Huntsman Polyurethanes (UK) Limited
Registered name: HUNTSMAN POLYURETHANES (UK) LIMITED
Part of Huntsman Corporation groupHuntsman Polyurethanes (UK) Limited made £20m revenue and a £5.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Huntsman Polyurethanes (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 42% to £20m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £5.8m. The company is classified under “manufacture of other chemical products” and is based in Duxford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Duxford
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £37.1m | £34.6m | £20m |
| Cost of sales | −£39.8m | −£26.6m | −£23.7m |
| Gross profit | −£2.7m | £8m | −£3.8m |
| Operating profit | −£8.5m | £2.5m | −£9.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.7m | £9.6m | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.6m | £9.4m | −£5.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.6m | £9.4m | −£5.8m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −7.1% | 27.1% | −29.1% |
| Gross margin | −7.3% | 23.2% | −18.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.7% | ▼42.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼162% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −29.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −18.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Huntsman Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Huntsman (Holdings) UK75–100%
- Huntsman Polyurethanes (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Huntsman International Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Huntsman Polyurethanes (UK) Ventures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Huntsman Polyurethanes Sales LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- Huntsman Ifs Polyurethanes LimitedRev. £14.8m · Profit −£344k
- Huntsman Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Huntsman Offshore Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Huntsman Petrochemicals (UK) HoldingsFigures not disclosed
- Huntsman Surface Sciences UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tioxide Overseas Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£5.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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