Deben UK Limited
Registered name: DEBEN UK LIMITED
Part of Judges Scientific PLC groupDeben UK Limited made £4m revenue and £94k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Deben UK Limited’s revenue fell 28% to £4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £94k profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.6m | £5.6m | £4m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£4.6m | −£3.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.1m | £133k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.1m | £114k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £774k | £94k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £774k | £94k |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 35 | 34 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 21.9% | 13.9% | 2.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £182k | £160k | £118k |
| Profit per employee | £39.8k | £22.1k | £2.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▼28.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.3% | ▼87.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.9% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £118k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.8k
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Judges Scientific PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Deben UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (20)
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- Oxford Cryosystems LimitedRev. £8.9m · Profit £1.3m
- Scientifica LtdRev. £7.3m · Profit −£173k
- Fire Testing Technology LimitedRev. £5.1m · Profit −£216k
- Dia-Stron LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit £854k
- Geotek Coring LimitedRev. £3.5m · Profit £1.7m
- Henniker Scientific LimitedRev. £2.4m · Profit £457k
- Ewb Solutions Ltd.Rev. £2.3m · Profit £175k
- Armfield LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bordeaux Acquisition LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Geotek Holding LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Global Digital Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Judges Capital LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Korvus Technology LtdFigures not disclosed
- Magsputter LimitedRev. — · Profit £240k
- Pe. Fiberoptics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Polaron Instruments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Quorum Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thermal Hazard Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uhv Design 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 £94k), 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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