Astex Therapeutics Limited
Active03751674Professional servicesIncorporated 14 Apr 1999 · Cambridge
The company's principal activity continues to be fragment-based drug discovery using a range of high-throughput biophysical and computational techniques, including x-ray crystallography
Revenue
£276.8m
▲ +36.7% vs prior ~12m period
Profit after tax
£189.2m
Margin 78.6%
Employees
183
▲ +5.8% vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
£163.6m
Total assets £226.8m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
6 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
Dec 2020
£79.0m
Dec 2021
£92.4m▲ +16.9%
Dec 2022
£117.2m▲ +26.9%
Dec 2023
£202.5m▲ +72.8%
Dec 2024
£276.8m▲ +36.7%
Dec 2025Not available
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | — | — | £331.4m | 183 | £163.6m |
| 31 Dec 2024 | £276.8m | ▲ +36.7% | £219.1m | 173 | £200.3m |
| 31 Dec 2023 | £202.5m | ▲ +72.8% | £136.6m | 166 | £136.0m |
| 31 Dec 2022 | £117.2m | ▲ +26.9% | £73.3m | 157 | £89.0m |
| 31 Dec 2021 | £92.4m | ▲ +16.9% | £45.7m | 156 | £73.3m |
| 31 Dec 2020 | £79.0m | — | £33.4m | 142 | £58.4m |
Latest available figures
Period ending 31 Dec 2024. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £276.8m
- Gross profit
- Not available
- Operating profit
- £217.7m
- Profit before tax
- £219.1m
- Profit after tax
- £189.2m
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £226.8m
- Cash
- £53.1m
- Total liabilities
- £63.2m
- Net assets
- £163.6m
- Revenue per employee
- Not available
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