Copley Scientific Limited
Registered name: COPLEY SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
Part of Copley Holdings Limited groupCopley Scientific Limited made £16m revenue and £4.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Copley Scientific Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £16m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.7m profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.9m | £16m | £15.5m | £16m |
| Cost of sales | £6.7m | £7.2m | £6.8m | −£6.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £8.8m | £8.7m | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | £5m | £5.8m | £5.4m | £5.9m |
| Profit before tax | £5.1m | £5.8m | £5.3m | £5.9m |
| Profit after tax | £4.4m | £4.9m | £4.4m | £4.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.4m | £4.9m | £4.4m | £4.7m |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.9m | £2m | — |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 34 | 36 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 31.7% | 30.7% | 28.3% | 29.5% |
| Gross margin | 51.8% | 55.1% | 56% | 56.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £462k | £471k | £430k | £472k |
| Profit per employee | £147k | £145k | £122k | £139k |
| Cash conversion | 57.9% | 47.1% | 85.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.5% | ▼3.3% | ▲3.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.8% | ▼10.8% | ▲7.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.3% | ▲5.9% | ▼5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.7m | £3.4m | £2.2m | — |
| Net assets | £5.6m | £7.5m | £5.9m | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.3m | £919k | — |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £8.1m | £6.4m | — |
| Debtors | £743k | £1.6m | £1.3m | — |
| Deferred income | £19.9k | £55.3k | £50k | — |
| Cash from operations | £2.9m | £2.7m | £4.6m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 29.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £472k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £139k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Copley Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Copley Scientific Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Copley Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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