Südzucker United Kingdom Limited
Registered name: SÜDZUCKER UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
Südzucker United Kingdom Limited made £66m revenue and £764k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2026. read from filing text
Südzucker United Kingdom Limited’s revenue was £66m in the year to 28 Feb 2026, with £764k profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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's immediate parent undertaking is Südzucker Holding GmbH, a holding company incorporated in Germany.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £41.8m | £60m | £66.2m | £66m |
| Cost of sales | £37.4m | £55.5m | £60.8m | £59.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £4.5m | £5.4m | £6.3m |
| Profit before tax | £439k | £882k | £1.2m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £356k | £665k | £934k | £764k |
| Profit (best available) | £356k | £665k | £934k | £764k |
| Staff costs | £567k | £663k | £638k | £698k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 10.4% | 7.5% | 8.2% | 9.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £6m | £8.6m | £8.3m | £8.3m |
| Profit per employee | £50.8k | £95k | £117k | £95.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲43.6% | ▲10.5% | ▼0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲87% | ▲40.5% | ▼18.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲14.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £312k | £454k | £793k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £782k | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4k | £4.4k | £3.3k | £4.6k |
| Current assets | £9.7m | £23.9m | £14.9m | £13.8m |
| Debtors | £6.2m | £15.4m | £9m | £7.9m |
| Deferred income | £29.9k | £26.5k | £21k | £22k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £8.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £95.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12%
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲44%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £22k
- Fixed assets
- ▲37%
- Now £4.6k
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 28 Feb 2026 (profit £764k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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