Judges Scientific PLC
Registered name: JUDGES SCIENTIFIC PLC
Judges Scientific PLC made £146m revenue and £6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Judges Scientific PLC’s revenue grew 9% to £146m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £6m profit and 822 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £136m | £134m | £146m |
| Operating profit | £21.6m | £16.7m | £13.9m |
| Profit before tax | £13.4m | £13m | £8.9m |
| Profit after tax | £9.9m | £10.8m | £6m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.9m | £10.8m | £6m |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 18 | 822 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.3% | 8.1% | 4.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £8.5m | £7.4m | £177k |
| Profit per employee | £619k | £600k | £7.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▲9.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲9.1% | ▼44.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▲4467% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £177k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.3k
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲4467%
- Now 822
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (21)
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- Oxford Cryosystems LimitedRev. £8.9m · Profit £1.3m
- Scientifica LtdRev. £7.3m · Profit −£173k
- Fire Testing Technology LimitedRev. £5.1m · Profit −£216k
- Deben UK LimitedRev. £4m · Profit £94k
- Dia-Stron LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit £854k
- Geotek Coring LimitedRev. £3.5m · Profit £1.7m
- Henniker Scientific LimitedRev. £2.4m · Profit £457k
- Ewb Solutions Ltd.Rev. £2.3m · Profit £175k
- Armfield LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bordeaux Acquisition LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Geotek Holding LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Global Digital Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Judges Capital LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Korvus Technology LtdFigures not disclosed
- Magsputter LimitedRev. — · Profit £240k
- Pe. Fiberoptics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Polaron Instruments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Quorum Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thermal Hazard Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uhv Design LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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