Oxford Technical Solutions Limited
Registered name: OXFORD TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Ecrin Investments Limited groupOxford Technical Solutions Limited made £19m revenue and £3.9m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Oxford Technical Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £19m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £3.9m profit and 109 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in Kidlington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kidlington, South East
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.6m | £17.2m | £17.9m | £19m |
| Cost of sales | £5.9m | £5.9m | £5.2m | £5.1m |
| Gross profit | £12.6m | £11.3m | £12.7m | £13.9m |
| Operating profit | £5.4m | £2.5m | £3m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | £5.4m | £2.6m | £3.2m | £4.5m |
| Profit after tax | £4.6m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.6m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3.9m |
| Staff costs | £5.2m | £5.4m | £6m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 79 | 96 | 102 | 109 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 24.8% | 14.3% | 15.7% | 20.5% |
| Gross margin | 68% | 65.8% | 70.8% | 73.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £235k | £179k | £175k | £174k |
| Profit per employee | £58.4k | £25.7k | £27.5k | £35.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.3% | ▲3.9% | ▲6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼46.6% | ▲13.7% | ▲38.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.5% | ▲6.3% | ▲6.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.6m | £8.9m | £9.1m | £12.5m |
| Net assets | £14.2m | £15.1m | £16.3m | £18.6m |
| Fixed assets | £917k | £1.2m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £17.3m | £15.3m | £15.4m | £18.3m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £572k | £591k | £917k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 73.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £174k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £18.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £12.5m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 109
- Deferred income
- ▲55%
- Now £917k
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £2.2m
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
- Ecrin Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Oxford Technical Solutions Limitedthis 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £3.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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