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Company No. 02316301 · Incorporated 11 Nov 1988

Schenk UK Ltd

Registered name: SCHENK UK LTD

Part of Schenk UK Holding Ltd group

Schenk UK Ltd made £124m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Schenk UK Ltd’s revenue grew 61% to £124m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3m profit and 897 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Widnes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Widnes, North West
Age
37 yrs · since 1988
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 immediate parent company is Schenk UK Holding Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales. The registered address of Schenk UK Holding Ltd is Gorsey Lane, Widnes, United Kingdom, WA8 0GG. The u”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Operating leverageBoring industry
Revenue
£124m
Growth ▲60.8%
Profit
£3m
Growth ▲110%
Profit margin
2.5%
Gross 17%
Employees
897
Change ▲3.3%
Profit / employee
£3.4k
Revenue/employee £138k
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 to30 Apr 202330 Apr 202431 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£122m£120m£77.2m£124m
Cost of sales£104m£98.1m£63.8m£103m
Gross profit£18.6m£21.6m£13.4m£21.2m
Operating profit£3.6m£6.3m£3.1m£6.8m
Profit before tax£2.7m£4.4m£2m£4.2m
Profit after tax£2.6m£3.9m£1.4m£3m
Profit (best available)£2.6m£3.9m£1.4m£3m
Staff costs£55.4m£58m£37.6m£61.1m
Employees (average)971920868897
Ratios
Profit margin2.1%3.3%1.9%2.5%
Gross margin15.3%18%17.4%17%
Revenue per employee£126k£130k£89k£138k
Profit per employee£2.7k£4.2k£1.7k£3.4k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼2.1%—▲60.8%
Profit growth—▲50.7%—▲110%
Headcount growth—▼5.3%—▲3.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£270k£453k£701k£86k
Net assets£12.8m£16.8m£18.2m£21.2m
Fixed assets£40.9m£36.1m£42m£49m
Current assets£22.1m£27.6m£28.3m£28.5m
Debtors£17.6m£20.9m£21m£21.6m
Deferred income£5.4m£4.1m£4.4m£3.4m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
17%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£138k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£3.4k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
39.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
17.4%
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
▲16%
Now £21.2m
Cash at bank
▼88%
Now £86k
Headcount
▲3%
Now 897
Deferred income
▼23%
Now £3.4m
Fixed assets
▲17%
Now £49m

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. Schenk UK Holding Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. Schenk UK Ltdthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (2)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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