Lesaffre UK and Ireland Limited
Registered name: LESAFFRE UK AND IRELAND LIMITED
Lesaffre UK and Ireland Limited made £28m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Lesaffre UK and Ireland Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £28m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2m profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Kidderminster; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kidderminster, West Midlands
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.6m | £28m |
| Cost of sales | £20.4m | £21.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £6.1m |
| Profit before tax | £3.9m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 10.5% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 26% | 21.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £126k | £81.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £40k | £40k |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £872k | £720k |
| Current assets | £10.6m | £8.6m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £81.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.7%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £40k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £720k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Fermex LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures 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 £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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