RED SCIENTIFIC REPLY LIMITED
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Executive summary
RED Scientific Reply Limited is a long-established defence technology and analytical consulting boutique that has transitioned from independent ownership to subsidiary status within the Reply Group — a transformation evidenced by the September 2025 rebrand and the parent's controlling PSC position. The company's financial profile is characteristic of a people-dependent consulting firm with healthy liquidity but below-average per-employee productivity relative to IT consulting sector norms, whilst its 2025 earnings decline warrants investigation into whether this reflects strategic investment under new ownership or underlying contract challenges. The Reply Group affiliation materially upgrades the company's competitive positioning by enabling access to larger multi-disciplinary bids, though the firm's 39-person UK footprint means it remains a niche specialist rather than a sector leader.
Shareholders' funds
£869,500
Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1990-01-22
- Employees
- 39 (2025 accounts · was 37 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Reply House, 36 Grosvenor Gardens, London, United Kingdom, SW1W 0EB
- Postcode
- SW1W 0EB
- Capital
- 38 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-20
- Next due by
- 2027-03-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 62020 Information technology consultancy activities
- 71122 Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
- 72190 Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
- 84220 Defence activities
Officers 5 current · 18 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by REPLY LIMITED — since 2025-08-29
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 6
£358,800 total awarded value where published.
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Contact details
- Website
- red-scientific.co.uk
The science behind improved decision making.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| RED SCIENTIFIC LIMITED | 2025-09-04 |
| R.E.D. SCIENTIFIC LIMITED | 1998-03-31 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| ARUNDEL HOUSE, RUMBOLDS HILL, MIDHURST, WEST SUSSEX GU29 9ND | 1998-08-25 |
| 29A HIGH STREET, NEW MALDEN, SURREY KT3 3QT | 1990-08-30 |
| 31 CORSHAM STREET, LONDON, N1 6DR | 1990-02-13 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,809 similar companies in SW
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (39 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1990.
Competitors London
This company ranks 45 among information technology consultancy activities in London.
The class of 1990
31%
of the 458 companies in this sector incorporated in 1990 are still active today; 67% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.