Science Group PLC
Registered name: SCIENCE GROUP PLC
Science Group PLC made £112m revenue and £33.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Science Group PLC’s revenue grew 1% to £112m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £33.3m profit and 531 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Public 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £113m | £111m | £112m |
| Operating profit | £8.1m | £14.9m | £40.9m |
| Profit before tax | £7.6m | £14.7m | £41.5m |
| Profit after tax | £5.5m | £12m | £33.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.5m | £12m | £33.3m |
| Employees (average) | 696 | 590 | 531 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.9% | 10.9% | 29.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £163k | £188k | £210k |
| Profit per employee | £7.9k | £20.4k | £62.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▲0.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲117.6% | ▲176.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼15.2% | ▼10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 29.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £210k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £62.7k
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now 531
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (10)
- Critical Maritime Systems & Support LimitedRev. £27.5m · Profit £4.3m
- Leatherhead Research LimitedRev. £7.5m · Profit £3m
- Osprey Consulting Services LimitedRev. £4.3m · Profit £765k
- Frontier Smart Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oakland Innovation LtdFigures not disclosed
- Quadro Epsom LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Quadro Harston LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sagentia LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Technology Sciences Group Consulting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- TPG Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £33.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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