LIFESEARCH LIMITED
Company number 03089775 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
LIFESEARCH LIMITED presents a paradox: a business with strengthening operational health (28% revenue growth, 22% EBITDA improvement) but a critically damaged balance sheet (negative equity of £1.5m, liabilities doubled). The cause is primarily exceptional costs of £7.4m relating to technology investment and legal proceedings—acute rather than chronic conditions. Post-year-end trading is strong, with revenue up 19% and EBITDA already matching the prior full year, suggesting meaningful recovery is underway. The company requires continued parent company support and focused balance sheet rehabilitation, but the underlying business fundamentals are sound.
Shareholders' funds
-£1,538,927
Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1995-08-10
- Employees
- 378 (2025 accounts · was 337 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 3000a Parkway, Whiteley, Hampshire, United Kingdom, PO15 7FX
- Postcode
- PO15 7FX
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-27
- Next due by
- 2027-08-10
Nature of business (SIC)
- 65110 Life insurance
Officers 6 current · 10 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by LIFESEARCH HOLDINGS 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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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z2825005 (Tier 3), registered since 2011.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
27.11%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom quarter for parity
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.lifesearch.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| LIFESEARCH1 LIMITED | 2003-09-25 |
| LIFE-SEARCH LIMITED | 2001-03-12 |
| THE TAX ASSESSMENT COMPANY LIMITED | 1998-03-16 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| WENTWORTH HOUSE 4400 PARKWAY, SOLENT BUSINESS PARK, WHITELEY, HAMPSHIRE, PO15 7FJ | 2017-09-18 |
| SPRINGPARK HOUSE, BASING VIEW, BASINGSTOKE, HAMPSHIRE, RG21 2EF | 2014-12-02 |
| HARTLAND HOUSE, 26 WINCHESTER STREET, BASINGSTOKE, HANTS RG21 1GU | 2001-12-12 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 15 similar companies in PO, with 378 staff. The oldest of its local peers.
Competitors Portsmouth
This company ranks 18 among life insurance in Portsmouth.
The class of 1995
45%
of the 34,000 companies incorporated in 1995 are still active today; 52% 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
- 2022-01-31
- Where
- West Yorkshire (1), Greater London (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YY163641 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2022-01-31 | — |
| AGL445470 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2018-06-04 | — |
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.
This company's registered activities are in financial services. If it carries on regulated business, it should appear on the FCA's Financial Services Register — the official record of authorised firms.