Bunzl UK Limited
Registered name: BUNZL UK LIMITED
Part of Bunzl Public Limited Company groupBunzl UK Limited made £1.1bn revenue and £71.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Bunzl UK Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £1.1bn in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £71.1m profit and 3,437 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2bn | £1.1bn |
| Cost of sales | −£835m | −£786m |
| Gross profit | £345m | £360m |
| Operating profit | £76.6m | £87m |
| Profit before tax | £78.7m | £91.5m |
| Profit after tax | £63.3m | £71.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £63.3m | £71.1m |
| Employees (average) | 3,432 | 3,437 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | 29.3% | 31.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £344k | £333k |
| Profit per employee | £18.4k | £20.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲12.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £333k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲0%
- Now 3,437
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bunzl Public Limited Companyultimate parent75–100%
- Bunzl Holding GTL Limited75–100%
- Bunzl Holding Lce Limited75–100%
- Bunzl UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Yorse No. 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (17)
- Parmelee LimitedRev. £10.7m · Profit £261k
- Enviropack LtdRev. £6.7m · Profit £1.1m
- Packaging Environmental LimitedRev. £5m · Profit £114k
- Arrow County Holdings LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £14
- C & C Catering Engineers (Holdings) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- Bodyguard Workwear LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bunzl Holding Wwe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- C & C Catering Equipment (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Catered 4 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Comax (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Continental Chef Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Eugene Harrington Marketing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kingsbury Packaging (Limavady) LtdFigures not disclosed
- London Catering and Hygiene Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McCue Corporation LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Spectrum Hygiene LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tri-Star Packaging Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £71.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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