Real Chemistry UK Ltd
Registered name: REAL CHEMISTRY UK LTD
Real Chemistry UK Ltd made £50.7m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Real Chemistry UK Ltd’s revenue grew 44% to £50.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.7m profit and 291 employees. The company is classified under “media representation services” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15m | £14.7m | £19.6m | £35.3m | £50.7m |
| Cost of sales | £15.4m | £8.1m | £13.8m | £27.7m | £38.9m |
| Gross profit | −£411k | £6.6m | £5.9m | £7.5m | £11.8m |
| Operating profit | −£5.6m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £2.6m | £3.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£5.5m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £2.8m | £3.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£5.5m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£5.5m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £18.2m | £20.1m | £19.3m | £21.9m | £26.2m |
| Employees (average) | 214 | 225 | 217 | 254 | 291 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −36.7% | 7.2% | 5.9% | 6% | 5.4% |
| Gross margin | −2.7% | 44.8% | 29.8% | 21.3% | 23.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £70.2k | £65.2k | £90.4k | £139k | £174k |
| Profit per employee | −£25.8k | £4.7k | £5.4k | £8.3k | £9.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | 98.9% | −151.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.3% | ▲33.7% | ▲79.7% | ▲44% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲9.6% | ▲81.7% | ▲28.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.1% | ▼3.6% | ▲17.1% | ▲14.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £3.8m | £9.6m | £7.6m | £4.2m | £7.7m |
| Net assets | −£10m | −£8.9m | −£7.8m | −£5.6m | −£2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £393k | £202k | £114k | £6.5k | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £11.8m | £12m | £17.6m | £21.2m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.8m | £4m | £12.5m | £11.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.6m | £2m | £3m | £2.3m | £4m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | — | £2.6m | −£5.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £174k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −151.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.1%
- 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
- —
- Now −£2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲84%
- Now £7.7m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 291
- Deferred income
- ▲76%
- Now £4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲60053%
- Now £3.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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