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Company description
FERA SCIENCE LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 29 January 2015; registered for 11 years; registered office reported in YORK, 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: 2 PSC records, 15 procurement records, 1 waste registration. 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
- FERA SCIENCE LIMITED
- Company number
- 09413107
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 1 total · 1 outstanding · 0 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 September 2027Last statement made up to
14 October 2025Next statement due
28 October 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- -7.2%
- Women receiving bonus
- 80.5%
- Men receiving bonus
- 82.7%
- Women in top quartile
- 43.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 52.9%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 57.4%
- Women in lower quartile
- 55.9%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 250 to 499-0.8% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49910.3% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4995.2% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4999.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4995.2% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4996.6% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49912.4% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49912.3% 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 July 2023 – 31 December 2023
- Filed
- 2 February 2024
- Shortest standard term
- 7 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- The Prompt Payment code
- 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
- 17.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
The information presented in this legal entity represents the performance of Fera Science Limited as a standalone entity, it does not represent the performance of the Capita Group, that is: Fera Science Limited and all of its subsidiary entities. This is a contained on a voluntary disclosure basis, as the requirements of the Duty to report supplier performance do not extend to Groups of companies, in the entity Capita Group Limited
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
7 Days individuals, 14 Days Micro Business, 30 Days SME, 60 Days Large Corporate
- Other payment-term information
N/A
- Dispute resolution process
The accounts payable helpdesk number and email address is printed on all correspondence to suppliers, any disputes are expected to be resolved within 30 days of the dispute being raised.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 24.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay26.0% outside terms
- 21.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 22.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 30.0 average days to pay16.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 27.0 average days to pay17.0% 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
Fera Science Limited
Registration ZB655066
- Registered from
- 30 January 2024
- Current end date
- 29 January 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.
06 Environmental regulation
Environment Agency records
FERA Science Limited
LB3398DJ · YO41 1LZ
- Permit or record holder
- FERA Science Limited
- Record date
- 30 August 2019
- Local authority
- Not supplied
- Regulated site or public record address
- Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ
- Activity
- Keeping & Use of Radioactive Materials and Disposal of Radioactive Waste
- Grid reference
- Site E593.
- Easting
- 467535.000
- Northing
- 458365.000
- All populated source fields
- Permit Number: LB3398DJ; Permit Holder Name: FERA Science Limited; Approved Date: 2019-08-30; Permit Type: Keeping & Use of Radioactive Materials and Disposal of Radioactive Waste; Site Address: Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ; Site Postcode: YO41 1LZ; Site Reference: Site E593.; Easting: 467535; Northing: 458365
NATIONAL AGRI-FOOD INNOV CAMPUS
NE/EPRKB3194WM/001 · YO41 1LZ
- Permit or record holder
- FERA SCIENCE LIMITED
- Record date
- 1 March 2019
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Regulated site or public record address
- NATIONAL AGRI-FOOD INNOV CAMPUS, SAND HUTTON, YORK, YORKSHIRE, YO41 1LZ
- Activity
- Scientific research and development · Trade - Process
- Grid reference
- SE6771558586
- Easting
- 467715.000
- Northing
- 458586.000
- All populated source fields
- Permit Number: NE/EPRKB3194WM/001; Permit Holder Name: FERA SCIENCE LIMITED; Site Name: NATIONAL AGRI-FOOD INNOV CAMPUS; Site Type: Scientific research and development; Effluent Type: Trade - Process; Site Address: NATIONAL AGRI-FOOD INNOV CAMPUS, SAND HUTTON, YORK, YORKSHIRE, YO41 1LZ; Site Postcode: YO41 1LZ; Site Grid Reference: SE6771558586; Easting: 467715; Northing: 458586; Local Authority: North Yorkshire; Start Date: 2019-03-01
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.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
The risk and uncertainty associated with participation in green finance markets
Natural England · ocds-b5fd17-93f452ed-2be0-43cb-a9cf-819065bc74e8
- Supplier named in award
- FERA SCIENCE LIMITED
- Award value
- £33,179.50
- Contract period
- 6 September 2023 – 31 March 2024
- Published
- 3 July 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-93f452ed-2be0-43cb-a9cf-819065bc74e8-2025-07-03T12:19:28+01:00
FFCP Local Nature Recovery Options Development
Defra Network eTendering Portal · ocds-b5fd17-721f2904-f22b-4d60-978d-31385f49a2f2
