Imex Ceramics UK Ltd
Registered name: IMEX CERAMICS UK LTD
Part of Pura Bathrooms Limited groupImex Ceramics UK Ltd made £17.1m revenue and £624k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Imex Ceramics UK Ltd’s revenue was £17.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £624k profit and 71 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies” and is based in Hailsham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hailsham, South East
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11m | £12.2m | £12.1m | £17.1m |
| Cost of sales | £6.8m | £7.2m | £6.6m | £9.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £5m | £5.5m | £7.9m |
| Operating profit | £588k | £427k | £192k | £850k |
| Profit before tax | £586k | £425k | £189k | £835k |
| Profit after tax | £471k | £332k | £158k | £624k |
| Profit (best available) | £471k | £332k | £158k | £624k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £2m | £2.5m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 59 | 72 | 71 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 38.6% | 41.2% | 45.5% | 46.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £235k | £207k | £168k | £241k |
| Profit per employee | £10k | £5.6k | £2.2k | £8.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.7% | ▼0.8% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.5% | ▼52.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25.5% | ▲22% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £727k | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £67.6k | £184k | £247k | £248k |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £7.5m | £7.1m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.4m | £2.5m | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £241k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- 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 £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £248k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pura Bathrooms Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Imex Ceramics UK Ltdthis 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 £624k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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