Polytech Liquid Polymers Limited
Registered name: POLYTECH LIQUID POLYMERS LIMITED
Polytech Liquid Polymers Limited made £14m revenue and a £252k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Polytech Liquid Polymers Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £14m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £252k and 26 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other rubber products” and is based in Macclesfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Macclesfield, North West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 and ultimate controlling party is PLIXXENT Holding GmbH.”
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) | £7.9m | £11.4m | £12.8m | £14m |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £9.2m | £10.3m | £10.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.6m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | −£737k | −£2.3m | −£2m | £241k |
| Profit before tax | −£974k | −£2.8m | −£2.5m | −£59k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | −£2.6m | −£1.9m | −£252k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | −£2.6m | −£1.9m | −£252k |
| Staff costs | £834k | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 32 | 28 | 26 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −13.6% | −22.4% | −15.1% | −1.8% |
| Gross margin | 26.3% | 19.2% | 19.9% | 28% |
| Revenue per employee | £248k | £357k | £458k | £539k |
| Profit per employee | −£33.6k | −£79.9k | −£69.1k | −£9.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲12.5% | ▲9.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼12.5% | ▼7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £1.9m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £2.8m | £3.8m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £6.6m | £5.5m | £4.2m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £5.2m | £5.5m | £7m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £299k | £155k | £232k | £182k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £539k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £182k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £4.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£252k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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