Qlar Pneumatic Conveying UK Ltd
Registered name: QLAR PNEUMATIC CONVEYING UK LTD
Qlar Pneumatic Conveying UK Ltd made £9.3m revenue and a £152k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Qlar Pneumatic Conveying UK Ltd’s revenue fell 41% to £9.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £152k and 73 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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: “Qlar Europe GmbH (formerly Schenck Process Europe GmbH)”
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) | £23.9m | £15.6m | £9.3m |
| Cost of sales | £20.8m | £13m | £8m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £2.6m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £572k | −£467k | −£121k |
| Profit before tax | £612k | −£410k | −£123k |
| Profit after tax | £579k | −£463k | −£152k |
| Profit (best available) | £579k | −£463k | −£152k |
| Staff costs | £7.1m | £5.2m | £5.9m |
| Employees (average) | 105 | 79 | 73 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | −3% | −1.6% |
| Gross margin | 12.9% | 16.5% | 14.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £228k | £198k | £127k |
| Profit per employee | £5.5k | −£5.9k | −£2.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼34.6% | ▼40.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼180% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼24.8% | ▼7.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £363k | £534k | £324k |
| Net assets | £5m | £5m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1m |
| Current assets | £14.6m | £14.4m | £10m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £1.3m | £8.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £127k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 91.4%
- 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 £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £324k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼43%
- Now £1m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Redler LimitedRev. £4.3m · Profit −£1.2m
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 −£152k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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