- Supplier named in award
- Fera Science Limited
- Award value
- £38,761
- Contract period
- 15 February 2022 – 31 March 2022
- Published
- 14 March 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 73110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-721f2904-f22b-4d60-978d-31385f49a2f2-2022-03-14T14:45:42Z
1RZY - Service - General Professional
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY · ocds-b5fd17-eba6114c-b4bc-4ac9-8ba2-1f339358e7d4
- Supplier named in award
- FERA SCIENCE LIMITED
- Award value
- £31,264
- Contract period
- 22 July 2020 – 22 July 2020
- Published
- 4 August 2020
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 71632000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-eba6114c-b4bc-4ac9-8ba2-1f339358e7d4-2020-08-04T12:16:29+01:00
Maintenance and Servicing of the C.H.A.P. Mesocosm Facilities at York, UK
AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-b94d426a-afeb-42b5-b961-456b77c83c26
- Supplier named in award
- FERA SCIENCE LIMITED
- Award value
- £180,000
- Contract period
- 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2021
- Published
- 1 April 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 50000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-b94d426a-afeb-42b5-b961-456b77c83c26-2020-04-01T13:32:39+01:00
25333 Animal and Plant Health Modelling Services Framework
Defra Network eTendering Portal · ocds-b5fd17-30f6dd7c-28a8-4e71-b402-6067464ca6e4
- Supplier named in award
- Fera Science Limited
- Award value
- £1,500,000
- Contract period
- 1 March 2020 – 23 February 2023
- Published
- 17 September 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 71356000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-30f6dd7c-28a8-4e71-b402-6067464ca6e4-2020-09-17T17:34:53+01:00
District Level Licensing Programme for Great Crested Newts - Lot 1 Call Off
Defra Network eTendering Portal · ocds-b5fd17-eaf879ed-e332-4d93-8e71-fd3bf417e22d
- Supplier named in award
- Fera Science Ltd
- Award value
- £426,240
- Contract period
- 25 January 2019 – 31 March 2020
- Published
- 5 March 2019
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 71620000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-eaf879ed-e332-4d93-8e71-fd3bf417e22d-2019-03-05T11:54:58Z
FS616030 - Provision of Services for the UK NRL: (1) Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (2) Dioxins and PCB's in Feed and Food (3) Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Feed and Food (4) Mycotoxins in Feed and Food (5) Heavy Metals in Feed and Food.
Food Standards Agency · ocds-b5fd17-eef9972c-34b7-4a72-8fbf-32e8b9883377
- Supplier named in award
- FERA SCIENCE LIMITED
- Award value
- £500,000
- Contract period
- 1 April 2017 – 1 April 2021
- Published
- 10 September 2019
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 73111000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-eef9972c-34b7-4a72-8fbf-32e8b9883377-2019-09-10T16:41:20+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.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Hazel Ii Bidco Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 15208245
- Notified
- 17 January 2024
Capita Business Services Ltd
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 02299747
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 17 January 2024
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
09 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.
10 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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11 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.
12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Environmental Surveillance: OSMA and OSD
Food Standards Agency · updated 3 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 2
NCEA_EES Access Permissions 2027/28 surveys
NATURAL ENGLAND · updated 23 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Survey on contaminants in smoked products
Food Standards Agency · updated 1 June 2026
- Tender value
- £245,000
- Awards
- 2
RBGKEW1513 Cacao TEA and SIRA
Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew · updated 28 May 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
PA23 - UK5 - Transparency Notice Emerging Contaminants
Southern Water Services Limited · updated 22 December 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
PA23 - UK5 - Transparency Notice Emerging Contaminants
Southern Water Services Limited · updated 22 December 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
High geochemical lead survey
Food Standards Agency · updated 5 December 2025
- Tender value
- £200,000
- Awards
- 2
Research and Development Framework
Health and Safety Executive · updated 22 August 2025
- Tender value
- £1,666,667
- Awards
- 5
Specialist Science and Contingency Services - Food Contingency Laboratory
Food Standards Agency · updated 18 March 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
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13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
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14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
15 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
8 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
1 exact company-number registration.
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.
16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 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.
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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