Movianto UK Limited
Registered name: MOVIANTO UK LIMITED
Part of Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha groupMovianto UK Limited made £210m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Movianto UK Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £210m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.5m profit and 1,434 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of pharmaceutical goods” and is based in Kempston; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kempston, South East
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- 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. From the filing: “Healthcare Services Group Limited”
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) | £202m | £207m | £210m |
| Cost of sales | £186m | £190m | £195m |
| Gross profit | £11.9m | £16.7m | £14.7m |
| Operating profit | −£5.3m | −£1.7m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£6.4m | −£2.5m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£6.4m | −£2.5m | £3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.4m | −£2.5m | £3.5m |
| Staff costs | £42.3m | £47.9m | £51.8m |
| Employees (average) | 1,354 | 1,374 | 1,434 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −3.2% | −1.2% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 5.9% | 8.1% | 7% |
| Revenue per employee | £149k | £151k | £146k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.7k | −£1.8k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲1.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▲4.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £5.9m | £9.4m |
| Fixed assets | £46.5m | £44.8m | £41.8m |
| Current assets | £108m | £111m | £93.1m |
| Debtors | £72.9m | £72.7m | £66.7m |
| Deferred income | £36.3m | £23.2m | £21.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £146k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 31.8%
- 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
- ▲60%
- Now £9.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 1,434
- Deferred income
- ▼8%
- Now £21.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £41.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Movianto Holding UK Limited75–100%
- Healthcare Services Group Limited75–100%
- Movianto UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Pharmacare Logistics LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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