Veeco Instruments Limited
Registered name: VEECO INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
Veeco Instruments Limited made £1.1m revenue and a £40.7k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Veeco Instruments Limited’s revenue grew 1849% to £1.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £40.7k and 8 employees. The company is classified under “installation of industrial machinery and equipment” and is based in Histon; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Histon, East of England
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1989
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party of the company is Veeco Instruments Inc, a company”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £195k | £473k | £225k | £54.2k | £1.1m |
| Cost of sales | £718k | £982k | £914k | £869k | £743k |
| Gross profit | −£523k | −£509k | −£689k | −£815k | £313k |
| Operating profit | £28.1k | £217k | −£69.7k | £3.2k | −£103k |
| Profit before tax | £28.8k | £234k | −£18.9k | £42k | −£71.1k |
| Profit after tax | £23.5k | £186k | −£13.2k | £32.8k | −£40.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £23.5k | £186k | −£13.2k | £32.8k | −£40.7k |
| Staff costs | £821k | £863k | £858k | £934k | £845k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 12% | 39.2% | −5.9% | 60.6% | −3.9% |
| Gross margin | −268% | −107.6% | −305.9% | −1503% | 29.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £24.4k | £59.1k | £28.2k | £6.8k | £132k |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £23.2k | −£1.7k | £4.1k | −£5.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲142.5% | ▼52.4% | ▼75.9% | ▲1849% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲690.3% | ▼107.1% | — | ▼223.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £992k | £1.1m | £637k | £478k | £502k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £7.8k | £3.8k | £1.4k | £550 | £138 |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £860k | £722k | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £670k | £362k | £168k | £145k | £28.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £132k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 101.2%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £502k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▼80%
- Now £28.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼75%
- Now £138
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£40.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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