Overview
Plymouth Marine Laboratory's network
12 people6 organisationsi11 listed on the board plus 1 company secretary. 6 organisations share a board member with this charity.The large node is Plymouth Marine Laboratory. The map shows two steps out from the public record. Hover a node to focus its connections; click one to open it.The board
11 listed + 1 company secretaryiCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.| Name | Role | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Crockett | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Dr Beverley Anne Mackenzie | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Dr Jyotika Itee Virmani | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Dr Michaela Schratzberger | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Dr Veronique Garcon | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Kerin Jean Sequeira | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Mark James Butcher | Trustee | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Nick Buckland | Trustee | 2017 | 9 yrs |
| Christopher Clive Moores | Company secretary (charitable company) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Subsidiaries
2 companiesiEach company here has this charity named as an owner on the Companies House register of people with significant control (PSC).A charity is matched to a PSC entry by registration number, or by exact name and postcode. An entry that matches only by name (postcode differs) is marked likely. Names shared by several charities are never linked. Current directors are from Companies House.Source: Companies House register of people with significant control.The PSC entry names Plymouth Marine Laboratory as a corporate owner of this company, notified 6 April 2016. Matching is exact on names, numbers and postcodes; nothing is matched loosely.
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Source: Companies House register of people with significant control.The PSC entry names Plymouth Marine Laboratory as a corporate owner of this company, notified 6 April 2016. Matching is exact on names, numbers and postcodes; nothing is matched loosely.
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Source: Companies House register of people with significant control. Control levels are as filed by the company.
Board
The board
11 listed + 1 company secretaryiCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.| Name | Role | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Crockett | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Dr Beverley Anne Mackenzie | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Dr Jyotika Itee Virmani | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Dr Michaela Schratzberger | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Dr Veronique Garcon | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Kerin Jean Sequeira | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Mark James Butcher | Trustee | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Nick Buckland | Trustee | 2017 | 9 yrs |
| Nigel John Godefroy | Trustee | 2015 | 11 yrs |
| Professor Richard Garth James Bellerby | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Timothy Paul Allen | Trustee | 2026 | new |
| Christopher Clive Moores | Company secretary (charitable company) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Former company secretaries of the charitable company: Beverly Kim Tremain (2001-2024), Foot Anstey Sargent Secretarial Limited (2001). Full officer list
Subsidiaries
2 companiesiEach company here has this charity named as an owner on the Companies House register of people with significant control (PSC).A charity is matched to a PSC entry by registration number, or by exact name and postcode. An entry that matches only by name (postcode differs) is marked likely. Names shared by several charities are never linked. Current directors are from Companies House.Source: Companies House register of people with significant control.The PSC entry names Plymouth Marine Laboratory as a corporate owner of this company, notified 6 April 2016. Matching is exact on names, numbers and postcodes; nothing is matched loosely.
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Source: Companies House register of people with significant control.The PSC entry names Plymouth Marine Laboratory as a corporate owner of this company, notified 6 April 2016. Matching is exact on names, numbers and postcodes; nothing is matched loosely.
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Source: Companies House register of people with significant control. Control levels are as filed by the company.
Board DNA
iCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.11 trustees on the board
- Daniel Crockett since 2023
- Dr Beverley Anne Mackenzie since 2019
- Dr Jyotika Itee Virmani since 2023
- Dr Michaela Schratzberger since 2024
- Dr Veronique Garcon since 2022
- Kerin Jean Sequeira since 2024
- Mark James Butcher since 2020
- Nick Buckland since 2017
- Nigel John Godefroy since 2015
- Professor Richard Garth James Bellerby since 2024
- Timothy Paul Allen since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Beverley Anne Mackenzie since 2019
- Mark James Butcher since 2020
- Nick Buckland since 2017
- Nigel John Godefroy since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Dr Beverley Anne Mackenzie since 2019
- Dr Jyotika Itee Virmani since 2023
- Dr Michaela Schratzberger since 2024
- Dr Veronique Garcon since 2022
- Kerin Jean Sequeira since 2024
- Mark James Butcher since 2020
- Nigel John Godefroy since 2015
- Professor Richard Garth James Bellerby since 2024
- Timothy Paul Allen since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Daniel Crockett since 2023
- Nick Buckland since 2017
Sector coverageiThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experienceiThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast
Network
Network
iThe large node is Plymouth Marine Laboratory. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Dashed blue-grey links are company secretaries. Click any node to explore.Most connected
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Finances
5 financial years held, 2021 to 2025, years ending 31 March.
