Airedale Newco Limited
Registered name: AIREDALE NEWCO LIMITED
Part of Brenntag Se groupAiredale Newco Limited made £77.3m revenue and a £4.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Airedale Newco Limited’s revenue was £77.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £4.1m and 132 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Leeds; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2023
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 is controlled by CJ Chadwick by virtue of his ownership of over 75% of the share capital of the company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 7 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £77.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £49.4m | −£47.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £29.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£3.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£7.1m | −£4.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£7.1m | −£4.1m |
| Employees (average) | — | 3 | 132 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | −5.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 38.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £586k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£2.4m | −£31k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲4300% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £3.6m | — |
| Net assets | £0 | £41.7m | — |
| Fixed assets | — | £10m | — |
| Debtors | — | £0 | — |
| Deferred income | — | £1.2m | — |
| Cash from operations | — | £16.5m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £586k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£31k
- 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
- ▲4300%
- Now 132
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Brenntag Se (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Brenntag UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Airedale Newco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Airedale Group Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £6.4m
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
- Brenntag Colours LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brenntag Inorganic Chemicals LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.9m
- Solventis Ltd.Rev. — · Profit £33.7m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£4.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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