Cofco International UK Ltd
Registered name: COFCO INTERNATIONAL UK LTD
Cofco International UK Ltd made £133m revenue and £854k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Cofco International UK Ltd’s revenue fell 9% to £133m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £854k profit and 98 employees. The company is classified under “support activities for crop production” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 106 yrs · since 1920
- 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 parent company of COFCO International UK Ltd is COFCO International Netherlands BV and its registered office is Weena 505, 3013 AL Rotterdam, The Netherlands.”
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) | £278m | £227m | £147m | £133m |
| Cost of sales | £264m | £214m | £134m | £123m |
| Gross profit | £14m | £12.5m | £12.6m | £10.5m |
| Operating profit | £4.6m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £935k |
| Profit before tax | £4.1m | £2.6m | £2.8m | £854k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.1m | £2.6m | £2.8m | £854k |
| Staff costs | £5.7m | £6.3m | £6.6m | £7m |
| Employees (average) | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.9% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 5% | 5.5% | 8.6% | 7.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.8m | £2.3m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | £41.3k | £26.7k | £28.5k | £8.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | 69.4% | 67.1% | 179.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.3% | ▼35.3% | ▼9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼35.4% | ▲5.9% | ▼69.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £707 | £0 | −£103k | — |
| Net assets | £17.6m | £18m | £20.1m | £20.8m |
| Current assets | — | — | £37.1m | £33.3m |
| Debtors | £22.4m | £16.6m | £12.4m | £11.4m |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 179.7%
- 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
- 8.6%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £20.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Cofco Cooperation (registered outside the UK register)
- Cofco International Netherlands B.V. (registered outside the UK register)
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £854k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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