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Company description
OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES PLC is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Public Limited Company”. Incorporated on 9 March 2005; registered for 21 years; registered office reported in OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM. 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 PSC record, 23 procurement records. 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
- OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES PLC
- Company number
- 05386273
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 3 total · 2 outstanding · 1 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 2025Next accounts due
30 June 2027Last statement made up to
8 March 2026Next statement due
22 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 17.2%
- Mean bonus gap
- 83.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 84.7%
- Men receiving bonus
- 86.4%
- Women in top quartile
- 31.8%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 36.9%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 39.4%
- Women in lower quartile
- 51.7%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 500 to 99916.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99915.6% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99916.3% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99920.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49925.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49924.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49925.9% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49924.4% 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
- 31 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- 90 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-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £49,108,733
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £34,937,611
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £16,665,527
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £35,249,155
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 28.0%
- 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
Payment terms will vary based on the suppliers requirements and our commercial relationship. We are working towards ensuring that all smaller organisations have improved payment terms to ensure that they are paid promptly for the valuable services they provide to Oxford Nanopore
- Dispute resolution process
All invoices should be submitted to the accounts team (accounts@nanoporetech.com) and must include a valid purchase order number, a description of the goods and/or services delivered and the relevant quantities and values involved.
Any payment disputes that are unable to be resolved by a suppliers main contact at Oxford Nanopore Technologies or the accounts payable team, should be directed to the procurement team (procurement@nanoporetech.com). The procurement team will liaise with legal, finance and responsible departments within Oxford Nanopore Technologies and include the supplier within these discussions as appropriate. The procurement team will look to respond to all queries within 1 week of receiving a dispute. Final resolution will depend on the complexity of the issue raised.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 39.0 average days to pay0.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay58.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay57.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay57.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay53.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay53.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay52.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay30.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay62.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay79.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay70.0% 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
OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES PLC
LEI 213800IRWQ2Q6M2CDW55 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- B6ES
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 9 March 2005
- Initial LEI registration
- 6 August 2021
- LEI last updated
- 19 June 2026
- Next renewal
- 6 August 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- Legal address
- GOSLING BUILDING EDMUND HALLEY ROAD, OXFORD SCIENCE PARK, OXFORD, GB-OXF, OX4 4DQ, GB
- Headquarters address
- GOSLING BUILDING EDMUND HALLEY ROAD, OXFORD SCIENCE PARK, OXFORD, GB-OXF, OX4 4DQ, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
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 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc
Registration Z1293422
- Registered from
- 11 April 2008
- Current end date
- 10 April 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.
07 Environmental regulation
Environment Agency records
Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
SB3292DE · OX4 4DQ
- Permit or record holder
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
- Record date
- 24 January 2018
- Local authority
- Not supplied
- Regulated site or public record address
- Gosling Building, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4DQ
- Activity
- Keeping & Use of Radioactive Materials and Disposal of Radioactive Waste
- Grid reference
- Site S621.
- Easting
- 440065.000
- Northing
- 202045.000
- All populated source fields
- Permit Number: SB3292DE; Permit Holder Name: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC; Approved Date: 2018-01-24; Permit Type: Keeping & Use of Radioactive Materials and Disposal of Radioactive Waste; Site Address: Gosling Building, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4DQ; Site Postcode: OX4 4DQ; Site Reference: Site S621.; Easting: 440065; Northing: 202045
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.
08 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Contract for the Provision of GridION Software Licence and Device Warranty to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-2c37dae4-b6c9-4a36-b833-9b52f82b3645
- Supplier named in award
- OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES PLC
- Award value
- £33,750
- Contract period
- 1 August 2023 – 31 July 2026
- Published
- 22 September 2023
- Procedure
- Other - Single Source Approval
- Main CPV
- 38000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-2c37dae4-b6c9-4a36-b833-9b52f82b3645-2023-09-22T11:42:35+01:00
Contract for the Supply of a GridION Mk1 Starter Kit to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-d4521941-89a9-48f5-9c88-449510761133
- Supplier named in award
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc
- Award value
- £68,405
- Contract period
- 9 March 2023 – 5 May 2023
- Published
- 28 March 2023
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 38000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d4521941-89a9-48f5-9c88-449510761133-2023-03-28T14:17:58+01:00
Contract for the Supply of PromethION 24 A100 Software License and Device Warranty to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-fe66e3ac-6ecc-440c-8431-68c58b482299
- Supplier named in award
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc
- Award value
- £31,500
- Contract period
- 20 January 2023 – 27 March 2023
- Published
- 1 February 2023
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 38000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-fe66e3ac-6ecc-440c-8431-68c58b482299-2023-02-01T15:43:04Z
Contract for the Supply of FLO-MIN114 Flow Cells and Ligation Sequencing Kits to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-09b4350d-6ff1-4481-9590-25a5c1e60881
- Supplier named in award
- OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
- Award value
- £55,680
- Contract period
- 26 September 2022 – 15 November 2022
- Published
- 12 October 2022
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 33140000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-09b4350d-6ff1-4481-9590-25a5c1e60881-2022-10-12T09:49:26+01:00
Contract for the Supply of PromethION Flow Cells and Ligation Sequencing Kits to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-93410cbd-2b59-4936-90a0-94a47e4fcd06
- Supplier named in award
- OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
- Award value
- £159,100
- Contract period
- 5 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
- Published
- 5 September 2022
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 38000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-93410cbd-2b59-4936-90a0-94a47e4fcd06-2022-09-05T13:33:35+01:00
PHE_Scientific Provision for purchase of consumables for ARTIC workflow- COG UK
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-8de82990-7aba-4653-8887-b8eee695ad56
- Supplier named in award
- OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- Award value
- £900,000
- Contract period
- 14 April 2021 – 13 April 2022
- Published
- 16 April 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 33000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-8de82990-7aba-4653-8887-b8eee695ad56-2021-04-16T17:42:08+01:00
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Long Read Equipment & Consumables
GENOMICS ENGLAND LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-d13cdec4-1765-4251-8c3a-1a97aa69ccd5
- Supplier named in award
- OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
- Award value
- £2,000,000
- Contract period
- 26 March 2021 – 25 March 2022
- Published
- 29 July 2021
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33696500
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d13cdec4-1765-4251-8c3a-1a97aa69ccd5-2021-07-29T17:40:17+01:00
National Microbiology Framework - Lot 2: Research and Development Goods and Services
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-14133027-6a6f-4a1f-8518-268021f54a78
- Supplier named in award
- Oxford Nanopore Diagnostics Ltd
- Award value
- £1,500,000,000
- Contract period
- 23 April 2021 – 22 April 2023
- Published
- 10 May 2021
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-14133027-6a6f-4a1f-8518-268021f54a78-2021-05-10T17:53:56+01:00
National Microbiology Framework - Lot 2: Research and Development Goods and Services
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-14133027-6a6f-4a1f-8518-268021f54a78
- Supplier named in award
- Oxford Nanopore Diagnostics Ltd
- Award value
- £1,500,000,000
- Contract period
- 23 April 2021 – 22 April 2023
- Published
- 10 May 2021
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-14133027-6a6f-4a1f-8518-268021f54a78-2021-05-10T17:53:56+01:00
Direct Award for the provision of purchase of ONT GridION platforms to support COG-UK and Covid
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-731df34e-7060-41ac-b1f6-397685c436e2
- Supplier named in award
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd.
- Award value
- £279,825
- Contract period
- 28 January 2021 – 30 April 2021
- Published
- 5 February 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 33000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-731df34e-7060-41ac-b1f6-397685c436e2-2021-02-05T00:52:12Z
Contract for the Supply of PromethION 24 Starter Pack PromethION 24 Sequencing Unit to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-dd9125f1-4923-45cc-9c5d-9d1b57b460eb
- Supplier named in award
- OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
- Award value
- £148,100
- Contract period
- 3 September 2020 – 27 November 2020
- Published
- 4 September 2020
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 38000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-dd9125f1-4923-45cc-9c5d-9d1b57b460eb-2020-09-04T14:35:23+01:00
Contract for the supply of Sequencing kits for Covid-19 response to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-942869f4-771a-4c24-a349-0184a895325a
- Supplier named in award
- OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
- Award value
- £31,520
- Contract period
- 30 March 2020 – 30 June 2020
- Published
- 4 May 2020
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 38000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-942869f4-771a-4c24-a349-0184a895325a-2020-05-04T14:56:07+01:00
Contract for the supply of Sequencing flow cells and Reagents for the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-edd9089f-32b9-4eb8-b6c3-0aa0f8541132
- Supplier named in award
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited
- Award value
- £69,200
- Contract period
- 23 September 2019 – 13 December 2019
- Published
- 25 September 2019
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 33696500
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-edd9089f-32b9-4eb8-b6c3-0aa0f8541132-2019-09-25T09:09:07+01:00
Contract Award for rental of Oxford Nanopore Technology platform & purchase of ONT flow cells
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-144f57be-535e-450a-bc0d-6482d067fb90
- Supplier named in award
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd
- Award value
- £120,000
- Contract period
- 1 April 2019 – 31 March 2021
- Published
- 29 March 2019
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 33000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-144f57be-535e-450a-bc0d-6482d067fb90-2019-03-29T17:12:33Z
Provision of Portable MinION Nucleic Squencer & Squencing Reagents for Mobile Lab
Public Health England · ocds-b5fd17-3a96ff3c-8efe-401c-a8d1-963fe90880c2
- Supplier named in award
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd
- Award value
- £24,000
- Contract period
- 26 July 2018 – 24 July 2019
- Published
- 24 July 2018
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33696500
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-3a96ff3c-8efe-401c-a8d1-963fe90880c2-2018-07-24T08:27:13+01:00
Gridion Instrument
The University Of Nottingham · ocds-b5fd17-0f628f1c-88e5-4a4f-b961-3955303a652a
- Supplier named in award
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies
- Award value
- £131,703
- Contract period
- 11 January 2018 – 28 February 2018
- Published
- 11 January 2018
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-0f628f1c-88e5-4a4f-b961-3955303a652a-2018-01-11T14:50:55Z
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.
09 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No individual or entity with signficant control
- Notified
- 8 March 2017
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10 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.
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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.
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12 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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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
Flow cell consumables
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER · updated 9 April 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Provision of sequencing consumables
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER · updated 26 March 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Oxford Nanopore Sequencing Platform
Forestry Commission · updated 16 March 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Warranty Extension for Instruments
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER · updated 3 March 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Respiratory Metagenomics Expansion Programme
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · updated 17 February 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 2
Respiratory Metagenomics Expansion Programme
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · updated 21 October 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
PromethION 24 Sequencing Unit PRO-SEQ024 and Consumables
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · updated 26 September 2023
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
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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.
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15 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
16 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
7 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
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: OXFORD NANOLABS LIMITED
- 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.
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.
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.
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