Polti (UK) Limited
Registered name: POLTI (UK) LIMITED
Part of Polti Spa groupPolti (UK) Limited made £2.1m revenue and a £1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Polti (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 44% to £2.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1m and 9 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices” and is based in Salford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Salford, North West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.5m | £3m | £3.8m | £2.1m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £2m | £2.8m | £1.7m |
| Gross profit | £431k | £934k | £985k | £465k |
| Operating profit | −£985k | £43.2k | −£173k | −£1m |
| Profit before tax | −£986k | £43.2k | −£173k | −£1m |
| Profit after tax | −£986k | £43.2k | −£173k | −£1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£986k | £43.2k | −£173k | −£1m |
| Staff costs | £286k | £306k | £388k | £394k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −39.5% | 1.5% | −4.6% | −48.4% |
| Gross margin | 17.3% | 31.4% | 25.9% | 21.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £357k | £372k | £422k | £235k |
| Profit per employee | −£141k | £5.4k | −£19.3k | −£114k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.1% | ▲27.8% | ▼44.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼501.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲12.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £93.4k | £145k | £432k | £250k |
| Net assets | −£5.2m | −£5.1m | −£5.3m | −£6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £14.2k | £12.4k | £10.3k | £9k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £599k | £723k | £377k | £242k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −48.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £235k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£114k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- 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 −£6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼42%
- Now £250k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £9k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Polti Spa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Polti (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 −£1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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