Chemtec UK Limited
Registered name: CHEMTEC UK LIMITED
Chemtec UK Limited made £4.3m revenue and £298k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Chemtec UK Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £4.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £298k profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Beith; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Beith, Scotland
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2004
- 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 company is part of the Armstrong Chemtec Group, a company incorporated in the USA. Its registered office is 1845 W Strasburg Road, Coatesville, PA, 19320-4814,”
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) | £2.8m | £3.9m | £4.6m | £4.3m |
| Cost of sales | £2.5m | £3.3m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Gross profit | £295k | £564k | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | −£478k | −£194k | £1.1m | £303k |
| Profit before tax | −£484k | −£205k | £1.1m | £298k |
| Profit after tax | −£495k | −£205k | £1.1m | £298k |
| Profit (best available) | −£495k | −£205k | £1.1m | £298k |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 26 | 23 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −17.7% | −5.3% | 24.1% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 10.5% | 14.6% | 41.7% | 29.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £148k | £201k | £171k |
| Profit per employee | −£19.1k | −£7.9k | £48.5k | £11.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲37.5% | ▲19.8% | ▼7.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼73.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼11.5% | ▲8.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £255k | £356k | £204k | £594k |
| Net assets | −£807k | −£1m | £103k | £400k |
| Fixed assets | £652k | £474k | £390k | £377k |
| Current assets | £951k | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £33k | £558k | £921k | £480k |
| Deferred income | £44k | £35.2k | £26.4k | £17.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £171k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.2%
- 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
- ▲290%
- Now £400k
- Cash at bank
- ▲191%
- Now £594k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- ▼33%
- Now £17.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £377k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £298k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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