OXFORD INSTRUMENTS NANOTECHNOLOGY TOOLS LIMITED

1. OXFORD INSTRUMENTS NANOTECHNOLOGY TOOLS LIMITED 2011-01-04 → present
2. OXFORD INSTRUMENTS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY LIMITED 2000-01-05 → 2011-01-04
3. OXFORD INSTRUMENTS (UK) LIMITED 1991-10-01 → 2000-01-05
4. OXFORD INSTRUMENTS LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1991-10-01
5. OXFORD INSTRUMENT COMPANY LIMITED (THE) 1961-09-28 → 1978-12-31

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

BDO LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have considered cash requirements of the company for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. In its going concern assessment, the directors considered several scenarios, including base case and downside scenarios. These scenarios reflected a 25% reduction in the Company's performance and a 25% increase in working capital. The Company is included in a multi-currency cash pooling arrangement of Oxford Instruments plc group, which has a net overdraft facility of £10m. Based on this assessment, incorporating a review of current position, the scenarios, the principal risks and mitigation, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the group will be able to continue operating and meet its liabilities as they fall due over the period of twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. There are no material uncertainties which may cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern. Therefore these financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. OXFORD INSTRUMENTS NANOTECHNOLOGY TOOLS LIMITED · parent
   1. Oxford Instruments AFM Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Intellectual property

Significant events

• “On 10 June 2025, the Company entered into a binding agreement to sell the trade and assets of the NanoScience business. The disposal is expected to complete during the year ended 31 March 2026.”
• “On 1 September 2025, the Company completed on the sale of it's Yatton site, formerly used by the Plasma Technology business. The Company received proceeds of £4,800,000 and is expected to recognise a profit on disposal of £3,600,000 in the year ended 31 March 2026.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

15

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +14.5%

  £237,887,000 → £272,449,000

• Cash

  +24.1%

  £7,502,000 → £9,312,000

• Net assets

  +46.4%

  £81,649,000 → £119,524,000

• Employees

  +1.5%

  845 → 858

• Operating profit

  -1.8%

  £31,896,000 → £31,322,000

• Profit before tax

  +38.2%

  £31,823,000 → £43,971,000

• Wages

  +9.8%

  £41,796,000 → £45,888,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers