Celli Group (UK) Limited
Registered name: CELLI GROUP (UK) LIMITED
Part of Celli S.P.A groupCelli Group (UK) Limited made £14.6m revenue and a £831k loss in the year to 29 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Celli Group (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £14.6m in the year to 29 Dec 2025, with a loss of £831k and 53 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing” and is based in Thirsk; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Thirsk, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 immediate parent company is Celli International Limited, a company incorporated in England and”
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 | 29 Dec 2024 | 29 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.7m | £21.8m | £16.1m | £13.2m | £14.6m |
| Cost of sales | £12.5m | £15.9m | £12m | £11.6m | £12.5m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £5.9m | £4.1m | £1.6m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£1.3m | −£2.2m | −£10m | −£723k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | −£1.5m | −£2.5m | −£10.3m | −£831k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | −£1.3m | −£2.5m | −£10.3m | −£831k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | −£1.3m | −£2.5m | −£10.3m | −£831k |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £3.9m | £3.1m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 139 | 127 | 87 | 83 | 53 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −5.9% | −6.1% | −15.6% | −78% | −5.7% |
| Gross margin | 33.3% | 27% | 25.7% | 12.3% | 14.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £135k | £171k | £185k | £159k | £275k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.9k | −£10.4k | −£28.9k | −£124k | −£15.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.1% | ▼26.1% | ▼17.8% | ▲10.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.6% | ▼31.5% | ▼4.6% | ▼36.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.5m | £729k | £55.6k | £425k |
| Net assets | £5m | £3.6m | £1.1m | £6.3m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £3.9m | £2.7m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £21.3m | £22.6m | £9.5m | £7.2m | £11.4m |
| Debtors | £9m | £9.9m | £1.4m | £2.1m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | — | £276k | £505k | £127k | £376k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £275k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£15.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21%
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲665%
- Now £425k
- Headcount
- ▼36%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- ▲197%
- Now £376k
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £1.6m
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
- Celli S.P.A (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Celli International Limited75–100%
- Celli Group (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Celli Asset Management (UK) LimitedRev. £10.8m · Profit £4.5m
- ADS2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 Dec 2025 (profit −£831k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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