Scrivens Limited
Registered name: SCRIVENS LIMITED
Part of Seamap Limited groupScrivens Limited made £58.6m revenue and £4m profit in the year to 26 Oct 2025.
Scrivens Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £58.6m in the year to 26 Oct 2025, with £4m profit and 1,037 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of hearing aids” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 83 yrs · since 1942
- 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 | 30 Oct 2022 | 29 Oct 2023 | 27 Oct 2024 | 26 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £47.8m | £50.1m | £53.8m | £58.6m |
| Gross profit | £47.8m | £50.1m | £53.8m | £58.6m |
| Operating profit | £4.2m | £2.7m | £2m | £5.3m |
| Profit before tax | £4.2m | £2.7m | £2m | £5.3m |
| Profit after tax | £4.2m | £2.1m | £1.7m | £4m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.2m | £2.1m | £1.7m | £4m |
| Staff costs | £30.1m | £32.7m | £37.1m | £38.5m |
| Employees (average) | 991 | 1,007 | 969 | 1,037 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.7% | 4.3% | 3.2% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £48.3k | £49.7k | £55.5k | £56.5k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | £2.1k | £1.8k | £3.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▲7.4% | ▲9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼48.6% | ▼18.4% | ▲128.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.6% | ▼3.8% | ▲7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.6m | £2.5m | £899k |
| Net assets | £12m | £12.2m | £7m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £5.1m | £5.2m | £6.2m | £6.5m |
| Current assets | £16.2m | £18.2m | £13m | £11.5m |
| Debtors | £5m | £6m | £6.4m | £8.7m |
| Deferred income | £2m | £3.1m | £4.1m | £5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £56.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- 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
- ▼56%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £899k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 1,037
- Deferred income
- ▲21%
- Now £5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £6.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Seamap Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Scrivens Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Owl Optical LimitedRev. £19.5m · Profit −£570k
- Scrivens RBS Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Mersona LimitedRev. £21.8m · Profit −£20.6k
- Sathc Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Hearing Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 26 Oct 2025 (profit £4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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