Scitech Engineering Ltd
Registered name: SCITECH ENGINEERING LTD
Scitech Engineering Ltd made £20.9m revenue and a £941k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Scitech Engineering Ltd’s revenue fell 12% to £20.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £941k and 77 employees. The company is classified under “engineering design activities for industrial process and production” and is based in Godalming; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Godalming, South East
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £23.8m | £20.9m |
| Cost of sales | £17.8m | £20.1m | £18.6m | £16.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £5.2m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£1.1m | −£435k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£1.1m | −£455k |
| Profit after tax | £675k | £503k | −£587k | −£941k |
| Profit (best available) | £675k | £503k | −£587k | −£941k |
| Staff costs | £6.1m | £7.1m | £7.8m | £7.2m |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 84 | 80 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −2.5% | −4.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 21.8% | 22.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £298k | £272k |
| Profit per employee | £9.8k | £6k | −£7.3k | −£12.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼12.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼25.5% | ▼216.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.7% | ▼4.8% | ▼3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.6m | £971k | £177k | £790k |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £5.1m | £4.6m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Current assets | £8.7m | £6.4m | £4.7m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £694k | £988k | £502k | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £1.2m | £21.9k | £965k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | £3.3m | £277k | £654k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £272k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲346%
- Now £790k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- ▲4312%
- Now £965k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £3.1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£941k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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