Coperion UK Limited
Registered name: COPERION UK LIMITED
Part of Hillenbrand UK Holdings Limited groupCoperion 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.
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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full 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) | 341 | 327 | 319 | 297 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −6% | 45.8% | −11.3% | −2.5% |
| Gross margin | 31.6% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hillenbrand UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Baker Perkins Holdings Limited75–100%
- Coperion UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Process Components LimitedRev. — · Profit −£855k
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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