Revvity Discovery Limited
Registered name: REVVITY DISCOVERY LIMITED
Part of Wellesley Bv groupRevvity Discovery Limited made £22.3m revenue and a £3.4m loss in the year to 28 Dec 2025.
Revvity Discovery Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £22.3m in the year to 28 Dec 2025, with a loss of £3.4m and 207 employees. The company is classified under “research and experimental development on biotechnology” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Dec 2023 | 28 Dec 2024 | 29 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.3m | £19.7m | £19.7m | £22.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£8.7m | −£8.6m | −£8.6m | −£8.9m |
| Gross profit | £19.6m | £11.1m | £11.1m | £13.4m |
| Operating profit | −£76k | −£9m | −£9m | −£3.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£274k | −£9.2m | −£9.2m | −£4.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£335k | −£8.1m | −£8.1m | −£3.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£335k | −£8.1m | −£8.1m | −£3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 229 | 205 | 205 | 207 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.2% | −41.4% | −41.4% | −15.3% |
| Gross margin | 69.3% | 56.5% | 56.5% | 60.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £124k | £95.9k | £95.9k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.5k | −£39.7k | −£39.7k | −£16.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼30.5% | — | ▲13.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.5% | — | ▲1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£16.5k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now 207
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wellesley Bv (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Revvity (UK) Holdings Limited75–100%
- Horizon Discovery Group Limited75–100%
- Revvity Discovery Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Horizon Discovery Biosciences LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Dec 2025 (profit −£3.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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