Schulke & Mayr UK Limited
Registered name: SCHULKE & MAYR UK LIMITED
Schulke & Mayr UK Limited made £7.6m revenue and £417k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Schulke & Mayr UK Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £7.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £417k profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.4m | £7.2m | £7.6m |
| Cost of sales | £5.2m | £5.2m | £6m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £682k | £356k | £11.6k |
| Profit before tax | £917k | £906k | £558k |
| Profit after tax | £764k | £693k | £417k |
| Profit (best available) | £764k | £693k | £417k |
| Staff costs | £953k | £981k | £955k |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 15 | 15 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.4% | 9.6% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 29.9% | 27.7% | 21.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £460k | £481k | £509k |
| Profit per employee | £47.8k | £46.2k | £27.8k |
| Cash conversion | −79.7% | 133.3% | 567.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2% | ▲5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9.3% | ▼39.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £564k | £456k | £703k |
| Net assets | £11.9m | £12.6m | £13m |
| Fixed assets | £4.3k | £7.9k | £3.7k |
| Current assets | £13.2m | £13.7m | £14.2m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£543k | £475k | £65.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £509k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £27.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 567.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.1%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £13m
- Cash at bank
- ▲54%
- Now £703k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼53%
- Now £3.7k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £417k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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