TXT In plain English
Company description
OXOID LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 9 December 1996; registered for 29 years; registered office reported in ALTRINCHAM, CHESHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 32990 · Other manufacturing n.e.c..
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 27 trade marks. 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
- OXOID LIMITED
- Company number
- 03291857
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 6 total · 0 outstanding · 6 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 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
9 December 2025Next statement due
23 December 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- -47.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 19.9%
- Women receiving bonus
- 91.6%
- Men receiving bonus
- 89.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 42.4%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 43.9%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 37.8%
- Women in lower quartile
- 50.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 250 to 499-2.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-2.9% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-2.4% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4992.9% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4999.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4996.9% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-0.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-2.9% 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 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 3 August 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 90 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £24,100,985
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £1,040,232
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £1,471,687
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £2,736,695
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 2.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Oxoid Limited’s Standard Payment Terms are Net 30 days, however, we use a variety of payment terms which are negotiated individually with the Suppliers which can vary from N90, N75, N60, N45 and N7. No early settlement terms are currently used with Oxoid Ltd’s Suppliers. All extended term contracts are agreed with the Supplier prior to execution.
- Dispute resolution process
Should an invoice be disputed, this is queried internally by the Accounts Payable team with the Purchasing department where a purchase order is in place, or with the Cost Centre owner to resolve for non-PO items. Should this not be possible, the Supplier will be notified of the query with the aim of providing assistance to avoid late payment.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 25.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 17.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 19.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay39.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay38.0% outside terms
- 56.0 average days to pay26.0% outside terms
- 56.0 average days to pay36.0% outside terms
- 57.0 average days to pay46.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay24.0% outside terms
- 14.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay15.0% 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 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Oxoid Limited
Registration Z4903067
- Registered from
- 16 August 2000
- Current end date
- 15 August 2027
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.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
ANAEROBOX
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 8 March 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 March 2026
PRECIS
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 19 September 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 September 2018
MICEVALUATORS
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1,5,9,10
- Filed / designated
- 25 July 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 July 2027
M.I.C.EVALUATORS
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1,5,9,10
- Filed / designated
- 25 July 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 July 2027
DRY-BAGS
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 24 October 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 October 2026
INHIBIGEN
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1,5
- Filed / designated
- 30 June 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 June 2026
VEGGIETONES
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1,5
- Filed / designated
- 3 July 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 July 2021
OXOID DRY SPOT
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1,5,9
- Filed / designated
- 13 June 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 June 2027
DRY SPOT
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1,5,9
- Filed / designated
- 13 June 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 June 2027
OXOID dry SPOT technology
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1,5,9
- Filed / designated
- 13 June 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 June 2027
STAPHYTECT
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 20 March 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 March 2020
STAPHYTECT
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 10
- Filed / designated
- 20 March 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 March 2020
CAMPYGEN
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 23 November 1991
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 November 2018
OXOID ANAEROGEN
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 23 November 1991
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 November 2018
SIGNAL
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 19 December 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 December 2027
STAPHYLASE
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 28 November 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 November 2027
LAB-LEMCO
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1,2,3,5,29
- Filed / designated
- 30 May 1980
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 May 2021
OXOID
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1,5,6,9,10,16
- Filed / designated
- 19 March 1958
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 March 2027
OXOID
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 5,29,30
- Filed / designated
- 24 December 1947
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 December 2026
THE OXOID S.P.R.I.N.T.
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1,5
- Filed / designated
- 9 December 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 December 2017
S.P.R.I.N.T.
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1,5
- Filed / designated
- 9 December 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 December 2017
OXOID aura
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 9,42
- Filed / designated
- 8 August 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 August 2016
ANAEROJAR
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 22 July 1994
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 July 2001
BIOFERM
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 19 March 1994
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 March 2001
SIGNAL
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1,3,5,10,21,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 19 December 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 December 2007
IONAGAR
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 1
- Filed / designated
- 10 March 1980
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 March 2001
IONAGAR
Owner Oxoid Limited · classes 5
- Filed / designated
- 10 March 1980
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 March 2001
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Oxoid Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 3291574
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
The company has not yet completed the steps to find its PSCs
- Notified
- 6 January 2017
- Ceased
- 26 July 2016
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07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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.
11 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.
12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 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
0 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.
14 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
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 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.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
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.