Probe Test Solutions Limited
Registered name: PROBE TEST SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Probe Test Holdings Limited groupProbe Test Solutions Limited made £18.5m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Probe Test Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £18.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.1m. The company is classified under “engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.7m | £17m | £15.8m | £18.5m |
| Cost of sales | £9.6m | £10.6m | −£9.7m | −£11.5m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £6.4m | £6.2m | £7m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £399k | −£1.8m | −£1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £372k | −£1.8m | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £199k | −£1.5m | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £199k | −£1.5m | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.6m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 64 | 77 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13% | 1.2% | −9.5% | −6% |
| Gross margin | 38.8% | 37.6% | 39% | 37.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £302k | £266k | £206k | — |
| Profit per employee | £39.2k | £3.1k | −£19.6k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▼7% | ▲16.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼90.2% | ▼859.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.1% | ▲20.3% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £12.8m | £3.8m | — | — |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £3.8m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £5.8m | — | — |
| Current assets | £20.4m | £18.8m | — | — |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £3.4m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- Probe Test Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Probe Test Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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