Delf (UK) Limited
Registered name: DELF (UK) LIMITED
Part of Neogen Corporation groupDelf (UK) Limited made £3.7m revenue and a £789k loss in the year to 31 May 2025.
Delf (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 20% to £3.7m in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £789k and 17 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of soap and detergents” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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's immediate parent company is Neogen Europe Limited, incorporated and based in the United Kingdom. Its ultimate parent company and the parent of the smallest group which draws up consolida”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.2m | £4.7m | £3.7m |
| Cost of sales | £4.4m | £3.6m | £3m |
| Gross profit | £794k | £1.1m | £739k |
| Operating profit | £92.8k | £180k | −£805k |
| Profit before tax | £92.8k | £178k | −£805k |
| Profit after tax | £81.9k | £131k | −£789k |
| Profit (best available) | £81.9k | £131k | −£789k |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 17 | 17 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 2.8% | −21.2% |
| Gross margin | 15.3% | 23.5% | 19.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £260k | £274k | £219k |
| Profit per employee | £4.1k | £7.7k | −£46.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.4% | ▼20.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲59.4% | ▼704% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼15% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £520k | £893k | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2.3m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £111k | £136k | £0 |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2m |
| Debtors | £622k | £902k | £97.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −21.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £219k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£46.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- 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
- ▼35%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲111%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Neogen Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Neogen Europe Limited25–50%
- Delf (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 May 2025 (profit −£789k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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