Annual accounts
Full accounts
30/09/2026Filing deadline
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
- Last accounts made up to
- 28/12/2024
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Full accounts made up to 2025-12-27
Memorandum and Articles of Association
Resolutions
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-19 with no updates
What Pre-Score will tell you

The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Full accounts
30/09/2026Filing deadline
Confirms the registry record is up to date
The latest figures IQVIA LABORATORIES DISCOVERY UK LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2023–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
2024: £61.72M
Total Assets
2024: £135.91M
Total Liabilities
2024: £49.99M
Employees
2024: 706
Of the 3 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 8.95% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for IQVIA LABORATORIES DISCOVERY UK LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through IQVIA LABORATORIES DISCOVERY UK LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2023–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 637 | -69 |
| 2024 | 706 | -62 |
| 2023 | 768 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 768 in 2023 to 637 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
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Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Secretary | 22/05/2026–Present | 509 | |
| Director | 22/05/2026–Present | 6 | |
| Director | 19/12/2002–13/10/2005 | 8 | |
| Director | 20/05/2020–30/06/2024 | 5 | |
| Director | 17/11/2014–06/06/2022 | 13 | |
| Director | 07/03/2014–01/04/2014 | 13 | |
| Director | 01/04/2014–31/08/2015 | 6 | |
| Director | 01/04/2014–31/08/2015 | 5 | |
| Director | 01/04/2014–20/05/2020 | 6 | |
| Director | 19/12/2002–13/10/2005 | 7 | |
| Director | 27/10/2005–22/11/2013 | 9 | |
| Director | 19/12/2002–31/08/2003 | 9 | |
| Director | 01/09/2015–01/11/2017 | 4 | |
| Director | 01/11/2017–22/03/2024 | 6 | |
| Director | 01/09/2015–23/09/2016 | 3 | |
| Director | 28/09/2016–22/05/2026 | 7 | |
| Secretary | 19/12/2002–13/10/2005 | 6 | |
| Secretary | 27/10/2005–31/01/2014 | 2 | |
| Director | 22/03/2024–13/01/2025 | 2 | |
| Director | 02/04/2024–22/05/2026 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 28/05/2014–30/06/2024 | 0 | |
| Director | 22/05/2026–Present | 5 | |
| Secretary | 02/10/2024–22/05/2026 | 0 | |
| Director | 02/10/2024–18/12/2025 | 0 | |
| Director | 27/10/2005–01/04/2014 | 1 | |
| Director | 10/06/2022–02/04/2024 | 4 | |
| Director | 14/10/2022–22/05/2026 | 3 | |
| Secretary | 07/03/2014–01/04/2014 | 0 | |
| Director | 22/05/2026–Present | 0 |
Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 1 |
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
Full accounts made up to 2025-12-27
Memorandum and Articles of Association
Resolutions
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-19 with no updates
Termination of appointment of Christopher Simon Barnes as a director on 2025-12-18
Full accounts made up to 2024-12-28
Termination of appointment of Aidan John Synnott as a director on 2025-01-13
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-19 with no updates
Appointment of Mr Scott David Vance as a secretary on 2024-10-02
Appointment of Mr Christopher Simon Barnes as a director on 2024-10-02
Full accounts made up to 2023-12-31
Termination of appointment of Sarah Margaret Price as a secretary on 2024-06-30
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A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
IQVIA LABORATORIES DISCOVERY UK LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 3 Forbury Place, 23 Forbury Road, Reading RG1 3JH. Companies House classifies its business as Research and experimental development on biotechnology. It has been on the register for 23 years 9 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £55.63M and 637 employees.
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records IQVIA LABORATORIES DISCOVERY UK LTD under one registered business activity: Research and experimental development on biotechnology (72.11 - SIC 2007).
IQVIA LABORATORIES DISCOVERY UK LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 19/12/2002.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £55.63M, total assets of £123.76M and total liabilities of £47.12M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 01/07/2026: Full accounts made up to 2025-12-27, 2 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2026.
Companies House lists 29 officers (4 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.