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Useful Biology Limited

Useful Biology Limited is a UK company with status active founded in 2012 based in Yorkshire and the Humber.

CRN
08064880
Founded
2012
Age
14

Overview

Legal name
USEFUL BIOLOGY LIMITED
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Registered address
35 WESTGATE
HUDDERSFIELD
WEST YORKSHIRE
HD1 1PA
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

Updated 06 Jun 2026 16:52

1 level 1 ultimate controller
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Company Active LTD
Useful Biology Limited
CRN 08064880
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Direct and ultimate controller Active LTD
Alex Batchelor Limited
CRN 12841415

Latest accounts

Financial period: 1 Sep 2023 to 31 Aug 2024

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Turnover
Unknown
Profit / Loss
Unknown
Employees
0

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
31 May
2027

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

27 Apr
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

13 Apr
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Aug
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

11 May
2012

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

3 awards
First funded
2013
Funded years
2013, 2014
Age at first award
1 years

Projects

2014 GRD Proof of Concept Lead participant

Rapid, specific and sensitive tests for water borne pathogens

1 Sep 2014 to 30 Apr 2016

Awarded
£86,968
Total cost £145,020

Detection of waterborne pathogens is a routine part of environmental monitoring yet it is an area with obvious room for improvement but which has seen little innovation in recent years. Bacterial screening tests at the point of collection (e.g. swimming pools, rivers, lakes, wells) are generic so they detect all species, regardless of whether that species...

2014 GRD Proof of Market Lead participant

Mycoplasma in the dairy industry

1 Jun 2014 to 30 Nov 2014

Awarded
£19,316
Total cost £32,193

Mycoplasma are a type of bacteria and are the smallest free living organisms known; they are commonly found in the oral cavity and as symbiotic gut flora. In man, mycoplasma have been implicated in a variety of diseases including chronic fatigue syndrome, pneumonia and arthritis. Mycoplasma infection has long been recognised as a problem for the US dairy ...

2013 GRD Proof of Concept Lead participant

Mycoplasma screening - bringing invisible parasites to light

1 Jul 2013 to 30 Jun 2014

Awarded
£33,600
Total cost £56,000

Mycoplasma belong to the class Mollicutes which are the smallest free living organisms known. They are derived from Gram negative bacteria. They are commonly found in the oral cavity and as symbiotic gut flora. Some mycoplasma will invade host tissues and cells and replicate intracellularly where they can affect the growth and morphology of the cell and c...

Product types

GRD Proof of Concept GRD Proof of Market