Cipher Surgical Limited
Registered name: CIPHER SURGICAL LIMITED
Cipher Surgical Limited made a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Cipher Surgical Limited reported a loss of £1.1m in the year to 31 Jul 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 4 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of optical precision instruments” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | −£2m | −£2.1m | −£1.2m | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2m | −£2.1m | −£1.2m | −£1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 14 | 8 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£157k | −£147k | −£147k | −£283k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▼42.9% | ▼50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £85.2k | £26.8k | £3.3k | £21.4k |
| Net assets | −£176k | −£2.2m | −£3.4m | −£946k |
| Fixed assets | £114k | £64.7k | £32.3k | £17.5k |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £2m | £2.8m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £48.4k | £17.8k | £6.6k | £6.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£283k
- 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 −£946k
- Cash at bank
- ▲552%
- Now £21.4k
- Headcount
- ▼50%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼46%
- Now £17.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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