Bunzl Public Limited Company
Registered name: BUNZL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Bunzl Public Limited Company made £11.8bn revenue and £460m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Bunzl Public Limited Company’s revenue grew 1% to £11.8bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £460m profit and 26,672 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 86 yrs · since 1940
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
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) | £11.8bn | £11.8bn | £11.8bn |
| Operating profit | £789m | £799m | £735m |
| Profit before tax | £699m | £674m | £621m |
| Profit after tax | £526m | £501m | £460m |
| Profit (best available) | £526m | £501m | £460m |
| Employees (average) | — | 25,756 | 26,672 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 4.3% | 3.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £457k | £444k |
| Profit per employee | — | £19.5k | £17.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.2% | ▲0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▼8.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £444k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.2k
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now 26,672
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (10)
- Bunzl Finance Public Limited CompanyFigures not disclosed
- Bunzl Group Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bunzl Holding GTL LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bunzl Overseas Holdings (No. 2) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bunzl Pension Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bunzl Plastics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bunzl Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Henares LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wycombe Marsh Paper Mills LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yorse No. 3 LimitedFigures 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 £460m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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