Meygen PLC
Registered name: MEYGEN PLC
Part of HSBC Holdings PLC groupMeygen PLC made £5.4m revenue and a £8.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Meygen PLC’s revenue grew 26% to £5.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £8.4m and 4 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Public 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.9m | £4.5m | £4.3m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | −£3.3m | −£4m | −£16.2m | −£4.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£6m | −£7.3m | −£20.4m | −£8.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£6m | −£7.3m | −£20.4m | −£8.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£6m | −£7.3m | −£20.4m | −£8.4m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −152.6% | −162% | −480% | −157.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£6.8m | −£2.1m |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.7% | ▼5.8% | ▲26% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £891k | £1.4m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | −£1.9m | −£9.3m | −£29.7m | −£38.1m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £4.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.8m | £1.1m | £528k | £710k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −157.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.1m
- 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 −£38.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲49%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▲33%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- HSBC Holdings PLCultimate parent75–100%
- HSBC Bank PLC75–100%
- HSBC Corporate Trustee Company (UK) Limited75–100%
- Meygen PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
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- Centurion 2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Centurion Subsea Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Centurion UK Rentals & Services Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- HF Stores Realisations LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
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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 −£8.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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