Polynt UK Limited
Registered name: POLYNT UK LIMITED
Polynt UK Limited made £19.2m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Polynt UK Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £19.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 41 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other organic basic chemicals” and is based in Near Leek; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Near Leek, West Midlands
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Company's immediate parent undertaking is Specialty Chemicals Holding II B.V, a Company incorporated in the Netherlands. The Directors are of the opinion that the ultimate Parent Company and contr”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.4m | £19.2m |
| Cost of sales | £15.6m | £13.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 41 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 23.6% | 28.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £567k | £468k |
| Profit per employee | £34k | £32.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲9.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £10.2m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £11.8m | £8.4m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £995k | £515k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £468k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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
- ▼26%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- ▼48%
- Now £515k
- Fixed assets
- ▲34%
- Now £2.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Scil Ii (Topco) Limited (Crn: 13475103) (registered outside the UK register)
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 £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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