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Company No. 03810162 · Incorporated 15 Jul 1999

Scantox Manchester Ltd

Registered name: SCANTOX MANCHESTER LTD

Part of Scantox UK Limited group

Scantox 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.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
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.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2024

Key figures

Revenue
£15.9m
Growth —
Profit
£1.7m
Growth —
Profit margin
10.4%
Gross 57.2%
Employees
64
Change —
Profit / employee
£26k
Revenue/employee £249k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Aug 202331 Dec 2024
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull 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)5464
Ratios
Profit margin12.3%10.4%
Gross margin59.5%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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Scantox UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. 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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