Income and expenditure
5 years · years end 31 MarchiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Scroll sideways for earlier years
| Financial year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | |||||
| Total income | £14.28m | £15.02m | £14.00m | £15.66m | £16.39m |
| Total expenditure | £13.56m | £14.56m | £14.04m | £16.11m | £17.17m |
| Government income | |||||
| Government contracts | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Government grants | £2.74m | £5.60m | £6.98m | £8.16m | £9.41m |
| Income by source | |||||
| Donations and legacies | £0 | £0 | £100.00k | £0 | £0 |
| Legaciespart of donations and legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Charitable activities | £12.84m | £13.24m | £12.11m | £14.22m | £14.81m |
| Other trading activities | £1.38m | £1.72m | £1.72m | £1.33m | £1.45m |
| Investments | £62.00k | £58.00k | £76.00k | £114.00k | £134.00k |
| Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Other income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Expenditure by type | |||||
| Charitable activities | £13.10m | £13.71m | £12.73m | £15.07m | £16.28m |
| Raising funds | £464.00k | £852.00k | £1.30m | £1.02m | £860.00k |
| Grants to institutionspart of charitable activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Governance | £38.00k | £65.00k | £76.00k | £84.00k | £60.00k |
| Investment management | £20.00k | £24.00k | £23.00k | £24.00k | £26.00k |
| Other expenditure | £0 | £0 | £0 | £24.00k | £26.00k |
Definitions
- Total income
- Everything the charity received in the year, from all sources, as shown on its annual return.
- Total expenditure
- Everything the charity spent in the year.
- Government contracts
- Income from contracts with central or local government or other public bodies, as the charity declared it. Not reported means the register shows no amount (N/A), which can mean none or that the question was not answered.
- Government grants
- Grants received from central or local government or other public bodies, as declared.
- Donations and legacies
- Gifts and donations, including Gift Aid, and money left to the charity in wills.
- Legacies
- Money left to the charity in wills. Legacies are part of donations and legacies, not extra to them.
- Charitable activities (income)
- Income earned by doing the charity's work, such as fees and contracts for services.
- Other trading activities
- Fundraising trading, such as charity shops, events and sponsorship.
- Investments
- Dividends, interest and rent from the charity's investments.
- Endowments
- New endowment funds received in the year.
- Charitable activities (expenditure)
- Spending on the charity's purposes, including any grants it makes.
- Raising funds
- The cost of fundraising and trading.
- Grants to institutions
- Grants paid to other organisations. Part of spending on charitable activities.
- Governance
- The cost of running the charity as an organisation, such as the audit and trustee meetings.
- Investment management
- The cost of managing the charity's investments.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Assets and liabilities
5 years with detailiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Scroll sideways for earlier years
| Financial year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own use assets | £10.61m | £9.64m | £8.96m | £9.36m | £9.00m |
| Long-term investments | £3.63m | £3.83m | £3.71m | £4.16m | £4.09m |
| Other assets | £8.57m | £9.09m | £8.78m | £7.85m | £6.34m |
| Defined benefit pension schemea minus figure is a deficit | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total liabilities | £14.78m | £13.91m | £13.01m | £12.96m | £11.88m |
| Net assetsassets minus liabilities | £8.02m | £8.65m | £8.44m | £8.41m | £7.55m |
Definitions
- Own use assets
- Land, buildings, equipment and other fixed assets the charity uses for its work.
- Long-term investments
- Investments held for the long term, such as shares, bonds or property let to others.
- Other assets
- Current assets: cash, money owed to the charity and short-term investments.
- Defined benefit pension scheme
- The surplus (above zero) or deficit (below zero) on a final-salary type pension scheme.
- Total liabilities
- What the charity owes: creditors due within a year and after a year, and provisions. Drawn below zero in the chart and shown as a positive figure in the table, as the register does.
- Net assets
- Assets minus liabilities, including any pension surplus or deficit. Equal to total funds.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Funds and reserves
5 years with detailiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Scroll sideways for earlier years
| Financial year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted funds | £8.02m | £8.65m | £8.44m | £8.41m | £7.55m |
| Restricted funds | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Endowment funds | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total funds | £8.02m | £8.65m | £8.44m | £8.41m | £7.55m |
| Reservesas declared by the charity | £4.37m | £4.42m | £4.33m | £2.90m | £7.55m |
| Assets besides buildingsinvestments, cash and money owed to it, before debts | £12.20m | £12.93m | £12.49m | £12.01m | £10.43m |
Definitions
- Unrestricted funds
- Money the trustees can spend on any of the charity's purposes, including funds they have set aside (designated) themselves.
