U-Pol Bidco Limited
Registered name: U-POL BIDCO LIMITED
Part of Axalta Coating Systems Limited groupU-Pol Bidco Limited made £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
U-Pol Bidco Limited reported £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, down 95% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, mastics and sealants” and is based in Wellingborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wellingborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 company”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit before tax | −£2.8m | £1.6m | £28.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.8m | £1.6m | £28.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.8m | £1.6m | £28.1m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲1686% | ▼95.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1k | £1k | £0 | £1k |
| Net assets | £23.7m | £25.3m | −£6.2m | £19.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 £19.9m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Axalta Coating Systems Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Axalta Coating Systems UK Holding Limited75–100%
- U-Pol Bidco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- U-Pol LimitedRev. £92.9m · Profit £5.7m
- Axalta Coating Systems UK LimitedRev. £49.7m · Profit £170m
- Plascoat Systems LimitedRev. £11.8m · Profit £1m
- Axalta Coating Systems U.K. (3) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- HPG Industrial Coatings Pension Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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