DD-Scientific Limited
Registered name: DD-SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
Part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated groupDD-Scientific Limited made £10.2m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
DD-Scientific Limited’s revenue was £10.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic components” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.8m | £13.1m | £14.7m | £10.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.9m | £8.7m | £9.4m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £4m | £4.4m | £5.3m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.8m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.7m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | £2.6m | £1.7m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £2.6m | £1.7m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | — | £2.5m | £3.7m | £4.2m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 0 | 40 | 54 | 54 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | 23.8% | 13% | 13.6% | 16.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 36.8% | 33.9% | 36.1% | 37.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £327k | £273k | £188k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £42.3k | £37.2k | £31k |
| Cash conversion | — | −76.9% | −55.5% | −93.1% | −76.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲20.6% | ▲12.6% | — |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼34.4% | ▲18.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼100% | — | ▲35% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.6m | £2.1m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £3.1m | £4.3m | £5.1m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £556k | £844k | £1m | £906k | £837k |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £4m | £5.1m | £5.8m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.5m | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£2.1m | −£1.2m | −£2.2m | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £188k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −76.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.2%
- 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 £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £837k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Rhombi Holdings Limited75–100%
- DD-Scientific Holdings Limited75–100%
- DD-Scientific Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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