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Sense Biodetection Limited

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CRN
08624309
Founded
2013
Age
12

Overview

Legal name
SENSE BIODETECTION LIMITED
Region
South East England
Registered address
29 AND 30 THE QUADRANT
ABINGDON SCIENCE PARK
ABINGDON
ENGLAND
OX14 3YS
Insolvency history
No

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
30 Sep
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

29 Jul
2026

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

15 Jul
2025

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Dec
2024

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

25 Jul
2013

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

7 awards
First funded
2014
Funded years
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Age at first award
1 years

Projects

2019 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Development of an instrument-free molecular diagnostic test for Influenza and RSV

1 Apr 2019 to 30 Jun 2021

Awarded
£1,749,592
Total cost £3,887,983

Infections that affect patients breathing, such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), cause over 6 million hospital admissions and c.700,000 deaths globally each year. They particularly impact over 65s, under 5s and patients with chronic disease, e.g. COPD. There is an important need to improve the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory illn...

2017 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Novel Technologies for a Rapid, Single-Use Cervical Cancer Screening Test.

1 May 2017 to 30 Apr 2018

Awarded
£69,838
Total cost £99,769

This project is focused on developing a simple product to allow for primary cervical cancer screening tests to be performed in a single medical appointment. The latest state-of-the-art approach to screening involves testing for infection by high-risk human papilloma virus but this currently requires complex and expensive machines which need to be run by s...

2017 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Development of a Single-Use Molecular Point-of-Care Diagnostic Test for Influenza and RSV

1 Jan 2017 to 31 Dec 2018

Awarded
£355,691
Total cost £508,130

Infections that affect patients breathing, such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), cause over 6 million hospital admissions and c.700,000 deaths globally each year. There is a need to focus on better diagnosis and treatment of respiratory illnesses including cutting the use of antibiotics when they are not required. Laboratory diagnostic ...

2016 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

A UK - India Collaboration to Drive Innovation in Cervial Cancer Screening

1 Dec 2016 to 31 Mar 2017

Awarded
£20,889
Total cost £29,841

Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Indian women between the ages of 30 and 69. Only around 3.1% of women undergo screening tests in India versus 77.5% in the UK, a discrepancy meaning that the age standardised mortality rate from this disease is almost 7 times higher in India. This project aims to conduct market research and further e...

2015 GRD Proof of Concept Lead participant

Novel technologies for profiling of colorectal cancer biomarkers at the point-of-care.

1 Nov 2015 to 31 Jan 2017

Awarded
£99,994
Total cost £166,657

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth largest cause of cancer death worldwide, with 694,000 deaths per annum. In the UK it is the second leading cause, with 16,187 deaths in 2012. In current clinical practice, CRC patients are tested for mutations in certain cancer-related genes in order to assess their prognosis and determine eligibility for particular t...

2015 Vouchers Lead participant

SENSE Innovation Voucher 2

1 May 2015 to 31 Oct 2015

Awarded
£5,000
Total cost £5,000

SENSE Biodetection Limited is focused on discovery and development of biological assays and diagnostic tests for research and clinical diagnosis of infections and other diseases. The company has applied for an innovation voucher to obtain crucial expert advice on the design and engineering of its diagnostic testing devices.

2014 GRD Proof of Concept Lead participant

Novel Technologies for the Diagnosis of Influenza and Other Infectious Diseases at the Point-of-Care.

1 Oct 2014 to 31 Mar 2016

Awarded
£97,007
Total cost £161,679

This project aims to develop new technologies for the diagnosis of influenza and other infectious diseases. Seasonal flu infects 5-20% of the population each year, leading to >3 million serious cases and 250,000-500,000 deaths worldwide. In addition, the risk of new pandemic strains that spread rapidly across the World with devastating consequences is inc...

Product types

Collaborative R&D Feasibility Studies GRD Proof of Concept Vouchers