EDINBURGH INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.4m
+13.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£25m
+7.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
174
-3.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.8m
-46.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,137,507 | £24,671,894 | £21,951,253 | -11% | |
| Operating profit | £5,111,031 | £3,494,432 | £1,895,114 | -45.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,933,888 | £3,331,743 | £1,791,092 | -46.2% | |
| Net profit | £4,846,384 | £2,967,336 | £1,747,453 | -41.1% | |
| Cash | £624,803 | £2,131,497 | £2,419,965 | +13.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,452,660 | £25,791,789 | £27,303,781 | +5.9% | |
| Net assets | £20,497,591 | £23,464,927 | £25,212,380 | +7.4% | |
| Equity | £20,497,591 | £23,464,927 | £25,212,380 | +7.4% | |
| Average employees | 168 | 181 | 174 | -3.9% | |
| Wages | £6,901,925 | £6,514,713 | £6,444,650 | -1.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £217,653 | £224,269 | £209,984 | -6.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £12,250 | £15,637 | £15,881 | +1.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £217,653 | £224,269 | £209,984 | -6.4% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.8% | 14.2% | 8.6% | |
| Net margin | 17.9% | 12.0% | 8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.8% | 13.5% | 6.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.2% | 25.3% | 30.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.27x | 4.56x | 3.40x | |
| Interest cover | 28.85x | 21.48x | 18.22x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this, the Directors believe that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- EDINBURGH INSTRUMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Edinburgh Sensors Limited 100%
- Edinburgh Photonics Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the prior year, the Company sold the trade and assets of its Precisa UK Calibration Business generating a gain on sale of £166,423.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAN, Wai Shing | Director | 2013-02-20 | Sep 1968 | Chinese |
| FENSKE, Roger, Dr | Director | 2019-12-31 | Aug 1978 | British |
| LO, Yat Keung | Director | 2013-02-20 | Feb 1959 | Chinese |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COCHRANE, Karen Anne | Secretary | 2002-11-27 | 2004-08-06 |
| DUNDAS, Martin William | Secretary | 2000-09-20 | 2000-12-01 |
| GILLIGAN, Gerald | Secretary | 2004-08-13 | 2021-04-09 |
| SMITH, Gillian Anne | Secretary | 2000-12-01 | 2002-11-27 |
| STEELE, Murray Alexander | Secretary | — | 2000-04-01 |
| BROUWERS, Mary Jane | Director | 2010-02-03 | 2013-02-20 |
| CHRISTMAS, Terence Michael, Dr | Director | 1999-05-27 | 1999-08-06 |
| CLEPHANE, Gordon William | Director | 2002-11-27 | 2013-02-20 |
| DENNIS, Richard Benson, Dr | Director | 2010-02-03 | 2013-02-20 |
| DENNIS, Richard Benson, Dr | Director | — | 2006-02-13 |
| ELLIOTT, Charles Thomas, Professor | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2001-02-14 |
| FAICHNEY, Alan Kennedy | Director | 2010-07-06 | 2013-02-20 |
| GRIFFITHS, John Hugh | Director | 1995-05-29 | 2011-01-01 |
| IREDALE, Peter Julian, Dr | Director | 2003-01-22 | 2003-08-09 |
| KEDDIE, Jason | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2009-12-11 |
| MCCARLIE, David James | Director | 2003-05-15 | 2013-02-20 |
| O'CONNOR, Christopher James | Director | 2013-02-20 | 2019-12-31 |
| PEAKER, Malcolm, Professor | Director | 2004-03-17 | 2011-08-19 |
| SHEPHERD, Frederick Alexander Bruce, Dr | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2013-02-20 |
| SINGH, Chanchal | Director | 2011-01-20 | 2013-02-20 |
| SMALL, John Rankin, Professor | Director | — | 2003-11-26 |
| SMITH, Gillian Anne | Director | — | 2013-02-20 |
| SMITH, Stanley Desmond, Professor | Director | — | 2013-02-20 |
| STEELE, Murray Alexander | Director | — | 2000-04-01 |
| SULLIVAN, Karen Marina, Dr | Director | 2007-01-30 | 2008-10-14 |
| WILSON, Charles Ian | Director | — | 2000-02-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Techcomp (Europe) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.