Clariant Production UK Ltd
Registered name: CLARIANT PRODUCTION UK LTD
Part of Clariant Ag groupClariant Production UK Ltd made £3.5m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Clariant Production UK Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £3.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.5m profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 undertaking is Clariant Services UK Ltd.”
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.1m | £4.1m | £3.2m | £3.5m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £721k | −£187k | −£97k | £103k |
| Profit before tax | £8m | £5m | £4.7m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £7.7m | £4.6m | £4.2m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.7m | £4.6m | £4.2m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | £394k | £531k | £591k | £622k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 245.4% | 110.9% | 133.7% | 72.8% |
| Gross margin | 64.5% | 51% | 58.8% | 54.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £625k | £589k | £396k | £438k |
| Profit per employee | £1.5m | £653k | £529k | £319k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲31.9% | ▼23.2% | ▲10.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.4% | ▼7.3% | ▼39.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲40% | ▲14.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £178k | £0 | — | — |
| Net assets | £37.1m | £37.8m | £34.2m | £34.8m |
| Debtors | — | £14.8m | £21.1m | £18.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 72.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £438k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £319k
- 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
- 536.5%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £34.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Clariant Ag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Clariant Services UK Ltd75–100%
- Clariant Production UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Clariant Holdings UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- Clariant Oil Services UK LtdRev. — · Profit £772k
- Clariant Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Cadihayes Services (No 3) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Clariant Distribution UK LtdLiquidationRev. — · Profit −£8k
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 £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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