Process Automation & Calibrations Limited
Registered name: PROCESS AUTOMATION & CALIBRATIONS LIMITED
Process Automation & Calibrations Limited made £9.4m revenue and a £757k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Process Automation & Calibrations Limited’s revenue fell 35% to £9.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £757k and 53 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Belfast; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- 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: “The immediate parent undertaking is Process Automation”
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £14.4m | £9.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £8.5m | £8.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £5.9m | £978k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.8m | −£937k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.7m | −£941k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £2.1m | −£757k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £2.1m | −£757k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 53 | 60 | 53 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 14.5% | −8.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 41.2% | 10.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £240k | £177k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £34.7k | −£14.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼34.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼136.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲32.5% | ▲13.2% | ▼11.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £738k | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £3.6m | £4.3m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £121k | £107k | £112k | £64.1k |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £4.9m | £6.6m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £3.3m | £3.2m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £46.3k | £46.4k | £0 | £272k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £177k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£14.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 28.7%
- 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
- ▼29%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £272k
- Fixed assets
- ▼43%
- Now £64.1k
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
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 −£757k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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