Christeyns UK Ltd
Registered name: CHRISTEYNS UK LTD
Christeyns UK Ltd made £35.4m revenue and £10.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Christeyns UK Ltd’s revenue grew 2% to £35.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £10.8m profit and 119 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of soap and detergents” and is based in Bradford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- 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 ultimate Parent Company and the parent undertaking of the largest and smallest Group for which consolidated financial statements are prepared is is Algimo NV, a company registered in Belgium. The ”
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.2m | £33.7m | £34.9m | £35.4m |
| Cost of sales | £27.8m | £24.9m | £24.4m | £24.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £8.8m | £10.5m | £10.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £3.4m | £5.2m | £5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.4m | £9.5m | £11.4m | £12.1m |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | £8.7m | £10.1m | £10.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | £8.7m | £10.1m | £10.8m |
| Staff costs | £5.4m | £5.7m | £6.1m | £6.3m |
| Employees (average) | 118 | 113 | 117 | 119 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.3% | 25.8% | 28.9% | 30.4% |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | 26.2% | 30% | 30.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £290k | £298k | £298k | £298k |
| Profit per employee | £27k | £77k | £86.1k | £90.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.5% | ▲3.5% | ▲1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲173.4% | ▲15.8% | ▲6.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▲3.5% | ▲1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £335k | £3.6m | £3.9m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £35.8m | £40m | £41.1m | £41m |
| Fixed assets | £24.3m | £27.4m | £27.9m | £28.2m |
| Current assets | £15.6m | £17.3m | £17.7m | £18.1m |
| Debtors | £6.5m | £6.9m | £6.9m | £8.3m |
| Deferred income | £762k | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 30.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £298k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £90.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 79.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.4%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £41m
- Cash at bank
- ▼51%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 119
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £1.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £28.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Christeyns Professional Hygiene UK LimitedRev. £12.8m · Profit £906k
- Adcrete LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oscrete UK LtdFigures not disclosed
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 £10.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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