Company · Livingston

Icon Research

Icon Research is a test and measurement equipment maker based in Livingston, incorporated in Scotland in 1992 (SC140865).

What they do

“Icon Research specialises in diesel engine performance analysis and vibration-based condition monitoring systems.”

In its own words, on iconresearch.co.uk

In plain speak

They analyse diesel engine performance and monitor engine condition using vibration measurement systems.

Ayeoh Overview

Icon Research is a test and measurement equipment maker based in Livingston. (Companies House, ayeoh's record) It was incorporated in Scotland on 16 Oct 1992 as company SC140865. (Companies House) Its website says: “Icon Research specialises in diesel engine performance analysis and vibration-based condition monitoring systems.” (iconresearch.co.uk)

It's named in 1 public grant record, from UKRI Gateway to Research. (Grants, UKRI Gateway to Research)

Companies House lists 3 active officers, among them James Paul Edgar (director, since Oct 1992), John Malcolm Roe (director, since Jul 1993) and Seonaidh Edgar (secretary, since Jan 2010). (Companies House, profile card) Its own website's latest post is “Wireless vs Wired Vibration Sensors: Which Is Right for Your Machines?”, from 8 Oct 2026. (Latest from Icon Research, the post) Its latest filed accounts, for the year to 31 Dec 2025, show 5 employees on average. (Companies House, Financials)

Grants

Partner in an Innovate UK-funded project, "Artificial intelligence based digital prescriptive maintenance of ships(DiMOS)"

1 Oct 2018 · UKRI Gateway to Research

Latest from Icon Research

Wireless vs Wired Vibration Sensors: Which Is Right for Your Machines?

8 Oct 2026, from iconresearch.com, posted by the company

Wireless Vibration Sensor: Vibration Monitoring Sensors That Work at Sea

15 Jul 2025, from iconresearch.com, posted by the company

From Noise to Insight: How Software Enables Real Predictive Maintenance

22 May 2025, from iconresearch.com, posted by the company

Shaft issues on ships do not just damage components, they drain budgets

13 May 2025, from iconresearch.com, posted by the company

The Future of Machinery Health: Vibration Monitoring and Industry Trends

6 Dec 2024, from iconresearch.com, posted by the company

Financials

Net assets: £2.5m (31 Dec 2025), up 3% on £2.5m a year earlier
Cash at bank and in hand: £2.1m (31 Dec 2025), up 11% on £1.9m a year earlier
Employees: 5 on average (31 Dec 2025), unchanged on a year earlier (5)

Net assets at year ends 2024 to 2025

Next accounts due 30 Sep 2027.

From the accounts made up to 31 Dec 2025, small-company accounts, as tagged in the filing. Small companies file a balance sheet and often no turnover or profit. The filings at Companies House

Accounts, year by year

Year end	Net assets	Cash	Staff
31 Dec 2025	£2.5m	£2.1m	5
31 Dec 2024	£2.5m	£1.9m	5

Only the figures each year's filed accounts tag; a blank is a figure the company did not file. The filings at Companies House

Timeline

8 Oct 2026from the companyWireless vs Wired Vibration Sensors: Which Is Right for Your Machines?
31 Dec 2025accountsAccounts year end
15 Jul 2025from the companyWireless Vibration Sensor: Vibration Monitoring Sensors That Work at Sea
22 May 2025from the companyFrom Noise to Insight: How Software Enables Real Predictive Maintenance
13 May 2025from the companyShaft issues on ships do not just damage components, they drain budgets
31 Dec 2024accountsAccounts year end
6 Dec 2024from the companyThe Future of Machinery Health: Vibration Monitoring and Industry Trends
29 Jan 2010directorSeonaidh Edgar appointed Secretary
7 Jul 1993directorJohn Malcolm Roe appointed Director
19 Oct 1992directorJames Paul Edgar appointed Director
16 Oct 1992incorporatedIcon Research incorporated as SC140865

Register facts, funding, grants and the latest news, each linked or sourced. The data file holds the register facts, funding and grants only.

Use this data

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Record completeness 68 of 100; not yet held: three years of accounts, turnover, news coverage, funding rounds.

Licence: free to read and cite with a link to ayeoh.io; bulk, API or commercial reuse needs an ayeoh licence. Cite as: ayeoh.io, “Icon Research”, ayeoh.io/c/icon-research, accessed 9 Nov 2026.

How it compares

Net assets £2.5m: 12th of 126 hardware firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Cash £2.1m: 11th of 96 hardware firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Employees 5 on average: joint 48th of 145 hardware firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Incorporated 16 Oct 1992: 28th of 285 hardware firms, oldest first.
Incorporated 16 Oct 1992: 3rd of 12 livingston hardware firms, oldest first.

Ranked by ayeoh from the accounts of every Scottish hardware firm whose filings it holds, as of 2026-11-09. Only figures the accounts tag; a rank, not a judgement.