What One Scientific does

One Scientific is a privately held UK testing laboratory headquartered in Bristol, founded in 1999. Per its stated short description, the company provides microbiological, chemical, and molecular testing services to the food and water industries, positioning it as a B2B analytical services provider supporting regulated quality, safety, and contamination testing workflows for food producers, water utilities, and adjacent operators.

Operationally, One Scientific runs as a small specialist laboratory with a headcount in the 11–50 employee range. Its service offering spans three testing modalities — microbiological (e.g., pathogen and indicator organism testing), chemical (e.g., contaminants, residues, composition), and molecular (e.g., PCR-based detection and species identification) — which together cover the principal analytical needs of food and water safety compliance. The company appears to operate a project-based or per-sample service model typical of contract laboratories, though no pricing details, contract structures, or customer counts are disclosed in the available data.

The company is privately held with no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, funding rounds, M&A activity, or named customers. Its website (onescientific.co.uk) was inaccessible during data collection, returning only a verification/loading page, which limits visibility into product depth, accreditations held, customer logos, geographic reach beyond Bristol, and any technology platforms used to manage samples and report results. Leadership disclosed includes Abgar Barseyten and Dr. Jochen P. Zoller, both listed as Chief Executive Officer; the dual-CEO listing is unusual and may reflect a historical transition, co-leadership structure, or a data artifact, but no corroborating detail is available.

Name

One Scientific

Website

https://onescientific.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Avonmouth

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

One Scientific is a testing laboratory that provides microbiological, chemical, and molecular testing services for the food and water industries. The company accepts client samples and returns analytical results used by food and water sector clients to verify safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Microbiological Testing Services

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• Eurofins Scientific: Eurofins is the world's largest food and environmental testing laboratory group, with extensive UK operations offering microbiological, chemical, and molecular testing. It is the dominant broad incumbent against which One Scientific competes for UK food and water testing contracts.
• SGS: SGS is a global testing, inspection, and certification company with significant UK food and environmental testing services. Comparable to One Scientific in service offerings but vastly larger scale and geographic reach.
• Bureau Veritas: Bureau Veritas provides testing and certification services globally, including food safety and water testing. It overlaps directly with One Scientific's core offering but operates as a broad incumbent with diversified industry coverage.
• ALS Global: ALS Global is an international testing services provider with food, water, and environmental testing capabilities. Overlaps with One Scientific's service portfolio but operates at significantly larger scale.
• Intertek: Intertek is a global quality assurance and testing company offering food and water testing services among its diversified portfolio. Comparable to One Scientific in core offerings but vastly broader in scope.

Direct peers

• Mérieux NutriSciences: Mérieux NutriSciences is a specialized food testing and consulting laboratory group with UK presence, focused on microbiological and chemical food safety testing. It is one of the closest direct competitors to One Scientific in the UK food testing niche.
• Campden BRI: Campden BRI is a UK-based food research and testing organization providing microbiological, chemical, and analytical services to the food industry. Directly comparable to One Scientific in geography, scale, and food-testing focus.
• Reading Scientific Services (RSSL): RSSL is a UK-based contract laboratory providing food, pharmaceutical, and consumer product testing with microbiological, chemical, and molecular capabilities. Direct peer of One Scientific in UK specialty testing.
• Fera Science Ltd: Fera Science is a UK-based scientific organization providing food safety, environmental, and water testing services with chemical and microbiological capabilities. A directly comparable UK specialty testing peer.
• Microsearch Laboratories: Microsearch Laboratories is a smaller UK-based food and water testing laboratory providing microbiological testing services. A close direct peer to One Scientific given overlapping geography, niche focus, and likely similar scale.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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