Levidian Nanosystems Limited
Registered name: LEVIDIAN NANOSYSTEMS LIMITED
Levidian Nanosystems Limited made £994k revenue and a £8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Levidian Nanosystems Limited’s revenue fell 62% to £994k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £8m and 72 employees. The company is classified under “other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £227k | £841k | £2.6m | £994k |
| Cost of sales | £798k | £1.8m | £5m | £798k |
| Gross profit | −£571k | −£966k | −£2.4m | £195k |
| Operating profit | −£2.7m | −£5.2m | −£9.9m | −£8.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.7m | −£5.1m | −£9.9m | −£8.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.7m | −£5.1m | −£8.5m | −£8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.7m | −£5.1m | −£8.5m | −£8m |
| Staff costs | — | £4.2m | £5.7m | £5.3m |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 52 | 80 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1176% | −608.8% | −323% | −801.8% |
| Gross margin | −251% | −115% | −90% | 19.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £11.4k | £16.2k | £32.7k | £13.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£134k | −£98.4k | −£106k | −£111k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲269.5% | ▲211.4% | ▼62% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲160% | ▲53.8% | ▼10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.4m | £13m | £2.9m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £8.8m | £16.6m | £8.2m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £3.8m | £7.1m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | £8.8m | £17.5m | £6.1m | £5m |
| Debtors | £508k | £253k | £310k | £99.9k |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £2.9m | £3.8m | £4.6m |
| Cash from operations | — | £4.5m | £7.8m | £8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −801.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £13.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£111k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 773.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 458.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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
- ▼36%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼43%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▲18%
- Now £4.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £7.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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