Northumbria Pharma Ltd
Registered name: NORTHUMBRIA PHARMA LTD
Part of Northumbria Pharma Group Holdings Ltd groupNorthumbria Pharma Ltd made £44.5m revenue and £10.6k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Northumbria Pharma Ltd’s revenue grew 48% to £44.5m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £10.6k profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations” and is based in Sedgefield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sedgefield, North East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2016
- 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”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £30m | £44.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £27.4m | £41.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £190k | −£31.2k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £157k | −£29.5k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £115k | £10.6k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £115k | £10.6k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 23 | 28 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.4% | 0% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 8.4% | 5.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £4.1k | £367 |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −298.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲48.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼90.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼20.7% | ▲21.7% | ▲3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £434k | £906k | £1.2m | £5.3m |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £6.4m | £4.7m | £38.2m |
| Debtors | £463k | £2.1m | £1.5m | £19.4m |
| Deferred income | £19.7k | £337k | £1.3m | £1m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£568k | −£4.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £367
- 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
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 43.6%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲340%
- Now £5.3m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- ▼23%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £1.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Northumbria Pharma Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Northumbria Pharma Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Northumbria Health LtdFigures not disclosed
- Northumbria Pharma Thrombosis LimitedFigures 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £10.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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