The Scan Station Limited
Registered name: THE SCAN STATION LIMITED
Part of RSK Group Limited groupThe Scan Station Limited made £923k revenue and £246k profit in the year to 6 Apr 2025.
The Scan Station Limited’s revenue grew 37% to £923k in the year to 6 Apr 2025, with £246k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Newbury; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newbury, South East
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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. From the filing: “RSK Orbital Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 6 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £675k | £923k |
| Cost of sales | £164k | £361k |
| Gross profit | £511k | £562k |
| Profit before tax | £361k | £340k |
| Profit after tax | £271k | £246k |
| Profit (best available) | £271k | £246k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 40.2% | 26.7% |
| Gross margin | 75.7% | 60.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £135k | £132k |
| Profit per employee | £54.3k | £35.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲40% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £172k | £64.8k |
| Net assets | £323k | £407k |
| Fixed assets | £175k | £207k |
| Current assets | £403k | £402k |
| Debtors | £202k | £316k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 26.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £132k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 34.2%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £407k
- Cash at bank
- ▼62%
- Now £64.8k
- Headcount
- ▲40%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲18%
- Now £207k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- RSK Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- RSK Environment Limited75–100%
- RSK Orbital Limited50–75%
- The Scan Station Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Skyvision International LimitedRev. £680k · Profit £176k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 6 Apr 2025 (profit £246k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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