Scientific Instrument Centre Limited(The)
Registered name: SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CENTRE LIMITED(THE)
Part of Perrin & Partners Ltd groupScientific Instrument Centre Limited(The) made £377k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Scientific Instrument Centre Limited(The) reported £377k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, up 7% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 10 employees. The company is classified under “installation of industrial machinery and equipment” and is based in Winchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Winchester, South East
- Age
- 79 yrs · since 1947
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | £271k | £354k | £377k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £271k | £354k | £377k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £27.1k | £35.4k | £37.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲30.9% | ▲6.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £339k | £286k | £223k | £261k |
| Net assets | £468k | £339k | £153k | £280k |
| Fixed assets | £1.2k | £7.9k | £10.1k | £6.9k |
| Current assets | £913k | £766k | £761k | £831k |
| Debtors | £574k | £291k | £413k | £399k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲84%
- Now £280k
- Cash at bank
- ▲17%
- Now £261k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼32%
- Now £6.9k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Perrin & Partners Ltdultimate parent50–75%
- Scientific Instrument Centre Limited(The)this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- BLS Asbestos LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bright Affect LimitedFigures not disclosed
- In Car Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Knox Trade Events LtdFigures not disclosed
- O.e.m. Marketing Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oem Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Perrin Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- Roundhouse Engineering Co. LtdFigures not disclosed
- Secureseal Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vindustrious LtdFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- J Marsh Holdings Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from AbridgedAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £377k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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