Ems-Chemie (UK) Ltd
Registered name: EMS-CHEMIE (UK) LTD
Part of Ems-Chemie Holding Ag groupEms-Chemie (UK) Ltd made £22.1m revenue and £468k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ems-Chemie (UK) Ltd’s revenue grew 13% to £22.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £468k profit. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Stafford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stafford, West Midlands
- Age
- 70 yrs · since 1956
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.2m | £23.8m | £19.5m | £22.1m |
| Cost of sales | £26.9m | £21.8m | −£17.4m | −£20.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £905k | £566k | £551k | £657k |
| Profit before tax | £838k | £573k | £540k | £620k |
| Profit after tax | £668k | £422k | £397k | £468k |
| Profit (best available) | £668k | £422k | £397k | £468k |
| Staff costs | £727k | £735k | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 13 | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 1.8% | 2% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 7.9% | 8.4% | 10.8% | 8.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.1m | £1.8m | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £47.7k | £32.5k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.4% | ▼18.1% | ▲13.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼36.9% | ▼6% | ▲18% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.1% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £805k | — | — |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £103k | £36.7k | — | — |
| Current assets | £9.8m | £6.4m | — | — |
| Debtors | £4.8m | £3.2m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £113k | £120k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
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- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ems-Chemie Holding Ag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Ems-Chemie (UK) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £468k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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