Fluorochem Limited
Registered name: FLUOROCHEM LIMITED
Part of FC 2020 Limited groupFluorochem Limited made £7.4m revenue and £10.8k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Fluorochem Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £7.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £10.8k profit and 59 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Glossop; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glossop, North West
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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: “The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of FL Holdings (Newco 2) Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £5.5m | £8.1m | £7.4m |
| Cost of sales | £7.9m | £3.8m | £5.8m | £4.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | — | −£976k | −£944k | −£41.9k |
| Profit before tax | −£501k | −£912k | −£861k | −£19.3k |
| Profit after tax | −£438k | −£912k | −£630k | £10.8k |
| Profit (best available) | −£438k | −£912k | −£630k | £10.8k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £1.8m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 65 | 64 | 59 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −16.6% | −7.8% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 31.6% | 28% | 34.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £84.7k | £126k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.3k | −£14k | −£9.8k | £182 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼8.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼7.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.7m | £3.2m | £2.2m | £659k |
| Net assets | £11.1m | £10m | £9.4m | £9.4m |
| Fixed assets | £419k | £402k | £373k | £391k |
| Current assets | £12m | £10.4m | £10.3m | £10.5m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £1m | £792k | £783k |
| Deferred income | £86.4k | £37.4k | £440k | £602k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £182
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.6%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £9.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £659k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 59
- Deferred income
- ▲37%
- Now £602k
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £391k
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
- FC 2020 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- FL Holdings (Newco 2) Limited75–100%
- Fluorochem 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 £10.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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