Salamon & Seaber Limited
Registered name: SALAMON & SEABER LIMITED
Part of Eurofins Scientific S.E. groupSalamon & Seaber Limited made £895k revenue and a £629k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Salamon & Seaber Limited’s revenue was £895k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £629k and 10 employees. The company is classified under “technical testing and analysis” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £819k | £827k | £827k | £895k |
| Cost of sales | £296k | £296k | −£62k | −£124k |
| Gross profit | £523k | £531k | £765k | £771k |
| Operating profit | £55.1k | −£19.6k | −£19k | −£583k |
| Profit before tax | £55k | −£18.7k | −£18k | −£589k |
| Profit after tax | £55k | £21.7k | £22k | −£629k |
| Profit (best available) | £55k | £21.7k | £22k | −£629k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 2.6% | 2.7% | −70.3% |
| Gross margin | 63.8% | 64.2% | 92.5% | 86.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £63k | £63.6k | £63.6k | £89.5k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | £1.7k | £1.7k | −£62.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼60.5% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £20.8k | £107k | — | — |
| Net assets | £244k | £266k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £64.9k | £52k | — | — |
| Current assets | £301k | £369k | — | — |
| Debtors | £234k | £160k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −70.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 86.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £89.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£62.9k
- 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
- —
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Eurofins Scientific S.E. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Eurofins Food Testing UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Salamon & Seaber Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Eurofins Agro Testing UK LimitedRev. £2.5m · Profit −£640k
- Public Analyst Scientific Services LimitedRev. £2.2m · Profit £302k
- Bio Search (N.i.) LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Eurofins Food Testing UK 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 2024 (profit −£629k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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