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Cambridge Bioscience Limited

Cambridge Bioscience Limited is an active UK company (number 04382252), incorporated 2002, with 1 current director, Michael Kerins. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 4

  1. Alan Seeley 2002-2017 Director View profile
  2. Dr William Thomas Mason 2002-2005 Director View profile
  3. Dudley Richard Max Dyer Bartlett 2002-2022 Director View profile
  4. HS Secretarial Limited 2005-2009 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

2 contracts · £5,204,088,000 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
  • Zymo Research Sample Collection Devices Buyer: UK Health Security Agency £4,088,000 2025-12-23 CPV 38911000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Purchase of and point-of-collection inactivation PCR sample collection devices via call-off contract through the National Microbiology Framework.

About

Incorporated
26/02/2002

Ownership

Owned by (3) 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.

  • Michael Kerins ceased 2022-03-09
    25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Alan Seeley ceased 2017-03-20
    25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06
  • Gustav Ragnar Bard ceased 2025-09-22
    25-50% voting · notified 2022-03-09

Group

  1. Cambridge Bioscience Limited is controlled by Michael Kerins
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2022-03-09 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Michael Kerins.

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.

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.

1 directors on the board

19.7y median 19.7y
average tenure
19.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
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 2Health and social care 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.

Gaps to watch

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
04382252
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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