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Launch Diagnostics Limited

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 9

  1. Anne Mcgurk 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. FréDéRic Hoffmann 2025-2025 Director View profile
  3. Dr Christina Coughlin 2024-2025 Director View profile
  4. Dr David Alastair Maclaughlin Smith 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. John Twycross 2010-2022 Director View profile
  6. Michael Hutchinson 2010 Director View profile
  7. Tony Peter Gardiner 2022-2024 Secretary View profile
  8. Blandy Services Limited 2011-2022 Corporate-secretary View profile
  9. Margot Twycross 2010-2011 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

6 contracts · £5,203,442,147 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • UKHSA Diagnostics & Research Open Framework Buyer: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency £5,200,000,000 2026-09-03 Source: Find a Tender

    UKHSA Diagnostics & Research Open Framework (DRF) This is a competitive tendering procedure pursuant to the Notices published on the Find a Tender Central Digital Platform. UK02 Preliminary Market Engagement October 25 2025/S 000-069968, PI…

    Framework
  • Purchase of Virclia Lotus Intstrument Buyer: UK Health Security Agency £41,803 2026-07-09 CPV 38000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Capital Equipment Purchase

  • Launch Diagnostics Consumables Buyer: NHS Blood and Transplantation £292,344 2026-06-22 CPV 33140000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Launch Diagnostics Consumables

  • UKHSA Provision for Launch Diagnostics Consumables Buyer: UK Health Security Agency £3,108,000 2025-08-21 CPV 33696500 Source: Contracts Finder

    UKHSA Provision for Launch Diagnostics Consumables for a number of UKHSA sites

  • Launch Diagnostics Buyer: NHS Blood and Transplant Value not published Date not published CPV 33140000 Source: Find a Tender

    Launch Diagnostics Consumables

  • CLI-FTS-58921 Culture Media and Associated Consumables Buyer: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services (NWSSP-ProcS), hosted by Velindre NHS Trust, have established an All-Wales Framework Agreement for Culture Media and Associated Consumables on behalf of all NHS Bodies in Wales. The…

    Framework
  • CLI-FTS-58921 Culture Media and Associated Consumables Buyer: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services (NWSSP-ProcS), hosted by Velindre NHS Trust, have established an All-Wales Framework Agreement for Culture Media and Associated Consumables on behalf of all NHS Bodies in Wales. The…

    Framework

About

Incorporated
28/09/1989

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Launch Diagnostics Limited is controlled by Launch Diagnostics Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-13 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Launch Diagnostics Holdings Limited is controlled by John Twycross
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2022-10-21 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by John Twycross.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£8,012,766
Total assets
£8,150,466
Cash
£1,264,768
Employees
0.46
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£860,813

Filed as Full accounts.

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-12-31Not reported£8,012,766
2025-12-31Not reported£8,012,766

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

2 directors on the board

0.9y median 0.9y
average tenure
1.2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 3Retail and trade 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
02427295
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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