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Novai Ltd

Novai

Novai is a disruptive British biotech start-up with an AI supported retinal biomarker for use in glaucoma and AMD clinical trials.

CRN
12457690
Founded
2020
Age
6

Overview

Legal name
NOVAI LTD
Region
South East England
Registered address
9 GREYFRIARS ROAD
READING
BERKSHIRE
RG1 1NU
Insolvency history
No

Latest accounts

Financial period: 1 Apr 2024 to 31 Mar 2025

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Turnover
Unknown
Profit / Loss
Unknown
Employees
14

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

6 events
25 Mar
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

31 Dec
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

25 Jun
2026

Capital Allotment Shares

Capital

SH01 | Transaction MzUyNjU3ODI0NWFkaXF6a2N4 | Paper/PDF filed

Published 25 Jun 2026 08:54

11 Mar
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Mar
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

12 Feb
2020

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

3 awards
First funded
2020
Funded years
2020, 2021, 2022
Age at first award
0 years

Projects

2022 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

An innovative non-invasive retinal biomarker for drug discovery leading to improved diagnostics and better treatments for Multiple Sclerosis patients

1 Jul 2022 to 30 Jun 2023

Awarded
£238,393
Total cost £340,562

Novai Ltd (Novai) is a UK biotech SME with a core project team of Dr John Maddison (Project Lead/CTO), Dr Jonathan Young (Data Scientist) and Professor Francesca Cordeiro (Scientific Lead). Novai is aiming to develop its retinal biomarker, DARC, for earlier disease detection so it can be used to identify and monitor progression in MS patients. This innova...

2021 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Development of a novel ophthalmic biomarker

1 Feb 2021 to 31 Jul 2023

Awarded
£1,146,063
Total cost £1,637,233

Novai Ltd is developing a highly sensitive diagnostic tool for ophthalmic diseases allowing very early diagnosis, disease monitoring and patient stratification. The solution has already demonstrated powerful prognostic capability, accurately predicting the degree of disease progression in a cohort of glaucoma patients in Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trial...

2020 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

An AI-integrated cloud-based Clinical Data Trial System (CDTS) for a novel retinal biomarker

1 Oct 2020 to 31 May 2021

Awarded
£131,414
Total cost £164,267

**Public Description** Novai Ltd. is a rapidly growing UK-SME specialising in biotechnology and data science. Novai was founded by Dr John Maddison, Professor Francesca Cordeiro and Aman Khan; the founders have 20 years' experience in the development and management of impactful and clinical projects. There is an unmet need in accelerating and de-risking d...

Product types

Collaborative R&D