Solventis Ltd.
Registered name: SOLVENTIS LTD.
Part of Brenntag Se groupSolventis Ltd. made £33.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Solventis Ltd. reported £33.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, down 51% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 59 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Leeds; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 company's immediate parent company is Brenntag UK Holding Limited which is registered in the United Kingdom.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £301m | £309m | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £239m | £250m | £187m | £57.6m | £56.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £6.3m | £69.6m | £33.9m |
| Profit after tax | £8.1m | £3.1m | £4.8m | £69m | £33.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.1m | £3.1m | £4.8m | £69m | £33.7m |
| Staff costs | £5.1m | £4.8m | £4.7m | — | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 59 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 1% | — | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £6.4m | £6.3m | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £172k | £62.9k | £82k | £1m | £572k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.7% | — | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼61.9% | ▲54.3% | ▲1350% | ▼51.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▲18.4% | ▲13.8% | ▼10.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £4.1m | £2.8m | £4.1m | £904k | £2m |
| Net assets | — | — | £54.5m | £32.7m | £59.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £5.1m | £31.8m | £18m | £50m |
| Current assets | — | — | £51.2m | £23.3m | £21.7m |
| Debtors | £16.6m | £6.5m | £606k | £404k | £8.8m |
| Deferred income | £6.9m | £1.8m | £1m | £3.1m | £3.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£5m | −£11.7m | −£19.7m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £572k
- 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
- ▲82%
- Now £59.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲119%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 59
- Deferred income
- ▲19%
- Now £3.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲178%
- Now £50m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Brenntag Se (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Brenntag UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Solventis Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Solventis Solutions LtdRev. £25.2m · Profit £2.3m
- Kilfrost Europe LtdLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Solvenox LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (8)
- Brenntag UK LimitedRev. £459m · Profit £43.9m
- Kluman and Balter LimitedRev. £60.5m · Profit £2.4m
- Brenntag Specialties Lubricants UK Ltd.Rev. £52.3m · Profit £3.5m
- Lawrence Industries LimitedRev. £36.5m · Profit £3.9m
- Monarch Chemicals LimitedRev. £33m · Profit £596k
- Airedale Newco LimitedRev. — · Profit −£7.1m
- Brenntag Colours LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brenntag Inorganic Chemicals LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.9m
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 £33.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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