HCS Control Systems Group Limited
Registered name: HCS CONTROL SYSTEMS GROUP LIMITED
HCS Control Systems Group Limited made £27.7m revenue and £5.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
HCS Control Systems Group Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £27.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5.7m profit and 108 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Glenrothes; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glenrothes, Scotland
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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) | £24.9m | £27.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£15.8m | −£17.9m |
| Gross profit | £9.1m | £9.7m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £6.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £5.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 102 | 108 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 20.8% |
| Gross margin | 36.4% | 35.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £244k | £256k |
| Profit per employee | £16.3k | £53.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | −43.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲244.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | −£10.6m | −£6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £980k |
| Debtors | £11.3m | £12.1m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £256k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £53.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −43.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 43.7%
- 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
- —
- Now −£6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼55%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 108
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼36%
- Now £980k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- HCS Control Systems LimitedRev. £15.9m · Profit £359k
- HCS Control Systems (Holdings) LimitedRev. — · Profit £87.2k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £5.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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