01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- APPLETON WOODS LIMITED
- Company number
- 00907224
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
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 2025Next accounts due
31 December 2026Last statement made up to
1 December 2025Next statement due
15 December 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Net assets
- £1,140,639
- Current assets
- £2,936,189
- Cash at bank
- £303,334
- Equity
- £1,140,639
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Research laboratory Equipment
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY · ocds-b5fd17-a50749e6-50b9-49b5-9850-5cf0e48f3b02
- Award value
- £125,000
- Contract period
- 20 September 2024 – 30 June 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
Research laboratory Equipment
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY · ocds-b5fd17-a50749e6-50b9-49b5-9850-5cf0e48f3b02
- Award value
- £125,000
- Contract period
- 20 September 2024 – 30 June 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
PK045 Primostar 3 Microscope set(s)
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-5b17d176-c95d-4354-bd2a-5dcf308118e8
- Award value
- £153,010
- Contract period
- 12 April 2024 – 13 April 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
174_24 Science Consumables
Espo · ocds-b5fd17-1accccf6-625f-4ffd-b8b2-d7d45cf63662
- Award value
- £960,000
- Contract period
- 1 March 2024 – 31 March 2026
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
PURCON 2054 Fluorescence stereomicroscope
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA · ocds-b5fd17-57e8dd4a-3865-4bb8-9606-e4a35288da04
- Award value
- £0
- Contract period
- 31 January 2024 – 30 April 2025
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
Equipment for Biomedical Laboratory - A call-off from Lot 11 (one stop shop) of the LUPC awarded framework agreement for Laboratory Equipment (General) and Associated Post Installation Services (ref:LAB5061LU)
LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY · ocds-b5fd17-53c87c8f-d60c-4714-873f-e99f5fcd251d
- Award value
- £259,000
- Contract period
- 6 June 2023 – 30 September 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
UK SBS RE21225 Laboratory Consumables Framework
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-07c0fe19-3af5-4960-8ffd-434ac3f5a93b
- Award value
- £9,500,000
- Contract period
- 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
Provision of Flocked Pernasal Swabs LAB4040 SU
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-c1a08bd8-f3ed-438a-8289-10a0a8f0167c
- Award value
- £130,800
- Contract period
- 26 April 2021 – 31 October 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
PHE_Scientific_Provision of Gloves IRLA LAB4040 SU
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-5b7262d1-2a3d-42ec-91d7-3bcb16aa9f58
- Award value
- £200,000
- Contract period
- 20 April 2021 – 19 April 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
National Microbiology Framework - Lot 2: Research and Development Goods and Services
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-14133027-6a6f-4a1f-8518-268021f54a78
- Award value
- £1,500,000,000
- Contract period
- 23 April 2021 – 22 April 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
National Microbiology Framework - Lot 2: Research and Development Goods and Services
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-14133027-6a6f-4a1f-8518-268021f54a78
- Award value
- £1,500,000,000
- Contract period
- 23 April 2021 – 22 April 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
National Microbiology Framework - Lot 1: Diagnostic Goods and Services
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-f7d14908-7da1-4faa-8801-324f837a758e
- Award value
- £3,000,000,000
- Contract period
- 9 April 2021 – 8 April 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
Provision of Liquid Transport Medium Swabs LAB4040 SU
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-65f8f3fe-0f8c-4710-a228-a7b3cb1260ed
- Award value
- £500,000
- Contract period
- 9 November 2020 – 8 November 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Tender for the Supply of Laboratory Consumables and Reagents
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-2bc43731-390d-4cd6-9c72-e70cf1aa6a6d
- Award value
- £30,000,000
- Contract period
- 2 November 2020 – 1 November 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
Provision of Gloves (LAB4040 SU)
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-1c89d7ea-83a6-4b16-b1ba-787418d76ccb
- Award value
- £50,000
- Contract period
- 1 May 2020 – 31 March 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
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.
05 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Appleton Woods Group Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Notified
- 14 July 2025
Mr Christopher Lindon Brown
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- United Kingdom
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 14 July 2025
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. BritDB joins them only by the exact company number and does not create separate pages for individuals. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted from this public view.
06 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Metafer MetaSystems Microscope System for Cytogenetics Group
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency · updated 3 March 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 2
Waiver - UHB_HGS - Appleton Woods Ltd - Capital purchase of UV microscope at Heartlands Hospital
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · updated 2 February 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
174_24 Science Consumables
ESPO · updated 20 February 2024
- Tender value
- £960,000
- Awards
- 3
Laboratory Consumables
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · updated 22 September 2022
- Tender value
- £9,500,000
- Awards
- 238
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.
10 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.
11 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Non-specialised wholesale trade
12 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
4 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.
13 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: APPLETON.WOODS LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
14 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
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.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.