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Company No. 00931537 · Incorporated 3 May 1968

Brenntag Specialties Lubricants UK Ltd.

Registered name: BRENNTAG SPECIALTIES LUBRICANTS UK LTD.

Part of Brenntag Se group

Brenntag Specialties Lubricants UK Ltd. made £52.3m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Brenntag Specialties Lubricants UK Ltd.’s revenue fell 1% to £52.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.5m profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals” and is based in Leeds; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 20130Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicalsSIC 20140Manufacture of other organic basic chemicalsSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
58 yrs · since 1968
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: “Brenntag UK Holding Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£52.3m
Growth ▼1%
Profit
£3.5m
Growth ▼94.1%
Profit margin
6.8%
Gross 16.3%
Employees
60
Change ▼16.7%
Profit / employee
£59k
Revenue/employee £872k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£52.8m£52.3m
Cost of sales£43.8m£43.8m
Gross profit£9m£8.5m
Operating profit£1.2m£1.1m
Profit before tax£59.7m£3.7m
Profit after tax£59.7m£3.5m
Profit (best available)£59.7m£3.5m
Staff costs£4.6m£4.6m
Employees (average)7260
Ratios
Profit margin112.9%6.8%
Gross margin17.1%16.3%
Revenue per employee£734k£872k
Profit per employee£829k£59k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼1%
Profit growth—▼94.1%
Headcount growth—▼16.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£4.1m£2m
Net assets£13.8m£11.7m
Fixed assets£4.6m£4.8m
Current assets£18.5m£16.2m
Debtors£7.5m£8.5m
Deferred income£379k£406k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
16.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£872k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£59k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
9.2%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
16.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼15%
Now £11.7m
Cash at bank
▼52%
Now £2m
Headcount
▼17%
Now 60
Deferred income
▲7%
Now £406k
Fixed assets
▲4%
Now £4.8m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Brenntag Se (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Brenntag UK Holding Limited75–100%
  3. Brenntag Specialties Lubricants UK Ltd.this company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (8)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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