BIO-OIL RESEARCH LIMITED
Company number 01156867 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Bio-Oil Research Limited is a 50-year-old micro-entity in medical retail experiencing severe and accelerating asset erosion, with net assets declining 82% over the past decade to £218K. The company's primary strategic question is whether this decline reflects deliberate shareholder value extraction or operational failure—each requiring fundamentally different responses. With concentrated ownership (>75% control), negligible debt, and potential brand/IP value not reflected on the balance sheet, the business retains optionality for either a digital-first transformation or an orderly exit, but the window for strategic action is rapidly closing given the current trajectory.
Shareholders' funds
£217,685
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company is retail of medical and orthopaedic goods.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1974-01-14
- Employees
- 5 (2025 accounts · was 4 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 3rd Floor Granite Building, 6 Stanley Street, Liverpool, England, L1 6AF
- Postcode
- L1 6AF
- Capital
- 198 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-11
- Next due by
- 2027-08-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47749 Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods in specialised stores (not incl. hearing aids) not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 7 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
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BIO-OIL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- biooilresearch.co.uk
- Phone
- 01270629323, 01270625914
Among its peers
The oldest
of 18 similar companies in L, trading since 1974
Competitors Liverpool
This company ranks 7 among retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods in specialised stores (not incl. hearing aids) not elsewhere classified in Liverpool.
The class of 1974
54%
of the 5,336 companies incorporated in 1974 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.