Ploughshare Innovations Ltd

Active04401901 Private limited company
Incorporated
22 March 2002 (24 years)
Industry
Research and experimental development on biotechnology (72110)
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. (74909)
Directors
Elizabeth Eleanor Price
Eliza Clare Tennant Cameron
Owned by
Secretary of State for Defence
Accounts type
Small
Address
Porton Science Park
Bybrook Road
Porton Down
SP4 0BF

Filing status

Accounts due
31 December 2026
Last accounts
31 March 2025
Conf. stmt due
3 April 2027
Last conf. stmt
20 March 2026

Officers 7 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Price, Elizabeth Eleanor
Director · Appointed 24 January 2024
British
Born December 1978 (47)
Cameron, Eliza Clare Tennant
Director · Appointed 26 January 2022
British
Born September 1980 (46)
Director · Appointed 3 July 2021
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British
Born July 1968 (58)
Director · Appointed 1 April 2020
Also at Refuge
British
Born January 1967 (59)
Director · Appointed 1 March 2019
British
Born August 1965 (61)
Director · Appointed 1 May 2016
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British
Born September 1955 (71)
Director · Appointed 1 January 2016
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British
Born November 1973
Officer history (31 former)
31 December 2024
Resigned Parekh, Rajesh, Dr as Director
30 April 2024
Resigned Mitre Secretaries Limited as Corporate Secretary
24 January 2024
Appointed Price, Elizabeth Eleanor as Director
31 December 2023
Resigned Devonshire, Simon Peter as Director
31 October 2023
Resigned Portlock, Andrew Darren as Director
1 April 2022
Appointed Portlock, Andrew Darren as Director
26 January 2022
Appointed Parekh, Rajesh, Dr as Director
26 January 2022
Appointed Cameron, Eliza Clare Tennant as Director
10 December 2021
Resigned Mackintosh, Andrew John, Dr as Director
23 July 2021
Resigned Saunders Jones, Rebecca as Director
3 July 2021
Appointed Scott, Gordon Paul as Director
13 February 2021
Resigned Callister, Stephen John Paul as Director
5 February 2021
Appointed Saunders Jones, Rebecca as Director
19 January 2021
Appointed Saunders Jones, Re as Director
19 January 2021
Resigned Saunders Jones, Re as Director
23 July 2020
Resigned Rees, Dorothy Glenda Cerys as Director
21 May 2020
Resigned Kirby, James Michael as Director
1 April 2020
21 November 2019
Resigned White, Piers Adam as Director
1 October 2019
Appointed Devonshire, Simon Peter as Director
1 March 2019
Appointed Bell, Andrew John, Prof as Director
30 November 2018
1 December 2017
1 December 2017
Appointed Rees, Dorothy Glenda Cerys as Director
30 September 2017
Resigned Henderson, Jennifer Maria as Director
30 September 2016
Resigned Hall, Wendy, Professor Dame as Director
31 August 2016
Resigned Drummond, Robert Malcolm as Director
1 May 2016
Appointed Carr, Michael as Director
1 January 2016
Appointed English, David Roy as Director
27 November 2015
1 November 2015
Appointed Mackintosh, Andrew John, Dr as Director
1 July 2014
Appointed Kirby, James Michael as Director
30 June 2014
Resigned Hotten, Peter Martin, Dr as Director
1 April 2013
Appointed White, Piers Adam as Director
31 March 2013
Resigned Winterton, Nicholas Hugh as Director
31 January 2013
Resigned Ecclestone, Ralph, Dr as Director
25 September 2012
Appointed Hall, Wendy, Professor Dame as Director
29 May 2012
Appointed Henderson, Jennifer Maria as Director
30 November 2011
Resigned Steeden, Michael Frank, Dr as Director
31 January 2011
Resigned Owen, David Andrew Arlwydd, Dr as Director
30 September 2010
Resigned Davis, Nigel Keith as Director
1 September 2010
Appointed Drummond, Robert Malcolm as Director
30 March 2010
Resigned Williams, Stephen Andrew as Director
30 March 2010
1 October 2009
Appointed Hotten, Peter Martin, Dr as Director
28 September 2009
Appointed Williams, Stephen Andrew as Director
1 September 2009
Appointed Callister, Stephen John Paul as Director
31 August 2009
Resigned Tulloch, Andrew Malcolm, Dr as Director
17 July 2009
Resigned Stewart, James Alexander Gustave Harold as Director
27 March 2009
Resigned Hone, Mark Andrew as Director
26 January 2009
Appointed Winterton, Nicholas Hugh as Director
24 November 2008
Resigned Dowling, Patrick Joseph, Professor as Director
17 July 2007
Appointed Steeden, Michael Frank, Dr as Director
17 July 2007
Resigned Saunders, Frances Carolyn, Dr as Director
15 May 2007
Appointed Dowling, Patrick Joseph, Professor as Director
3 August 2005
Appointed Stewart, James Alexander Gustave Harold as Director
27 June 2005
Appointed Ecclestone, Ralph, Dr as Director
25 June 2005
Appointed Davis, Nigel Keith as Director
6 April 2005
Appointed Owen, David Andrew Arlwydd, Dr as Director
6 April 2005
Appointed Tulloch, Andrew Malcolm, Dr as Director
6 April 2005
Appointed Hone, Mark Andrew as Director
6 April 2005
Appointed Mitre Secretaries Limited as Corporate Secretary
6 April 2005
Appointed Saunders, Frances Carolyn, Dr as Director
6 April 2005
Resigned Hyman, Anne Moira as Secretary
6 April 2005
Resigned Hyman, Howard Jonathan as Director
22 March 2002
Appointed Swift Incorporations Limited as Corporate Nominee Secretary
22 March 2002
Resigned Swift Incorporations Limited as Corporate Nominee Secretary
22 March 2002
Appointed Hyman, Anne Moira as Secretary
22 March 2002
Appointed Hyman, Howard Jonathan as Director

Ownership 1 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

Secretary of State for Defence
Corporate entity · Notified 28 February 2024
Owns 75–100% of shares
Corporation Sole
Former controllers (1)
28 February 2024
Ceased Defence Science and Technology Laboratory — Owns 75–100% of shares

Group structure 5 companies

Ownership group derived from the Companies House PSC register

Ploughshare Innovations Ltd This company
Fios AI Ltd Proposed for strike-offOwns 75–100% of shares
Havra Health Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Havra Health Ebt Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Leovine Systems Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Financials

Balance sheet as at 31 March 2025 · small accounts

Net Assets
£3,386,871
Cash
£7,662,110
Profit
(£267,437)
Employees
31
Debt Ratio
77%
Current Ratio
1.4x
Return on Equity
-8%

Trend

Net Assets
£0 £2.0M £4.0M 2020 2021 2023 2024 2025 £1,832,063 £2,195,423 £3,529,671 £3,654,308 £3,386,871
Balance sheet detail
20252024202320212020
Fixed Assets£3,960,865£4,222,393£2,099,750£634,553£181,791
Current Assets£10,719,865£7,219,237£12,896,198£2,548,401£2,497,405
Cash£7,662,110£6,484,560£9,377,050£1,667,782£1,892,932
Creditors (< 1 year)£7,915,117£3,497,707£8,674,875£746,541£545,602
Creditors (> 1 year)£3,378,742£4,289,615£2,791,402£240,990£301,531
Net Current Assets£2,804,748£3,721,530£4,221,323£1,801,860£1,951,803
Net Assets£3,386,871£3,654,308£3,529,671£2,195,423£1,832,063
Shareholder Funds£3,386,871£3,654,308£3,529,671£2,195,423£1,832,063

Filings

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