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Razorbill Instruments

Razorbill Instruments is a test and measurement equipment maker based in Edinburgh, incorporated in Scotland in 2014 (SC489857).

What they do

“All of our devices apply stresses and strains to small samples. Which one you need will depend on the force you want to deliver and your experimental probe.”

In its own words, on razorbillinstruments.com

razorbillinstruments.com as it looked on 28 Oct 2026 at 15:17 UK time

ayeoh insight

Razorbill Instruments holds 1 public grant on record. It was incorporated 12 years ago.

Based in

Edinburgh

Sector

Hardware · Edinburgh hardware · Scottish hardware

Website

razorbillinstruments.com

On its website

Careers · News

Companies House

SC489857

Incorporated

27 Oct 2014

Registered activity (SIC)

Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing and navigating equipment (26511); Manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment (26512); Manufacture of optical precision instruments (26701)

Latest accounts

small-company accounts (total exemption), made up to 31 Oct 2025

Confirmation statement

made up to 28 Oct 2025

Grants

1 grant on record

People

Alexander Job Ward, Director since Oct 2014
Clifford William Hicks, Director since Oct 2014
Jack Barraclough, Director since Oct 2014

Ayeoh Overview

Razorbill Instruments is a test and measurement equipment maker based in Edinburgh. (Companies House, ayeoh's record) It was incorporated in Scotland on 27 Oct 2014 as company SC489857. (Companies House) Its website says: “All of our devices apply stresses and strains to small samples. Which one you need will depend on the force you want to deliver and your experimental probe.” (razorbillinstruments.com)

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

Companies House lists 4 active officers, among them Alexander Job Ward (director, since Oct 2014), Clifford William Hicks (director, since Oct 2014) and Jack Barraclough (director, since Oct 2014). (Companies House, profile card) Its own website's latest post is “Join the team as R&D Mechanical Engineer”, from 26 Feb 2026. (Latest from Razorbill Instruments, the post) Its latest filed accounts, for the year to 31 Oct 2025, show 5 employees on average. (Companies House, Financials)

Grants

Awarded a £5k Innovate UK grant for "Expert advice credits"

1 Feb 2015 · Innovate UK

Latest from Razorbill Instruments

Join the team as R&D Mechanical Engineer

26 Feb 2026, from razorbillinstruments.com, posted by the company

Join Razorbill Instruments at APS Global Physics Summit in 2025

25 Feb 2025, from razorbillinstruments.com, posted by the company

APS March meeting 2024 in Minneapolis

2 Feb 2024, from razorbillinstruments.com, posted by the company

New website launch

9 Feb 2023, from razorbillinstruments.com, posted by the company

Razorbill Attending APS March meeting 2023

3 Feb 2023, from razorbillinstruments.com, posted by the company

Financials

Net assets: £806k (31 Oct 2025), up 19% on £678k a year earlier
Cash at bank and in hand: £501k (31 Oct 2025), up 33% on £377k a year earlier
Employees: 5 on average (31 Oct 2025), up 25% on 4 a year earlier

Net assets at year ends 2024 to 2025

Next accounts due 31 Jul 2027.

From the accounts made up to 31 Oct 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 Oct 2025	£806k	£501k	5
31 Oct 2024	£678k	£377k	4

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

26 Feb 2026from the companyJoin the team as R&D Mechanical Engineer
31 Oct 2025accountsAccounts year end
25 Feb 2025from the companyJoin Razorbill Instruments at APS Global Physics Summit in 2025
31 Oct 2024accountsAccounts year end
2 Feb 2024from the companyAPS March meeting 2024 in Minneapolis
9 Feb 2023from the companyNew website launch
3 Feb 2023from the companyRazorbill Attending APS March meeting 2023
14 Oct 2019directorAlexander Job, Dr Ward appointed Secretary
29 Oct 2014directorAlexander Job Ward appointed Director
29 Oct 2014directorClifford William Hicks appointed Director
29 Oct 2014directorJack Barraclough appointed Director
27 Oct 2014incorporatedRazorbill Instruments incorporated as SC489857

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 £806k: 24th of 126 hardware firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Cash £501k: 29th 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 27 Oct 2014: 136th of 285 hardware firms, oldest first.
Net assets £806k: 2nd of 16 edinburgh hardware firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Cash £501k: 2nd of 11 edinburgh hardware firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Employees 5 on average: 4th of 17 edinburgh hardware firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Incorporated 27 Oct 2014: 20th of 53 edinburgh 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.