Probat Limited
Registered name: PROBAT LIMITED
Part of Hamburg Dresdner Maschinenfabriken Verwaltungsgesellschaft Mbh groupProbat Limited made £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Probat Limited reported £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, down 3% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 54 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Arbroath; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Arbroath, Scotland
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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 company's immediate parent is Hamburg-Dresdner Maschienfabrik GmbH. The ultimate controlling party is PROBAT Werke von Gimborn GmbH, a company registered in Germany.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £8.2m | £9.7m | — |
| Cost of sales | £4.6m | £4.8m | £5.4m | £5.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.3m | £4.2m | — |
| Operating profit | — | £536k | £1m | — |
| Profit before tax | — | £473k | £982k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £343k | £356k | £1.1m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £343k | £356k | £1.1m | £1m |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 52 | 54 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 4.3% | 10.8% | — |
| Gross margin | — | 40.7% | 43.6% | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | £158k | £180k | — |
| Profit per employee | £6.7k | £6.9k | £19.5k | £19k |
| Cash conversion | — | −37.8% | −172.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲18.5% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.8% | ▲195.4% | ▼2.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2% | ▲3.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1k | £34k | £726k | £156k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.5m | £3.5m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £3m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.5m | £3.6m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £808k | £826k | £844k | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £155k | £166k | £155k | £157k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | −£202k | −£1.8m | £440k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19k
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▲29%
- Now £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼78%
- Now £156k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £157k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £3.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hamburg Dresdner Maschinenfabriken Verwaltungsgesellschaft Mbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Probat Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Macintyre Systems LimitedRev. £36k · Profit £36.4k
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 £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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