- Restricted funds
- Money that must be spent on particular purposes set by the donor or the terms of an appeal.
- Endowment funds
- Capital the charity must keep, either permanently or until the terms allow it to be spent.
- Total funds
- All funds together. Equal to net assets.
- Reserves
- The charity's own figure for unrestricted funds that are freely available, after setting aside fixed assets and designated funds. Charities explain their reserves policy in their annual report.
- Assets besides buildings
- Long-term investments plus other assets (cash, money owed to the charity and short-term investments), before its debts are paid. If declared reserves are larger than this, they must include buildings.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Accounts and annual returns
Register page (opens in a new tab)iPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Reporting up to date
Every annual return and set of accounts arrived on time for 5 years.
| Year ending | Due by | Annual return | Accounts | Status | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | 3 December 2025 | 3 December 2025 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | 17 December 2024 | 17 December 2024 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | 30 November 2023 | 30 November 2023 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | 29 November 2022 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | 21 January 2022 | 9 August 2021 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
Accounts filed at Companies House
Company 04178503 has made 24 accounts filings since 2002. Each links to the copy at Companies House where it has been published online.
| Made up to | Filed on | Type | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 9 October 2025 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)74 pages |
| 31 March 2024 | 14 October 2024 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)75 pages |
| 31 March 2023 | 30 November 2023 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)72 pages |
| 31 March 2022 | 15 November 2022 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)62 pages |
| 31 March 2021 | 29 July 2021 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)59 pages |
| 31 March 2020 | 14 August 2020 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)58 pages |
| 31 March 2019 | 7 August 2019 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)41 pages |
| 31 March 2018 | 8 August 2018 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)41 pages |
| 31 March 2017 | 26 September 2017 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)38 pages |
| 31 March 2016 | 16 December 2016 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)43 pages |
| 31 March 2015 | 26 August 2015 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)36 pages |
| 31 March 2014 | 30 August 2014 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)36 pages |
| 31 March 2013 | 27 November 2013 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)36 pages |
| 31 March 2012 | 3 August 2012 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)37 pages |
| 31 March 2011 | 22 August 2011 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)33 pages |
| 31 March 2010 | 13 August 2010 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)33 pages |
| 31 March 2009 | 10 October 2009 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)34 pages |
| 31 March 2008 | 23 July 2008 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)33 pages |
| 31 March 2007 | 20 July 2007 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)32 pages |
| 31 March 2006 | 1 August 2006 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)30 pages |
| 31 March 2005 | 24 August 2005 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)27 pages |
| 31 March 2004 | 18 August 2004 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)25 pages |
| 31 March 2003 | 18 August 2003 | Group accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)23 pages |
| 24 March 2002 | 5 November 2002 | Dormant accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)3 pages |
Definitions
- Annual return
- The yearly return a charity sends to the Charity Commission. It is due 10 months after the end of the financial year. Charities with income over £10,000, and every CIO, must send one.
- Accounts
- The accounts and trustees' annual report. Required from charities with income over £25,000 and from every CIO; otherwise shown as Not required.
- On time
- Received on or before the due date.
- Late
- Received after the due date. The number of days is counted from the due date.
- Overdue
- Not received, and the due date has passed. Counted to today, or to the date a removed charity left the register.
- Qualified accounts
- The auditor or examiner raised a reservation about the accounts.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (annual return history), Open Government Licence v3.0. The register keeps the latest five years; earlier years come from older copies we hold. Accounts documents link to the Charity Commission register and to Companies House (filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0). Days late and overdue are worked out from the dates, as of 29 October 2026.
