Koppers Performance Chemicals UK Limited
Registered name: KOPPERS PERFORMANCE CHEMICALS UK LIMITED
Part of Koppers Holdings Inc groupKoppers Performance Chemicals UK Limited made £13.3m revenue and £672k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Koppers Performance Chemicals UK Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £13.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £672k profit. The company is classified under “manufacture of other chemical products” and is based in Darlington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Darlington
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.5m | £13.6m | £13.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£10.4m | −£9.9m | −£9.5m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £3.7m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£1.2m | £678k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | −£1.2m | £672k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | −£1.2m | £672k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | −£1.2m | £672k |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 29 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −7.7% | −8.8% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 27.7% | 27.1% | 28.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £380k | £468k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£29.4k | −£41.3k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.1% | ▼2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼23.7% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Koppers Holdings Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Koppers UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Koppers Performance Chemicals UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Koppers UK LimitedRev. £2.4m · Profit £2.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £672k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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