Scientific Laboratory Supplies Limited
Registered name: SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES LIMITED
Part of Dominique Dutscher Distribution Sas groupScientific Laboratory Supplies Limited made £86.1m revenue and £182k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Scientific Laboratory Supplies Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £86.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £182k profit and 245 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in Hessle; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hessle, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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) | £81m | £83.3m | £82.8m | £86.1m |
| Cost of sales | £64.7m | £67.1m | £67.9m | £72m |
| Gross profit | £16.2m | £16.2m | £14.9m | £14.1m |
| Operating profit | £4.1m | £2.8m | £755k | £164k |
| Profit before tax | £4.1m | £2.7m | £761k | £157k |
| Profit after tax | £3.5m | £2.1m | £534k | £182k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.5m | £2.1m | £534k | £182k |
| Staff costs | £9.8m | £10.7m | £11.2m | £11.1m |
| Employees (average) | 223 | 237 | 244 | 245 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 2.5% | 0.6% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 20.1% | 19.4% | 18% | 16.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £363k | £351k | £340k | £352k |
| Profit per employee | £15.6k | £8.9k | £2.2k | £743 |
| Cash conversion | −177.6% | −91.6% | −300.1% | −744.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.9% | ▼0.5% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼39.8% | ▼74.6% | ▼65.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲2.9% | ▲0.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £14.4m | £16.5m | £16.5m | £16.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £4.7m | £4.9m | £4.6m |
| Current assets | £29m | £27.6m | £26.5m | £27.2m |
| Debtors | £12m | £11.9m | £9.9m | £10.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£7.3m | −£2.5m | −£2.3m | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £352k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £743
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −744.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- 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 £16.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▲0%
- Now 245
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £4.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dominique Dutscher Distribution Sas (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- Scientific Laboratory Supplies Group Ltd75–100%
- SLS Group Limited75–100%
- Scientific Laboratory Supplies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Analab Analytical Laboratory Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Aurora Scientific LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Culsalmond Property & Investment Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Flow Group Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gem Scientific 2014 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Labserve (C & M) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SCBS Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £182k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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