Grants
Funding received
130 grantsiFrom grants published by funders to 360Giving. Not every funder publishes, so this is not a complete record of a charity's income.Grants awarded 1 May 2014 to 18 September 2024.By year
iBy year the grant was awarded, in pounds.Funders
5 funders| Funder | Grants | Total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | 70 | £9,838,161 | 2014 to 2022 |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 55 | £4,671,137 | 2017 to 2024 |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1 | £178,996 | 2024 |
| Garfield Weston Foundation | 3 | £140,000 | 2022 to 2024 |
| Lloyd's Register Foundation | 1 | £74,770 | 2016 |
Grants
newest first| Date | Funder | Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2024 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Synchronising Earth Observation and Modelling Frameworks Towards a Digital Twin Ocean (SyncED-Ocean) | £534,507 |
| 29 August 2024 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Creating a ground-truth in-water ocean data monitoring solution that will fact-check weather data for smart shipping route selection. | £38,859 |
| 6 August 2024 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Closing the budget in marine atmospheric Oxidative Capacity through the quantification of Oceanic VOC emissions (COCO-VOC) | £218,244 |
| 17 April 2024 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Carbon sequestration in BLUe EcoSystems - C-BLUES | £40,754 |
| 10 April 2024 | Garfield Weston Foundation | Main Grants award | £50,000 |
| 10 April 2024 | Garfield Weston Foundation | Main Grants award | £50,000 |
| 3 April 2024 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Open Access Block Award 2024 - Plymouth Marine Laboratory | £28,225 |
| 1 April 2024 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | DPLUS213: Building baseline knowledge of mesophotic ecosystems in Ascension Island MPA | £178,996 |
| 22 January 2024 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Aquatic Pollution from Light and Anthropogenic Noise: management of impacts on biodiversity | £10,946 |
| 22 January 2024 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Restoration of deep-sea habitats to rebuild European Seas | £18,146 |
| 22 January 2024 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Aquatic Pollution from Light and Anthropogenic Noise: management of impacts on biodiversity | £63,432 |
| 22 January 2024 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Land-Sea interface: Lets observe together! | £58,833 |
| 30 October 2023 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Impacts of bottom trawling on seabed carbon storage | £91,434 |
| 25 September 2023 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | CoccolitHophore controls on ocean ALKalinitY (CHALKY) | £8,627 |
| 25 September 2023 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | CoccolitHophore controls on ocean ALKalinitY (CHALKY) | £43,565 |
| 5 July 2023 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | EO4AgroClimate: VISualisation and Assessment of water quality using an Open Data Cube for the weStern English chAnnel - Vis4Sea. | £236,383 |
| 2 June 2023 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Promoting ocean and water literacy in school communities | £81,772 |
| 2 June 2023 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Promoting ocean and water literacy in school communities | £177,667 |
| 24 April 2023 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Open Access Block Award 2023 - Plymouth Marine Laboratory | £26,823 |
| 1 March 2023 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | ConstrAining the Role of sulfur in the Earth System (CARES) | £26,891 |
| 1 March 2023 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | ConstrAining the Role of sulfur in the Earth System (CARES) | £134,891 |
| 3 February 2023 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Euro GO-SHIP: developing a Research Infrastructure concept to support European hydrography | £48,916 |
| 3 February 2023 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Euro GO-SHIP: developing a Research Infrastructure concept to support European hydrography | £51,776 |
| 24 January 2023 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | RESTORATION OF THE DANUBE RIVER BASIN WATERS FOR ECOSYSTEMS AND PEOPLE FROM MOUNTAINS TO COAST | £17,020 |
| 24 January 2023 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | Advancing understanding of Cumulative Impacts on European marine biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services for human wellbeing | £57,123 |
Who published this data
Grant records are published by the funders named below to 360Giving, each under the open licence shown. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where that licence is shown. Governance Register has reformatted the data, removed duplicate rows and matched recipients and funders to register records; it has not changed the amounts or dates published.
About
Purposes and governing document
Register page (opens in a new tab)Charitable objectsiAs filed with the Charity Commission. Clause breaks added for reading; the wording and capitals are unchanged.
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What it does
Who it helps
How it helps
- Where it operates
- Countries: Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, South Africa, South Korea, Cambodia, Philippines
- Area of benefit
- NOT
DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE. as filed - Governing document
- MEMORANDUM
AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/03/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/03/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/11/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/03/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/03/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/07/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/03/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/12/2013 as amended on 30 Apr 2021 as amended on 21 Nov 2022 as amended on 29 Mar 2024 as filed - Register history
- 20 March 2002Registered
- Working name
- PML
Policies the charity says it has
Governing documents at Companies House
- 9 April 2024Resolution
- 9 April 2024Memorandum and articles
- 10 December 2023Resolution
- 23 November 2022Memorandum and articles
- 23 November 2022Resolution
- 14 July 2022Resolution
Read them in the filing history at Companies House (opens in a new tab)
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (governing document, classification, area of operation, register history and policies), and Companies House filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0.
About
- Website
- www.pml.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory
- Registered
- 2002