HCS Control Systems Limited
Registered name: HCS CONTROL SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of HCS Control Systems Group Limited groupHCS Control Systems Limited made £15.9m revenue and £359k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
HCS Control Systems Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £15.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £359k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Glenrothes; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glenrothes, Scotland
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.1m | £15.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£12.4m | −£12.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £269k | £633k |
| Profit before tax | £228k | £485k |
| Profit after tax | £149k | £359k |
| Profit (best available) | £149k | £359k |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 18.3% | 20.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £336k | £318k |
| Profit per employee | £3.3k | £7.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲140.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £134 | £134 |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £445k | £483k |
| Debtors | £9.6m | £8.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £318k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 55.7%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £134
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £483k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- HCS Control Systems Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- HCS Control Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- HCS Aberdeen LimitedRev. £12m · Profit £1.9m
Sister companies (1)
- HCS Control Systems (Holdings) LimitedRev. — · Profit £87.2k
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 £359k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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