Southern Scientific Limited
Registered name: SOUTHERN SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
Part of Lablogic Eot Limited groupSouthern Scientific Limited made £9.2m revenue and £858k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Southern Scientific Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £9.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £858k profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in Henfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Henfield, South East
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11.1m | £10.3m | £9.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.6m | £599k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.6m | £666k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.3m | £602k | £858k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.3m | £602k | £858k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 26 | 28 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 12.1% | 5.9% | 9.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £428k | £367k | £308k |
| Profit per employee | — | £51.8k | £21.5k | £28.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼7.7% | ▼10.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼55.2% | ▲42.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13% | ▲7.7% | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £4.5m | £5.1m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £2.7m | £3.3m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £109k | £170k | £499k | £481k |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £5.3m | £7m | £5m |
| Debtors | £817k | £492k | £960k | £2.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £308k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.6%
- 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
- ▼64%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £481k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lablogic Eot Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Paradigm Holdingco Limited75–100%
- Lablogic Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Southern Scientific Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Lablogic Systems LimitedRev. £14.8m · Profit £3.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £858k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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