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Reading Scientific Services Limited

We are a cutting-edge food and pharmaceutical research company

Transforming lives through science, innovation and collaboration

CRN
00741326
Founded
1962
Age
63

Overview

Legal name
READING SCIENTIFIC SERVICES LIMITED
Region
London
Registered address
CADBURY HOUSE
SANDERSON ROAD
UXBRIDGE
MIDDLESEX
UB8 1DH
Insolvency history
No

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

6 events
17 Jan
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

30 Sep
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

03 Jan
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Dec
2024

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

04 Oct
2024

Accounts With Accounts Type Full

Accounts PDF pending

AA | Transaction MzQzODQxMDIyMWFkaXF6a2N4 | Paper/PDF filed

Published 05 Oct 2024 06:34

19 Nov
1962

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

6 awards
First funded
2013
Funded years
2013, 2016, 2023, 2024, 2025
Age at first award
51 years

Projects

2025 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Novel Foods Expert Network for Regulatory Challenges UK (NFX UK)

1 Jan 2025 to 31 Mar 2026

Awarded
£271,126
Total cost £271,126

The potential for enhancing innovation in the UK economy through Novel Food's (NF) is significant, as acknowledged by the government in the Pro-innovation Regulation of Technologies Review -- Life Sciences \[1\]. NF's are regulated by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK. The process for NFs approval demands specialised regulatory and scientific expe...

2024 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Expert Network for Novel Foods Regulatory Challenges – UK's first collaboration cluster to support best practice and facilitate the regulatory approval journey of innovative food ingredients

1 Mar 2024 to 31 Aug 2024

Awarded
£27,500
Total cost £27,500

The potential for enhancing innovation in the UK economy through Novel Foods is significant, as acknowledged by the government in the Pro-innovation Regulation of Technologies Review -- Life Sciences. The process for Novel Foods approval in the UK demands specialised regulatory and scientific expertise, access to reliable certified analytical facilities a...

2023 Collaborative R&D

Iron-Enhanced Varietal of GE Lettuce

1 Sep 2023 to 28 Feb 2025

Awarded
£42,546
Total cost £85,091

Our project is for the delivery of an iron-enhanced lettuce variety designed to improve public health, add much needed nutrition to those on plant-based diets and advance a genetic editing approach to improving nutrition across the UK. .

2016 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Using Spent Brewery Grain to Create a High Fibre Food Ingredient

1 Oct 2016 to 31 Mar 2020

Awarded
£99,200
Total cost £198,399

A collaboration between Mondelez International, Molson Coors, Campden BRI, Naturis and Atritor will develop and evaluate applications for a high fibre value-added ingredient generated from spent brewery grain. This project will call on the combined knowledge of these companies, whose expertise spans the full food chain from raw material generation and ing...

2016 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Novel Sodium Reduction Technology

1 Sep 2016 to 30 Nov 2019

Awarded
£237,716
Total cost £475,431

Mondelez International is fully committed to make a significant reduction in salt content across its product portfolio by 2020. Through this project, in partnership with the University of Nottingham, a novel approach to reduce the salt levels in crackers and savoury snacks will be developed. Ultimately a new alternative to standard topping salt will be de...

2013 Feasibility Studies

Antipasto

1 Dec 2013 to 28 Feb 2015

Awarded
£20,252
Total cost £31,156

The overall aim of the project is to create a rapid, cost effective, and easy to use commercial system to enable the highly accurate identification and quantification of adulteration or cross contamination of meat and meat containing products and subsequent analysis to detect fraud.

Product types

Collaborative R&D Feasibility Studies