Ask Chemicals UK Ltd
Registered name: ASK CHEMICALS UK LTD
Ask Chemicals UK Ltd made £8.2m revenue and £566k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Ask Chemicals UK Ltd’s revenue fell 12% to £8.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £566k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Droitwich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Droitwich, West 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 immediate parent undertaking of the company is ASK Chemicals GmbH, a company registered in Germany.”
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&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) | £10.2m | £10.2m | £9.4m | £8.2m |
| Cost of sales | £8.9m | £8.2m | £6.9m | £6m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £2m | £2.5m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £77.3k | £558k | £848k | £485k |
| Profit before tax | £60.5k | £606k | £911k | £566k |
| Profit (best available) | £60.5k | £606k | £911k | £566k |
| Staff costs | £660k | £596k | £570k | — |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 6% | 9.7% | 6.9% |
| Gross margin | 13.3% | 19.7% | 26.2% | 27.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £7.6k | £75.7k | £130k | £80.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.6% | ▼7.5% | ▼12.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲901.2% | ▲50.4% | ▼37.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼12.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £463k | £245k | £336k | £245k |
| Net assets | £3m | £2m | £2.6m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | — | £1.6m | £1.8m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £80.8k
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £245k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £566k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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