Dexcel-Pharma Limited
Registered name: DEXCEL-PHARMA LIMITED
Part of Dexcel Pharma Laboratories Ltd groupDexcel-Pharma Limited made £39.1m revenue and £3.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Dexcel-Pharma Limited’s revenue was £39.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.7m profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of pharmaceutical goods” and is based in Coventry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coventry, West Midlands
- 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: “Dexcel-Pharma Laboratories Limited”
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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.1m | £27.6m | £21.5m | £39.1m |
| Cost of sales | £12.7m | £19m | £13.6m | £22.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £8.6m | £7.9m | £16.2m |
| Operating profit | £838k | £2.9m | £1.8m | £4.7m |
| Profit before tax | £838k | £2.9m | £1.9m | £4.9m |
| Profit after tax | £838k | £2.3m | £1.5m | £3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £838k | £2.3m | £1.5m | £3.7m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £2.1m | £1.6m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 21 | 22 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.9% | 8.5% | 6.8% | 9.3% |
| Gross margin | 25.8% | 31.1% | 36.8% | 41.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £853k | £1.3m | £979k | £1.6m |
| Profit per employee | £41.9k | £111k | £66.9k | £146k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼21.9% | — |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼36.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲4.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £3.2m | £2.4m | £4.3m |
| Net assets | £11.8m | £14.2m | £21.9m | £25.5m |
| Fixed assets | £5.4m | £4.5m | £17.2m | £14.8m |
| Current assets | £12.3m | £16.1m | £17.7m | £20.8m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £4.2m | £5.9m | £5.7m |
| Deferred income | £479k | £1.9m | £751k | £1.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £146k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 37.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.5%
- 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
- —
- Now £25.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £4.3m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £14.8m
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
- Dexcel Pharma Laboratories Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Dexcel-Pharma 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 £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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