Calbee Group (UK) Ltd
Registered name: CALBEE GROUP (UK) LTD
Part of Calbee Inc groupCalbee Group (UK) Ltd made £75m revenue and £381k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Calbee Group (UK) Ltd’s revenue grew 5% to £75m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £381k profit and 291 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Altrincham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Altrincham, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £66.4m | £71.6m | £75m |
| Cost of sales | −£44.8m | −£49.8m | −£54.5m |
| Gross profit | £21.6m | £21.9m | £20.5m |
| Operating profit | £6.6m | £5.9m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £6.1m | £5.2m | £622k |
| Profit after tax | £4.5m | £3.9m | £381k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.5m | £3.9m | £381k |
| Employees (average) | 253 | 269 | 291 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 5.4% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 32.5% | 30.6% | 27.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £262k | £266k | £258k |
| Profit per employee | £17.7k | £14.3k | £1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8% | ▲4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼13.9% | ▼90.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲8.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £258k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 291
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Calbee Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Calbee Group (UK) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Pacific Shelf 1809 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £381k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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