Belzona Limited
Registered name: BELZONA LIMITED
Part of Belzona International Limited groupBelzona Limited made £23.8m revenue and £5.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Belzona Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £23.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5.3m profit and 136 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, mastics and sealants” and is based in North Yorkshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- North Yorkshire, 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 largest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is that headed by Belzona International Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. Copies of the consolidated accounts c”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £32.4m | £27.6m | £23.8m |
| Cost of sales | £14.5m | £16.1m | £13.1m | £9.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £16.3m | £14.4m | £14m |
| Operating profit | — | £8.9m | £7.8m | £7m |
| Profit before tax | £10.4m | £9.3m | £8.2m | £7.3m |
| Profit after tax | £8.5m | £7m | £6m | £5.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.5m | £7m | £6m | £5.3m |
| Staff costs | £7.1m | £6.7m | £6.2m | £6.1m |
| Employees (average) | 161 | 156 | 147 | 136 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 21.7% | 21.9% | 22.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 50.3% | 52.3% | 58.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £207k | £188k | £175k |
| Profit per employee | £52.9k | £45k | £41.1k | £38.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | −76% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼14.8% | ▼13.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼17.6% | ▼13.9% | ▼12.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.1% | ▼5.8% | ▼7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £13.3m | £10.1m | £10.4m | £13.6m |
| Net assets | £36.4m | £39.3m | £40.7m | £41.1m |
| Fixed assets | £11.6m | £14.2m | £14.3m | £14.3m |
| Current assets | £30.3m | £28.2m | £27.6m | £30.2m |
| Debtors | £798k | £0 | £0 | £126k |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £1.4m | £553k | £2.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£9.7m | −£6.8m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 22.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £175k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £38.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 60.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £41.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲31%
- Now £13.6m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- ▲299%
- Now £2.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £14.3m
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
- Belzona International Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Belzona Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Belzona UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- Belzona-Z 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £5.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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