Brenntag UK Limited
Registered name: BRENNTAG UK LIMITED
Part of Brenntag Se groupBrenntag UK Limited made £459m revenue and £43.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Brenntag UK Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £459m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £43.9m profit and 820 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other organic basic chemicals” and is based in Leeds; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2004
- 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: “Brenntag UK Holding Limited”
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) | £486m | £459m |
| Operating profit | £70m | £54.8m |
| Profit before tax | £77.9m | £58.9m |
| Profit after tax | £58.5m | £43.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £58.5m | £43.9m |
| Staff costs | £41.7m | £40m |
| Employees (average) | 831 | 820 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 12% | 9.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £585k | £560k |
| Profit per employee | £70.4k | £53.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼25% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £10.6m | £8m |
| Net assets | £137m | £151m |
| Fixed assets | £60.3m | £60.6m |
| Current assets | £185m | £200m |
| Debtors | £70.9m | £64.3m |
| Deferred income | £15.3m | £14m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £560k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £53.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £151m
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £8m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 820
- Deferred income
- ▼8%
- Now £14m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £60.6m
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
- Brenntag Se (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Brenntag UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Brenntag UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Kluman and Balter LimitedRev. £60.5m · Profit £2.4m
- Brenntag Specialties Lubricants UK Ltd.Rev. £52.3m · Profit £3.5m
- Lawrence Industries LimitedRev. £36.5m · Profit £3.9m
- Monarch Chemicals LimitedRev. £33m · Profit £596k
- Airedale Newco LimitedRev. — · Profit −£7.1m
- Brenntag Colours LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brenntag Inorganic Chemicals LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.9m
- Solventis Ltd.Rev. — · Profit £33.7m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £43.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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