P B Gelatins U.K. Limited
Registered name: P B GELATINS U.K. LIMITED
Part of Tessenderlo Group Nv groupP B Gelatins U.K. Limited made £37.5m revenue and a £10.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
P B Gelatins U.K. Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £37.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £10.3m and 45 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in South Cave; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- South Cave, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £36.4m | £44m | £54.7m | £43.1m | £37.5m |
| Cost of sales | £41.5m | £42.5m | £51.5m | £42.8m | £40.4m |
| Gross profit | −£5m | £1.4m | £3.2m | £322k | −£2.9m |
| Operating profit | −£7.6m | −£8m | −£6.5m | −£32.7m | −£9m |
| Profit before tax | £53m | −£8.4m | −£7.9m | −£35.6m | −£11.6m |
| Profit after tax | £54.3m | −£7m | −£7m | −£34.5m | −£10.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £54.3m | −£7m | −£7m | −£34.5m | −£10.3m |
| Staff costs | £5.3m | £5.5m | £5.5m | £5.4m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 93 | 97 | 89 | 45 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 149.1% | −16% | −12.8% | −80% | −27.4% |
| Gross margin | −13.8% | 3.3% | 5.9% | 0.8% | −7.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £400k | £473k | £564k | £485k | £833k |
| Profit per employee | £597k | −£75.6k | −£72.3k | −£388k | −£228k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.7% | ▲24.3% | ▼21.1% | ▼13.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼112.9% | — | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▲4.3% | ▼8.3% | ▼49.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £238 | £735 | £19.5k | £205 | — |
| Net assets | £18.7m | £11.6m | £4.6m | −£29.9m | −£40.2m |
| Fixed assets | £7.7m | £7.6m | £9.3m | £4.2m | £3.3m |
| Current assets | £26.7m | £30.9m | £39.8m | £29.7m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £724k | £1.3m | £1.5m | £485k |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £1.8m | £1.2m | £867k | £900k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −27.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −7.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £833k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£228k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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 −£40.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼49%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- ▲4%
- Now £900k
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £3.3m
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
- Tessenderlo Group Nv (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Tessenderlo Holding UK Limited75–100%
- P B Gelatins U.K. Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Minority corporate shareholders
- Tessenderlo Group (registered outside the UK register)
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 −£10.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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