Instrument Technology Limited
Registered name: INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Instrument Technology Limited made £8.1m revenue and £366k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Instrument Technology Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £8.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £366k profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of non-electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in ST. Leonards-on-Sea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Leonards-on-Sea, South East
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £9.3m | £7.6m | £8.1m |
| Cost of sales | £6.6m | £6m | £4.4m | £4.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £570k | £489k | £735k |
| Profit before tax | £947k | £397k | £215k | £488k |
| Profit after tax | £768k | £264k | £161k | £366k |
| Profit (best available) | £768k | £264k | £161k | £366k |
| Employees (average) | 80 | 76 | 68 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.3% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 36.5% | 35.4% | 41.9% | 41.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £131k | £123k | £112k | £120k |
| Profit per employee | £9.6k | £3.5k | £2.4k | £5.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.8% | ▼18.1% | ▲6.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼65.6% | ▼38.9% | ▲126.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5% | ▼10.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £170 | £730 | £0 |
| Net assets | £536k | £240k | £236k | £252k |
| Fixed assets | £765k | £854k | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £3.6m | £3.4m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £120k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £252k
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲44%
- Now £1.5m
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Brockbox Limited 25–50%
- Don't Blink Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £366k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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