 67 linked procurement processes.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
14 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
15 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
16 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
1 exact company-number link.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
67 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
17 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Detected change
Accounts due date: 2026-12-31 → 2027-12-31
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: THE INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
18 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Organisation enforcement records linked by one unique exact company name.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Candidate permit and enforcement associations based on a unique exact holder-name and postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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