Nestle Purina UK Commercial Operations Limited
Registered name: NESTLE PURINA UK COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS LIMITED
Part of Nestle S.A. groupNestle Purina UK Commercial Operations Limited made £648m revenue and £16.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Nestle Purina UK Commercial Operations Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £648m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £16.2m profit and 211 employees. The company is classified under “agents specialized in the sale of other particular products” and is based in York; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £663m | £634m | £648m |
| Cost of sales | −£599m | −£572m | −£582m |
| Gross profit | £64.2m | £61.9m | £66.3m |
| Operating profit | £19.9m | £19m | £19.5m |
| Profit before tax | £23.9m | £22.8m | £21.9m |
| Profit after tax | £18m | £17m | £16.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £18m | £17m | £16.2m |
| Employees (average) | 255 | 253 | 211 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 9.7% | 9.8% | 10.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.6m | £2.5m | £3.1m |
| Profit per employee | £70.7k | £67k | £76.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▲2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.9% | ▼4.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▼16.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £76.8k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 211
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Nestle S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Nestle Holdings (U.K.) PLC75–100%
- Nestle UK Ltd.75–100%
- Nestle Purina UK Commercial Operations Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Vitaflo (International) LimitedRev. £94.1m · Profit £17.3m
- Lily's Kitchen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nespresso UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- Nestle Global Services UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nestle Purina UK Manufacturing Operations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nestle UK Pension Trust Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Nestle UK Pensions Reservoir Trust LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Osem U.K. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Terrafertil UK LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £16.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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