Britannia Adhesives Limited
Registered name: BRITANNIA ADHESIVES LIMITED
Part of Gluecom UK Limited groupBritannia Adhesives Limited made a £8.5k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Britannia Adhesives Limited reported a loss of £8.5k in the year to 31 Dec 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other chemical products” and is based in Basildon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basildon, East of England
- 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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | £428k | −£8.5k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £428k | −£8.5k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼102% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £40.5k | £6.2k | £0 |
| Net assets | £50.1k | £1.1k | −£7.4k |
| Current assets | £56k | £8.4k | £0 |
| Debtors | £3.9k | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- 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
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼769%
- Now −£7.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gluecom UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ace Adhesives Limited75–100%
- Britannia Adhesives Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Aztec Adhesives LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 2024 (profit −£8.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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