Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) Ltd.
Registered name: SHIMADZU RESEARCH LABORATORY (EUROPE) LTD.
Part of Shimadzu Corporation groupShimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) Ltd. made £2.4m revenue and a £140k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) Ltd.’s revenue grew 34% to £2.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £140k and 23 employees. The company is classified under “other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- North West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 directors consider that the Company’s immediate and ultimate parent undertaking is Shimadzu Corporation, a company incorporated in Japan. The smallest and largest group of which the Company is a m”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.3m | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Cost of sales | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Gross profit | £595k | £213k | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £190k | −£197k | £135k |
| Profit before tax | £226k | −£154k | £185k |
| Profit after tax | £271k | −£200k | −£140k |
| Profit (best available) | £271k | −£200k | −£140k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 23 | 23 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12% | −11.3% | −5.9% |
| Gross margin | 26.3% | 12.1% | 45.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £94.1k | £76.6k | £103k |
| Profit per employee | £11.3k | −£8.7k | −£6.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22% | ▲34.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼173.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1m | £971k |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £4.3m | £4.4m |
| Deferred income | — | £93.6k | £90.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £103k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.1k
- 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
- 3.8%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £971k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 23
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £90.8k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Shimadzu Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£140k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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