CSM Ingredients UK Limited
Registered name: CSM INGREDIENTS UK LIMITED
CSM Ingredients UK Limited made £45.8m revenue and £285k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
CSM Ingredients UK Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £45.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £285k profit and 103 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2020
- 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: “Upon incorporation, the original parent company was CSM Bakery Solutions Europe Holding B.V., registered at De entree 232 4e Etage, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, 1101 EE (company number 56145”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £51.5m | £54.2m | £50.2m | £45.8m |
| Cost of sales | £41.9m | £47.4m | £38.6m | £34.7m |
| Gross profit | £9.6m | £6.8m | £11.7m | £11.1m |
| Operating profit | £920k | −£1.4m | £530k | £517k |
| Profit before tax | £733k | −£1.5m | £438k | £331k |
| Profit after tax | £556k | −£1.2m | £305k | £285k |
| Profit (best available) | £556k | −£1.2m | £305k | £285k |
| Staff costs | £5.5m | £7.2m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 112 | 110 | 106 | 103 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | −2.1% | 0.6% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 12.5% | 23.3% | 24.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £460k | £493k | £474k | £445k |
| Profit per employee | £5k | −£10.6k | £2.9k | £2.8k |
| Cash conversion | −48.4% | — | −317.3% | −147.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▼7.3% | ▼8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼309.1% | — | ▼6.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▼3.6% | ▼2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £2.8m | £4.3m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £911k | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.6m | £4.9m |
| Current assets | £17m | £18.1m | £17m | £13.8m |
| Debtors | £5.5m | £5.6m | £5.9m | £6.6m |
| Deferred income | £4.7m | £2.4m | £3.3m | £6.8m |
| Cash from operations | −£445k | −£1.7m | −£1.7m | −£762k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £445k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −147.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.4%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 103
- Deferred income
- ▲106%
- Now £6.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲210%
- Now £4.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
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 £285k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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