Company · Glasgow

PAL Technologies

PAL Technologies is a test and measurement equipment maker based in Glasgow, incorporated in Scotland in 2001 (SC215123).

What they do

“The activPAL™ measures physical activities. When you move, it moves generating totals for the time spent lying, sitting, standing and stepping, every second of the day. The activPAL is a miniature electronic logger designed to quantify … Read more about Why activPAL?”

In its own words, on palt.com

In plain speak

They make a small device that measures and records how much time people spend lying, sitting, standing and stepping throughout the day.

Ayeoh Overview

PAL Technologies is a test and measurement equipment maker based in Glasgow. (Companies House, ayeoh's record) It was incorporated in Scotland on 26 Jan 2001 as company SC215123. (Companies House) Its website says: “The activPAL™ measures physical activities. When you move, it moves generating totals for the time spent lying, sitting, standing and stepping, every second of the day.” (palt.com)

It's named in 1 public grant record, from Innovate UK. (Grants, Innovate UK)

Companies House lists 4 active officers, among them Douglas Maxwell (director, since Jan 2001), Malcolm Howard, Dr Granat (director, since Jan 2001) and Nikos Mourselas (director, since Jan 2001). (Companies House, profile card) Its own website's latest post is “Test”, from 22 Apr 2020. (Latest from PAL Technologies, the post) Its latest filed accounts, for the year to 30 Jun 2025, show 10 employees on average. (Companies House, Financials)

Grants

Partner in an Innovate UK-funded project, "University of Strathclyde and PAL Technologies Limited"

1 Oct 2015 · Innovate UK

Latest from PAL Technologies

Test

22 Apr 2020, from palt.com, posted by the company

Financials

Net assets: £851 (30 Jun 2025), down 99% on £101k a year earlier
Cash at bank and in hand: £10.7k (30 Jun 2025), up 304% on £2,644 a year earlier
Employees: 10 on average (30 Jun 2025), down 9% on 11 a year earlier

Net assets at year ends 2024 to 2025

Next accounts due 31 Mar 2027.

1 charge registered at Companies House as outstanding: security over the company's assets for borrowing or another obligation, per the 1 Oct 2026 register snapshot. See the charges

From the accounts made up to 30 Jun 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
30 Jun 2025	£851	£10.7k	10
30 Jun 2024	£101k	£2,644	11

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

30 Jun 2025accountsAccounts year end
30 Jun 2024accountsAccounts year end
22 Apr 2020from the companyTest
26 Jan 2001directorDouglas Maxwell appointed Director
26 Jan 2001directorMalcolm Howard, Dr Granat appointed Director
26 Jan 2001directorNikos Mourselas appointed Director
26 Jan 2001directorMalcolm Howard, Dr Granat appointed Secretary
26 Jan 2001incorporatedPAL Technologies incorporated as SC215123

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

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

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How it compares

Net assets £851: 81st of 126 hardware firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Cash £10.7k: 69th of 96 hardware firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Employees 10 on average: joint 35th of 145 hardware firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Incorporated 26 Jan 2001: 57th of 285 hardware firms, oldest first.
Net assets £851: 12th of 24 glasgow hardware firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Cash £10.7k: 13th of 18 glasgow hardware firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Employees 10 on average: 7th of 29 glasgow hardware firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Incorporated 26 Jan 2001: 12th of 67 glasgow hardware firms, oldest first.

Ranked by ayeoh from the accounts of every Scottish hardware firm whose filings it holds, as of 2026-11-08. Only figures the accounts tag; a rank, not a judgement.