Pulsar Instruments PLC
Registered name: PULSAR INSTRUMENTS PLC
Part of Scientific Measurements Limited groupPulsar Instruments PLC made £907k revenue and £229k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Pulsar Instruments PLC’s revenue grew 23% to £907k in the year to 31 May 2025, with £229k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in Filey; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Filey, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- Type
- Public 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £599k | £722k | £735k | £907k |
| Cost of sales | £256k | £293k | £325k | £449k |
| Gross profit | £342k | £429k | £410k | £458k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £76.6k | £301k |
| Profit before tax | £14.3k | £92.4k | £76.6k | £305k |
| Profit after tax | £14.3k | £92.4k | £72.7k | £229k |
| Profit (best available) | £14.3k | £92.4k | £72.7k | £229k |
| Staff costs | £160k | £101k | £202k | £43.2k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 12.8% | 9.9% | 25.3% |
| Gross margin | 57.2% | 59.4% | 55.8% | 50.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £120k | £361k | £367k | £453k |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £46.2k | £36.4k | £114k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −249.7% | −66.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.5% | ▲1.8% | ▲23.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲546.4% | ▼21.3% | ▲214.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼60% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £41.8k | £192k | £349k | £229k |
| Net assets | £6.1k | £98.4k | £137k | £141k |
| Fixed assets | £7.5k | £0 | — | — |
| Current assets | £153k | £328k | £476k | £308k |
| Debtors | £40.7k | £67.3k | £41.6k | £35.9k |
| Cash from operations | −£15.7k | −£151k | −£191k | −£201k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £453k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £114k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −66.8%
- 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
- 4%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £141k
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £229k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Scientific Measurements Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pulsar Instruments PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Cirrus Research PLCRev. £6.1m · Profit £648k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £229k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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