Scantox Manchester Ltd
Registered name: SCANTOX MANCHESTER LTD
Part of Scantox UK Limited groupScantox Manchester Ltd made £15.9m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Scantox Manchester Ltd’s revenue was £15.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.7m profit and 64 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Alderley Edge; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Alderley Edge, North West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Scantox UK Ltd, a company incorporated in the UK.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.5m | £15.9m |
| Cost of sales | £3m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | £661k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £535k | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £919k | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £919k | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 64 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 12.3% | 10.4% |
| Gross margin | 59.5% | 57.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £139k | £249k |
| Profit per employee | £17k | £26k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £877k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £249k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.9%
- 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
- —
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £877k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.9m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2.5m
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
- Scantox UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Scantox Manchester Ltdthis 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 Dec 2024 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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