Nespresso UK Ltd
Registered name: NESPRESSO UK LTD
Part of Nestle S.A. groupNespresso UK Ltd made £359m revenue and £11.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Nespresso UK Ltd’s revenue grew 5% to £359m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £11.1m profit and 585 employees. The company is classified under “production of coffee and coffee substitutes” and is based in York; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York
- Age
- 107 yrs · since 1919
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £339m | £341m | £359m |
| Cost of sales | −£249m | −£246m | −£277m |
| Gross profit | £89.9m | £94.3m | £82.5m |
| Operating profit | £13.5m | £13.6m | £14.4m |
| Profit before tax | £14m | £15m | £15.1m |
| Profit after tax | £10.3m | £11.1m | £11.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £10.3m | £11.1m | £11.1m |
| Employees (average) | 716 | 499 | 585 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3% | 3.3% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 26.6% | 27.7% | 23% |
| Revenue per employee | £473k | £683k | £614k |
| Profit per employee | £14.3k | £22.2k | £19k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.6% | ▲5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▲0.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼30.3% | ▲17.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £614k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 585
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Nestle S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Nestle Holdings (U.K.) PLC75–100%
- Nestle UK Ltd.75–100%
- Nespresso UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Vitaflo (International) LimitedRev. £94.1m · Profit £17.3m
- Lily's Kitchen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nestle Global Services UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nestle Purina UK Commercial Operations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nestle Purina UK Manufacturing Operations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nestle UK Pension Trust Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Nestle UK Pensions Reservoir Trust LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Osem U.K. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Terrafertil UK LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £11.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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