Scientifica Ltd
Registered name: SCIENTIFICA LTD
Part of Judges Scientific PLC groupScientifica Ltd made £7.3m revenue and a £173k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Scientifica Ltd’s revenue fell 26% to £7.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £173k and 45 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 29 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) | £10m | £9.9m | £7.3m |
| Cost of sales | £8.8m | £8.6m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £454k | −£225k |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £443k | −£235k |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £316k | −£173k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £316k | −£173k |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 49 | 45 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 23.6% | 3.2% | −2.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £217k | £201k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | £51.2k | £6.5k | −£3.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1% | ▼25.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼86.6% | ▼154.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.5% | ▼8.2% |
| 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
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.8k
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Judges Scientific PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Scientifica Ltdthis 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
- Fire Testing Technology LimitedRev. £5.1m · Profit −£216k
- Deben UK LimitedRev. £4m · Profit £94k
- 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 −£173k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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