HCS Aberdeen Limited
Registered name: HCS ABERDEEN LIMITED
Part of HCS Control Systems Group Limited groupHCS Aberdeen Limited made £12m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
HCS Aberdeen Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £12m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.9m profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction” and is based in Glenrothes; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glenrothes, Scotland
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12m | £12m |
| Cost of sales | −£6m | −£6.3m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 17.6% | 16.2% |
| Gross margin | 50% | 47.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £249k | £250k |
| Profit per employee | £43.9k | £40.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼7.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.9m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £963k |
| Debtors | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £250k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £40.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 36.9%
- 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
- ▼18%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼37%
- Now £963k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- HCS Control Systems Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- HCS Control Systems Limited50–75%
- HCS Aberdeen Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Minority corporate shareholders
- Oak Tree (Aberdeen) Limited 25–50%
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 £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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