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Company No. 05708493 · Incorporated 14 Feb 2006

Coperion UK Limited

Registered name: COPERION UK LIMITED

Part of Hillenbrand UK Holdings Limited group

Coperion UK Limited made £40.5m revenue and a £1m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.

Coperion UK Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £40.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £1m and 297 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Peterborough, East of England
Age
20 yrs · since 2006
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Doing more with less
Revenue
£40.5m
Growth ▲5.6%
Profit
−£1m
Growth —
Profit margin
−2.5%
Gross 37.6%
Employees
297
Change ▼6.9%
Profit / employee
−£3.5k
Revenue/employee £136k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202230 Sep 202330 Sep 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£39m£28.1m£38.3m£40.5m
Cost of sales£26.7m£21.6m£26.5m£25.2m
Gross profit£12.3m£6.5m£11.8m£15.2m
Operating profit−£3m−£5.2m−£5m−£1.5m
Profit before tax−£3.3m£13.7m−£4.4m−£1m
Profit after tax−£2.3m£12.8m−£4.3m−£1m
Profit (best available)−£2.3m£12.8m−£4.3m−£1m
Staff costs£16.4m£12.1m£16.3m£16.9m
Employees (average)341327319297
Ratios
Profit margin−6%45.8%−11.3%−2.5%
Gross margin31.6%23.2%30.8%37.6%
Revenue per employee£114k£85.8k£120k£136k
Profit per employee−£6.9k£39.3k−£13.6k−£3.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth———▲5.6%
Headcount growth———▼6.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£3.4m£3.1m£21.6m£22.2m
Net assets£11.2m£24.1m£19.8m£18.7m
Fixed assets£7.9m£9.4m£9.1m£10m
Current assets£34.8m£42.9m£33.3m£40.1m
Debtors£2.2m£3.1m£4m£4m
Deferred income£1.3m£1.4m£1.3m£2m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−2.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
37.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£136k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£3.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
24.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
4.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
9.8%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼5%
Now £18.7m
Cash at bank
▲3%
Now £22.2m
Headcount
▼7%
Now 297
Deferred income
▲56%
Now £2m
Fixed assets
▲10%
Now £10m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Hillenbrand UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Baker Perkins Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Coperion UK Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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