ABCAM LIMITED
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Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-02-12
- Registered office
- Discovery Drive, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB2 0AX
- Postcode
- CB2 0AX
- Capital
- 509 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-12
- Next due by
- 2027-02-26
Nature of business (SIC)
- 20140 Manufacture of other organic basic chemicals
- 32990 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
- 72110 Research and experimental development on biotechnology
Officers 6 current · 38 resigned
Group structure 5 subsidiaries
Controlled by DIADEM HOLDCO LIMITED — since 2024-05-22
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ASCENT SCIENTIFIC LTD Dissolved
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CAMGENE LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 2
£3,000,000,000 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2023 (period to 2022-12-31) — 3 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z8516765 (Tier 3), registered since 2004.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
11.7%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- abcam.com
Abcam is the leading supplier of biological research tools for life scientists, offering validated antibodies, proteins, assays, cell lines and lysates.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ABCAM PLC | 2023-12-12 |
| ABCAM LIMITED | 2005-10-26 |
| TAYVIN 103 LIMITED | 1998-03-26 |
Previous registered addresses 13
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1 DISCOVERY DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE BIOMEDICAL CAMPUS, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 0AX, UNITED KINGDOM | 2019-02-18 |
| 1 DISCOVERY DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 0AX, UNITED KINGDOM | 2019-02-15 |
| 330 CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE PARK, MILTON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 0FL | 2019-02-15 |
| 332 SCIENCE PARK, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 0FW | 2009-06-09 |
| 332 SCIENCE PARK, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 0FW | 2009-06-09 |
| 322 SCIENCE PARK, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 0FW | 2005-09-29 |
| UNIT 21 CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE PARK, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB4 0TP | 2005-05-23 |
| IT 31 CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE PARK, MILTON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB4 0FX | 2003-03-19 |
| UNIT 31 CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE PARK, MILTON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB4 0FX | 2003-03-19 |
| BAILEY MEWS, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB5 8DR | 2000-03-21 |
| 38 BAILEY MEWS, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB5 8DR | 2000-03-21 |
| MERLIN PLACE, MILTON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 4DP | 1998-11-13 |
| RLIN PLACE, MILTON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 4DP | 1998-11-13 |
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 11 similar companies in CB, trading since 1998
The class of 1998
43%
of the 55,901 companies incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2024-11-19
- Price paid, where recorded
- £125,000,000
- Where
- Cambridgeshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB422257 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2024-11-19 | £125,000,000 |
| CB439006 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2019-01-04 | — |
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