Greiner Bio-One Limited
Registered name: GREINER BIO-ONE LIMITED
Part of Greiner Bio-One Gmbh groupGreiner Bio-One Limited made £29.3m revenue and £958k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Greiner Bio-One Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £29.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £958k profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of pharmaceutical goods” and is based in Stonehouse; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stonehouse, South West
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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: “Greiner Bio-One GmbH”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29m | £29.3m |
| Cost of sales | £20.9m | £22.2m |
| Gross profit | £8m | £7.1m |
| Profit before tax | £4.3m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.5m | £958k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.5m | £958k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 12.1% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 27.7% | 24.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £706k | £751k |
| Profit per employee | £85.3k | £24.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼72.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £11.6m | £10.4m |
| Fixed assets | £9.2m | £9m |
| Current assets | £9m | £7.8m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £3.1m |
| Cash from operations | £2.6m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £751k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now £10.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Greiner Bio-One Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Greiner Bio-One 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 £958k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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