Karl Storz Endoscopy (UK) Limited
Registered name: KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY (UK) LIMITED
Karl Storz Endoscopy (UK) Limited made £92.6m revenue and £4.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Karl Storz Endoscopy (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £92.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.7m profit and 253 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies” and is based in Dundee; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dundee, Scotland
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £83.4m | £89.9m | £92.6m |
| Cost of sales | £54.2m | £62.8m | −£65.8m |
| Gross profit | £29.2m | £27.2m | £26.8m |
| Operating profit | £6.4m | £5.5m | £5.3m |
| Profit before tax | £6.7m | £5.8m | £6.4m |
| Profit after tax | £5.1m | £4.3m | £4.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.1m | £4.3m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 231 | 251 | 253 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | 4.8% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 35% | 30.2% | 28.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £361k | £358k | £366k |
| Profit per employee | £22k | £17.3k | £18.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▲3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.8% | ▲8.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.7% | ▲0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.3m | — |
| Net assets | £19m | £19.3m | — |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £4.3m | — |
| Current assets | £40.3m | £44.4m | — |
| Debtors | £11.8m | £11.4m | — |
| Deferred income | £10.3m | £12.1m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £366k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.6k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 253
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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