- Consistently high occupancy across portfolio
- Successful launch of CENTRAL TECH helps turnover to surpass £3.7m
- Plans for its HEMISPHERE labs gather pace
Innovation space developer and operator Sciontec has delivered record £3.7m turnover and high occupancy levels in the last financial year according to its audited accounts.
During the period to September 2025, the company acquired and opened CENTRAL TECH innovation hub in Liverpool city centre, adding the building to its existing portfolio of three owned assets at Liverpool Science Park (LSP) and the management of the Sciontec AI serviced space at The Spine, on behalf of the Royal College of Physicians.
LSP maintained occupancy well above 90% for the duration of the period and is home to organisations including the Manufacturing Technology Centre, Elida Beauty, CHI-Labs, Liverpool Health Partners, Pierian Biosciences and Renewvax.
Key customers in 2025 in Sciontec’s space at The Spine, which hit 92% occupancy, included Zempler Bank, the University of Liverpool, Marks & Clerk, Morgan Sindall, the Pandemic Institute and RTC North.
CENTRAL TECH, formerly known as Sensor City, opened in May 2025 and had already reached in excess of 60% occupancy by the financial year end on the 30th September 2025 and has now reached 90% just 6 months into the current financial year. Key organisations arriving in the building in 2025 included IT firm Bellrock, Genetix, IN4 Group, Labman, Harker, DefProc Engineering and LYVA Labs.
Sciontec also continues to pursue its £69m plans to develop its new laboratory and office space building called HEMISPHERE One. The eight-storey red-brick development on Liverpool City Council’s flagship development site, Paddington Village, will add 150,000 sq ft of laboratory and research capacity to its portfolio, and construction is set to commence in April 2027.
Total turnover for Sciontec and its two wholly owned subsidiaries, Liverpool Science Park Limited and Sensor City Liverpool Limited (CENTRAL TECH) increased to £3.7m in 2025.
Sciontec is a joint venture between Bruntwood SciTech, Liverpool City Council, Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Liverpool. In January 2026, Barbara Spicer was appointed as its new independent chair, replacing Professor Mark Power, vice-chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University, who had held the role previously.
Professor Mark Power, Vice-Chancellor at Liverpool John Moores University, said: “We are pleased to report a strong and resilient performance over the past financial year. Against the backdrop of a challenging wider market, we have achieved record turnover and returned a ‘group’ profit once again.
“This has been underpinned by expanding our innovation portfolio and welcoming a record number of businesses into our spaces. Our team also works hard to maintain strong relationships with existing customers, which now number over 100.”
Barbara Spicer, Chair of Sciontec, said: “These are hugely encouraging financial results and reflect the commitment of our team to delivering world-class innovation spaces right here in Liverpool and boosting the city region’s existing strengths in areas such as health and life sciences, materials chemistry, AI, digital, tech and advanced manufacturing.
“Consistent high levels of occupancy reinforce the market demand for new science and tech developments and we will be pushing ahead with confidence on our plans for HEMISPHERE One over the next year.”