DIAGNOSTIC HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Company number 05008328 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Diagnostic Healthcare Limited has demonstrated exceptional growth, scaling net assets from £1.8M to £11.7M over seven years while building a £44.3M asset base in the structurally expanding UK diagnostics outsourcing market. The company's competitive moat—comprising regulatory compliance infrastructure, clinical workforce, NHS contract relationships, and IT capabilities—positions it well to continue its dual organic and acquisition-led growth strategy, provided it navigates talent constraints and the tail risk of NHS policy shifts. With £6.9M in cash and Images Bidco backing, the company has the financial flexibility to execute on its identified expansion opportunities, though disciplined leverage management and service quality maintenance will be critical as it competes increasingly with larger incumbents for market share.
Shareholders' funds
£11,679,350
Balance sheet as at 2024-01-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-01-07
- Employees
- 210 (2024 accounts · was 140 in 2023)
- Registered office
- The Royals, 353 Altrincham Road, Manchester, England, M22 4BJ
- Postcode
- M22 4BJ
- Capital
- 211,253 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-01-31
- Next due by
- 2027-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-07
- Next due by
- 2027-01-21
Nature of business (SIC)
- 86900 Other human health activities
Officers 3 current · 12 resigned
Group structure 5 subsidiaries
Controlled by IMAGES BIDCO LIMITED — since 2020-12-22
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 9
£1,464,018,000 total awarded value where published.
Showing the 5 most recent of 9.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).
Care Quality Commission 3 locations
Regulated by CQC — 3 rated Good.
Using CQC information, © Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: 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.
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| MONASTONA LIMITED | 2004-05-19 |
Previous registered addresses 9
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| MANSION HOUSE 3 BRIDGEWATER EMBANKMENT, MANCHESTER ROAD, ALTRINCHAM, CHESHIRE, WA14 4RW | 2015-11-13 |
| MANSION HOUSE, MANCHESTER ROAD, ALTRINCHAM, CHESHIRE, WA14 4RW | 2012-06-15 |
| MANSION HOUSE, 3 BRIDGEWATER EMBANKMENT (MANCHESTER ROAD), ALTRINCHAM, CHESHIRE, WA14 4RW, UNITED KINGDOM | 2012-06-15 |
| MANSION HOUSE, MANCHESTER ROAD, ALTRINCHAM, CHESHIRE, WA14 4RW, UNITED KINGDOM | 2011-01-07 |
| 1-2 DENMARK STREET, ALTRINCHAM, CHESHIRE, WA14 2SS, UNITED KINGDOM | 2011-01-07 |
| 11 STYAL GROVE, GATLEY, CHESHIRE, SK8 4JS | 2008-04-11 |
| COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, 11-15 CROSS STREET, MANCHESTER M2 1WE | 2007-09-11 |
| C/O NUMBERICA BUSINESS SERVICES, SOUTH CENTRAL, 11 ST PETER STREET, MANCHESTER M2 5LG | 2005-10-19 |
| CROWN HOUSE, 64 WHITCHURCH ROAD, CARDIFF, SOUTH GLAMORGAN CF14 3LX | 2004-05-24 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,570 similar companies in M
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (210 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2004.
No.2 of the largest other human health activities companies in Manchester →
Competitors Manchester
This company ranks 2 among other human health activities in Manchester.
The class of 2004
42%
of the 1,288 companies in this sector incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2021-01-18
- Where
- Greater Manchester (2), Essex (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA21454 | Essex | Leasehold | 2021-01-18 | — |
| MAN260270 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2015-12-09 | — |
| MAN169938 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2010-12-30 | — |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.