Public Analyst Scientific Services Limited
Registered name: PUBLIC ANALYST SCIENTIFIC SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Eurofins Scientific S.E. groupPublic Analyst Scientific Services Limited made £2.2m revenue and £302k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Public Analyst Scientific Services Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £2.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £302k profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “technical testing and analysis” and is based in Wolverhampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wolverhampton, West Midlands
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2010
- 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.
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) | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£946k | −£912k | −£990k |
| Gross profit | £815k | £1m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £6k | £249k | £299k |
| Profit before tax | −£29k | £233k | £295k |
| Profit after tax | −£29k | £233k | £302k |
| Profit (best available) | −£29k | £233k | £302k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 11 | 12 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.7% | 12.1% | 13.9% |
| Gross margin | 46.3% | 52.5% | 54.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £126k | £175k | £182k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.1k | £21.2k | £25.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.1% | ▲13.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲29.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼21.4% | ▲9.1% |
| 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
- 13.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £182k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.2k
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Eurofins Scientific S.E. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Eurofins Food Testing UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Public Analyst Scientific Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Eurofins Agro Testing UK LimitedRev. £2.5m · Profit −£640k
- Salamon & Seaber LimitedLiquidationRev. £827k · Profit £21.7k
- Bio Search (N.i.) LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Eurofins Food Testing UK 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 £302k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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