Oxford Nanoscience Limited
Registered name: OXFORD NANOSCIENCE LIMITED
Part of QD Oxford UK Limited groupOxford Nanoscience Limited made £7.2m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Oxford Nanoscience Limited’s revenue was £7.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 226 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in Abingdon.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Abingdon, South East
- Age
- 1 yr · since 2025
- 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 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 226 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | −15.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £31.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£5k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Cash at bank | £5.2m |
| Net assets | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £41.9m |
| Deferred income | £375k |
| Cash from operations | £3.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £31.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5k
- 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
- 5.2%
- 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 £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £5.2m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 226
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £375k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- QD Oxford UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Oxford Nanoscience 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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