APATECH LIMITED
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Executive summary
Apatech Limited is a wholly-owned Baxter International subsidiary and a specialised UK manufacturer of apatite-based biomaterials, whose competitive strength rests on proprietary technology, a certified manufacturing footprint, and full access to a multinational parent's capital and distribution rather than on independent scale. Its growth agenda should centre on extending the biomaterials platform into adjacent clinical indications and under-penetrated geographies through Baxter's commercial channels, supplemented by selective contract manufacturing. The principal strategic risk is concentration — dependence on a single parent's portfolio decisions and a single UK manufacturing site — which should be mitigated through documented strategic value, continuity planning, and diversified demand.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2001-03-01
- Registered office
- Apatech Limited 360 Centennial Avenue, Centennial Park, Elstree, Hertfordshire, England, WD6 3TJ
- Postcode
- WD6 3TJ
- Capital
- 6,134,222 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-10-01
- Next due by
- 2027-10-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 20590 Manufacture of other chemical products not elsewhere classified
Officers 5 current · 27 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by Baxter International Inc. (CIK#0000010456) — since 2016-04-06
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Patents 12
Patent publications naming APATECH LIMITED as applicant.
Showing the 5 most recent — all 12 on Espacenet.
Patent data from the European Patent Office (Open Patent Services).
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6653001 (Tier 1), registered since 2002.
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| GRAINSHINE LIMITED | 2001-05-17 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 360 CENTENNIAL AVENUE, CENTENNIAL PARK, ELSTREE, H CENTENNIAL AVENUE, ELSTREE, BOREHAMWOOD, WD6 3TJ, ENGLAND | 2020-02-26 |
| 370 CENTENNIAL AVENUE, CENTENNIAL PARK, ELSTREE, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD6 3TJ | 2019-11-13 |
| 327 MILE END ROAD, LONDON, E1 4NS | 2005-12-19 |
| 1 MITCHELL LANE, BRISTOL, AVON BS1 6BU | 2001-07-08 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 41 similar companies in WD — measured against the wider sector, trading since 2001
The class of 2001
40%
of the 80,161 companies incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 57% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.