Cultech Ltd
Registered name: CULTECH LTD
Part of Nsjl Ltd groupCultech Ltd made £50.7m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Cultech Ltd’s revenue grew 1% to £50.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 319 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Port Talbot; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Port Talbot, Wales
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 NSJL Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom, its registered office is Unit 2 Christchurch Road, Baglan Industrial Estate, Port Talbot, SA12 7”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £38.2m | £41.8m | £44m | £50m | £50.7m |
| Cost of sales | £21.8m | £25.9m | £25.2m | £28.6m | £26.9m |
| Gross profit | £16.4m | £15.9m | £18.8m | £21.4m | £23.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | −£658k | £2.2m | £1.6m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | −£1.4m | £1.3m | £709k | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | −£1.1m | £1.2m | £597k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | −£1.1m | £1.2m | £597k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £9.1m | £10.5m | £10.3m | £12.2m | £13.8m |
| Employees (average) | 288 | 310 | 297 | 307 | 319 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | −2.7% | 2.8% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 42.9% | 38% | 42.8% | 42.8% | 47.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £133k | £135k | £148k | £163k | £159k |
| Profit per employee | £5.4k | −£3.7k | £4.1k | £1.9k | £4k |
| Cash conversion | −175.3% | — | −54.5% | −92.1% | −120% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.2% | ▲5.5% | ▲13.5% | ▲1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼173.2% | — | ▼51.6% | ▲112.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.6% | ▼4.2% | ▲3.4% | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £1.2m | £484k | £262k | £1m |
| Net assets | £10.1m | £9m | £10.2m | £10.8m | £12.1m |
| Fixed assets | £5.1m | £5.2m | £4.9m | £4.6m | £5.2m |
| Current assets | £22.3m | £21.4m | £24.5m | £23.3m | £25m |
| Debtors | £4.9m | £6.1m | £7.5m | £7.2m | £9m |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.4m | £2.9m | £3.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£3.3m | −£1.5m | −£1.2m | −£1.5m | −£3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £159k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −120%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £12.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲283%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 319
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £3.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £5.2m
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
- Nsjl Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Cultech Ltdthis 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 £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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