COPLEY SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
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Cash
£1.9m
-13.3% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£4.6m
-21.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
34
-5.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5.9m
+10.7% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,872,926 | £16,017,032 | £15,497,011 | £16,038,599 | +3.5% | |
| Operating profit | £5,000,036 | £5,816,176 | £5,357,730 | £5,881,877 | +9.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,133,859 | £5,848,399 | £5,345,736 | £5,918,521 | +10.7% | |
| Net profit | £4,402,096 | £4,923,158 | £4,393,395 | £4,725,480 | +7.6% | |
| Cash | £3,720,594 | £3,433,741 | £2,245,923 | £1,947,539 | -13.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,655,254 | £7,594,573 | £5,968,197 | £4,679,551 | -21.6% | |
| Net assets | £5,593,651 | £7,516,809 | £5,910,204 | £4,635,684 | -21.6% | |
| Equity | £5,593,651 | £7,516,809 | £5,910,204 | £4,635,684 | -21.6% | |
| Average employees | 30 | 34 | 36 | 34 | -5.6% | |
| Wages | £1,086,046 | £1,357,469 | £1,411,002 | £1,766,251 | +25.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £24,000 | £194,008 | £200,063 | £201,626 | +0.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £109,905 | £89,394 | £86,322 | -3.4% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £188,063 | £173,223 | -7.9% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 36.0% | 36.3% | 34.6% | 36.7% | |
| Net margin | 31.7% | 30.7% | 28.3% | 29.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 88.4% | 76.6% | 89.8% | 125.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.1% | 19.9% | 19.6% | 32.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 4.54x | 4.66x | 2.75x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 56.94x | — |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COPLEY SCIENTIFIC LIMITED 1999-01-04 → present
- COPLEY INSTRUMENTS (NOTTINGHAM) LIMITED 1978-09-20 → 1999-01-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- COPLEY SCIENTIFIC LIMITED · parent
- Novi Systems Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Novi Systems Limited was a dormant subsidiary as at 31 December 2025. The company was dissolved post year end on 24 March 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON, Richard Jamie | Director | 2023-03-17 | Oct 1974 | British |
| COPLEY, Anthony Robert | Director | — | Aug 1948 | British |
| COPLEY, Mark Andrew | Director | 2007-04-12 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COPLEY, Anthony Robert | Secretary | — | 2023-03-17 |
| COPLEY, Mark Andrew | Secretary | 2023-03-17 | 2025-07-17 |
| COPLEY, Frank | Director | — | 2000-09-01 |
| COPLEY, Peter Graham | Director | — | 2007-04-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copley Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Anthony Robert Copley | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-01 |
| Mr Mark Andrew Copley | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-23 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2026-01-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-04 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-03-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-16 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
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.