ABZENA (CAMBRIDGE) LIMITED

Company number 05318448 ·

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Executive summary

Abzena (Cambridge) Limited is a non-trading holding/operating subsidiary whose standalone credit profile is inadequate for independent lending, necessitating a conditional approval reliant on a parent company guarantee and group financial review. The underlying business operates in a resilient and specialized biotech CDMO sector, but strategic control and cash flow direction reside with the US-influenced parent group. Credit exposure must be evaluated and monitored at the consolidated group level to mitigate structural subordination risks inherent in this corporate structure.

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2004-12-21
Registered office
Babraham Research Campus, Babraham, Cambridge, CB22 3AT
Postcode
CB22 3AT
Capital
2,279 GBP
Accounts category
Audit Exemption Subsidiary
Charges
0 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
2026-03-19
Next due by
2027-04-02
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 72190 Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Officers 5 current · 19 resigned

Appointed 2025-08-28
Appointed 2023-06-05
Appointed 2018-09-21
Appointed 2018-09-21
Appointed 2016-10-25

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Group structure

Controlled by ABZENA (UK) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

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Contact details

Website
abzena.co.uk

Abzena is a fully integrated biopharmaceutical CDMO+CRO for antibodies, ADCs, AOCs, RDCs, vaccines, from discovery thru commercial.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
ANTITOPE LIMITED2018-12-21

Previous registered addresses 4

AddressChanged on
THE LONDON BIOSCIENCE INNOVATION CENTRE 2 ROYAL COLLEGE STREET, LONDON, NW1 0NH2014-07-04
BUILDING 405, BABRAHAM RESEARCH CAMPUS, BABRAHAM, CAMBRIDGE, CB22 3AT2013-08-01
THE HOLTS SARGENTS YARD, HIGH STREET, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB5 9JG2006-08-18
SUITE 18 FOLKESTONE ENTERPRISE, CENTRE SHEARWAY BUSINESS PARK, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4RH2004-12-30

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 288 similar companies in CB, trading since 2004

39 companies are registered at this postcode →

The class of 2004

28%

of the 274 companies in this sector incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 70% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

Property in England & Wales 1 title

Leasehold
1
Most recent registration
2018-09-26
Where
Cambridgeshire
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
CB436369 Cambridgeshire Leasehold 2018-09-26

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