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Company No. 01437267 · Incorporated 16 Jul 1979

Viscofan UK Limited

Registered name: VISCOFAN UK LIMITED

Part of Viscofan Sa group

Viscofan UK Limited made £18.9m revenue and £711k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Viscofan UK Limited’s revenue was £18.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £711k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs” and is based in NR Sevenoaks; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46380Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Status
Active
Location
NR Sevenoaks, South East
Age
47 yrs · since 1979
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: “In the directors' opinion the company's ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party is Viscofan S.A., a company incorporated in Spain. This is also the largest and smallest group for which conso”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£18.9m
Growth ▼0.1%
Profit
£711k
Growth ▲525.3%
Profit margin
3.8%
Gross 18.4%
Employees
10
Change ▼9.1%
Profit / employee
£71.1k
Revenue/employee £1.9m
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£17.2m£19.6m£18.9m£18.9m
Cost of sales£14m£16.2m£16.1m£15.4m
Gross profit£3.2m£3.4m£2.8m£3.5m
Operating profit£777k£704k£216k£964k
Profit before tax£753k£651k£161k£956k
Profit after tax£607k£489k£114k£711k
Profit (best available)£607k£489k£114k£711k
Staff costs£870k£869k£822k£855k
Employees (average)14131110
Ratios
Profit margin3.5%2.5%0.6%3.8%
Gross margin18.7%17.2%14.6%18.4%
Revenue per employee£1.2m£1.5m£1.7m£1.9m
Profit per employee£43.4k£37.6k£10.3k£71.1k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲13.8%▼3.6%▼0.1%
Profit growth—▼19.4%▼76.8%▲525.3%
Headcount growth—▼7.1%▼15.4%▼9.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£219k£460k£48.7k£1.1m
Net assets£4.9m£5.4m£5.5m£6.3m
Fixed assets£6k£4.6k£62.6k£52.2k
Current assets£7.4m£10.1m£8.9m£8.5m
Debtors£3.1m£2.8m£2.9m£2.5m
Deferred income£30.9k£39.9k£40k£36.9k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
18.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1.9m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£71.1k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲13%
Now £6.3m
Cash at bank
▲2215%
Now £1.1m
Headcount
▼9%
Now 10
Deferred income
▼8%
Now £36.9k
Fixed assets
▼17%
Now £52.2k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Viscofan Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Viscofan UK Limitedthis 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £711k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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