Petrotechnical Data Systems Scotland Limited
Registered name: PETROTECHNICAL DATA SYSTEMS SCOTLAND LIMITED
Petrotechnical Data Systems Scotland Limited made £876k revenue and a £207k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Petrotechnical Data Systems Scotland Limited’s revenue fell 38% to £876k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £207k and 8 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Stonehaven; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stonehaven, Scotland
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1m | £1.4m | £876k |
| Cost of sales | £318k | £508k | £274k |
| Gross profit | £681k | £897k | £602k |
| Operating profit | £22.2k | £161k | −£203k |
| Profit before tax | £23.6k | £162k | −£200k |
| Profit after tax | £18.3k | £122k | −£207k |
| Profit (best available) | £18.3k | £122k | −£207k |
| Staff costs | £359k | £585k | — |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 8.7% | −23.6% |
| Gross margin | 68.2% | 63.8% | 68.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £111k | £141k | £109k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | £12.2k | −£25.9k |
| Cash conversion | 264.2% | −269.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40.5% | ▼37.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲567.8% | ▼269.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▼20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £244k | £581k | £829k |
| Net assets | £602k | £714k | £525k |
| Fixed assets | £249k | £270k | £388k |
| Current assets | £726k | £730k | £840k |
| Debtors | £482k | £148k | £11k |
| Deferred income | £71k | £0 | £430k |
| Cash from operations | £58.7k | −£434k | −£446k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −23.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 68.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £109k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£25.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 44.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 49.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- ▼26%
- Now £525k
- Cash at bank
- ▲43%
- Now £829k
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £430k
- Fixed assets
- ▲44%
- Now £388k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£207k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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