Atul UK Limited
Registered name: ATUL UK LIMITED
Atul UK Limited made £13.4m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Atul UK Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £13.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1m profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Cheadle; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheadle, North West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.1m | £14.8m | £13.4m |
| Cost of sales | £12.6m | £11.7m | £10.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £787k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £787k | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 67 | 69 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 5.3% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 21.8% | 21.2% | 23.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £252k | £221k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | £21.4k | £11.7k | £14.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.1% | ▼9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.5% | ▲28.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▲3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- D.P.D. LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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