Socotec UK Limited
Registered name: SOCOTEC UK LIMITED
Part of Phoenix UK 2020 Limited groupSocotec UK Limited made £146m revenue and a £1.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Socotec UK Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £146m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.9m. The company is classified under “technical testing and analysis” and is based in Bretby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bretby
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1993
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £122m | £127m | £146m |
| Cost of sales | −£71.3m | −£76m | −£90.2m |
| Gross profit | £50.2m | £50.8m | £55.5m |
| Operating profit | £6.8m | £6.6m | £5.1m |
| Profit before tax | £6.9m | −£9.6m | −£677k |
| Profit after tax | £5m | −£10m | −£1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £5m | −£10m | −£1.9m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | −7.8% | −1.3% |
| Gross margin | 41.3% | 40.1% | 38.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▲14.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼299% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Phoenix UK 2020 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Socotec UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Environmental Scientifics Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Inspicio Environmental Services Group Limited75–100%
- Socotec UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (12)
- Socotec Advisory LimitedRev. £12.7m · Profit £2m
- Aspect Surveys LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Datum Monitoring Ireland LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ietg Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£23.9k
- Impulse Geophysics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lloyd Acoustics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lloyds Datum Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lloyds Datum LimitedFigures not disclosed
- LSTC Holdings LtdRev. — · Profit £174k
- Scientifics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Socotec Forensic Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- United Kingdom Testing & Certification LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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