Safic-Alcan UK Limited
Active00580109Wholesale & retailIncorporated 15 Mar 1957 · Warrington
Specialist chemical distributor
Revenue
£73.9m
▲ +2.2% vs prior ~12m period
Profit after tax
£8.5m
Margin 15.3%
Employees
74
▲ +5.7% vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
£28.6m
Total assets £35.0m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
4 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
Jan 2023Not available
Jan 2024
£69.6m
Dec 2024
£72.3m▲ +4.0%
Dec 2025
£73.9m▲ +2.2%
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | £73.9m | ▲ +2.2% | £11.5m | 74 | £28.6m |
| 31 Dec 2024 | £72.3m | ▲ +4.0% | £11.7m | 70 | £30.1m |
| 1 Jan 2024 | £69.6m | — | £10.5m | 67 | £28.9m |
| 1 Jan 2023 | — | — | — | — | £22.8m |
Latest available figures
Period ending 31 Dec 2025. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £73.9m
- Gross profit
- £20.3m
- Operating profit
- £11.3m
- Profit before tax
- £11.5m
- Profit after tax
- £8.5m
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £35.0m
- Cash
- £11.2m
- Total liabilities
- £6.4m
- Net assets
- £28.6m
- Revenue per employee
- £999k
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