Applied Inspection Limited
Registered name: APPLIED INSPECTION LIMITED
Applied Inspection Limited made £7.9m revenue and £799k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Applied Inspection Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £7.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £799k profit and 87 employees. The company is classified under “technical testing and analysis” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.4m | £11.8m | £9m | £7.9m |
| Cost of sales | £4.5m | £6m | £4.5m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £5.8m | £4.5m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £3.3m | £1.9m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £3.3m | £1.9m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £2.5m | £1.4m | £799k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £2.5m | £1.4m | £799k |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £6.6m | £5.2m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 89 | 85 | 87 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.6% | 21.5% | 15.7% | 10.1% |
| Gross margin | 46.7% | 48.9% | 50% | 48.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £96.9k | £133k | £106k | £90.6k |
| Profit per employee | £13.1k | £28.5k | £16.6k | £9.2k |
| Cash conversion | −3.6% | −121.2% | −135.4% | −109.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40.1% | ▼23.6% | ▼12.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲122.1% | ▼44.4% | ▼43.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▼4.5% | ▲2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £5.4m | £7m | £7.6m |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £7.5m | £8.9m | £9.7m |
| Fixed assets | £514k | £593k | £739k | £798k |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £8.8m | £9.1m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £2.9m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | −£51.1k | −£4m | −£2.5m | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £90.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −109.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.9%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £9.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £7.6m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £798k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £799k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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