Geo Specialty Chemicals UK Limited
Registered name: GEO SPECIALTY CHEMICALS UK LIMITED
Part of Enact III (GP) L.P. groupGeo Specialty Chemicals UK Limited made £69.6m revenue and a £16.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Geo Specialty Chemicals UK Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £69.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £16.4m and 148 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other organic basic chemicals” and is based in Southampton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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: “On 22 December 2025, the immediate parent undertaking is changed to Project Hercules Bidco Limited, a Company incorporated in England and Wales whose registered office is Charleston Road, Fawley South”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £77.8m | £69.6m |
| Cost of sales | £72.4m | £69.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £269k |
| Operating profit | −£3.1m | −£9.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£6.1m | −£16.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£5.3m | −£16.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£5.3m | −£16.4m |
| Staff costs | £10.9m | £12.5m |
| Employees (average) | 141 | 148 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −6.9% | −23.5% |
| Gross margin | 7% | 0.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £552k | £470k |
| Profit per employee | −£37.8k | −£111k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £21.6m | £33m |
| Fixed assets | £29.4m | £23.9m |
| Current assets | £37.7m | £33.2m |
| Debtors | £10.6m | £10.8m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £3.2m |
| Cash from operations | £3.5m | −£9.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −23.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £470k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£111k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 34.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.6%
- 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
- ▲53%
- Now £33m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 148
- Deferred income
- ▲67%
- Now £3.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £23.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Enact III (GP) L.P.ultimate parent75–100%
- Project Hercules Topco Limited75–100%
- Project Hercules Bidco Limited75–100%
- Geo Specialty Chemicals UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Minority corporate shareholders
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 −£16.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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