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Profit per employee — the UK's leanest earners 2026

Pre-tax profit divided by average headcount — the most profit earned per person · 21,079 qualifying · snapshot 2026-07-01

# Company Industry Profit per headLatest PBTStaff
01 XTX MARKETS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Technology arm of algorithmic trading group Technology £18M £2.28B 127
02 ICE CLEAR EUROPE LIMITED Financial clearing house Financials £15M £1.50B 102
03 SEGRO PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY Financials £7M £509M 72
04 FRONERI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Consumer Discretionary £6M £384M 65
05 BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO EXPORTS LIMITED Tobacco product manufacturing subsidiary Consumer Staples £5M £1.44B 317
06 MEDIMMUNE LIMITED AstraZeneca biotechnology research subsidiary Industrials £4M £814M 202
07 QUADRATURE CAPITAL LIMITED Quantitative hedge fund manager Financials £3M £554M 173
08 IMPERIAL TOBACCO LIMITED Tobacco products wholesaler and manufacturer Consumer Discretionary £3M £3.64B 1,276
09 CITADEL MANAGEMENT (EUROPE) II LIMITED Hedge fund management subsidiary Consumer Discretionary £3M £526M 188
10 GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL BANK Financials £3M £508M 188
11 ELEVA CAPITAL PARTNERS (UK) LIMITED Financials £3M £153M 61
12 EDF TRADING MARKETS LIMITED Consumer Discretionary £2M £140M 57
13 HS1 LIMITED Industrials £2M £137M 59
14 MARSHALL WACE ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED Hedge fund manager Financials £2M £917M 422
15 SUMITOMO CORPORATION EUROPE LIMITED Consumer Discretionary £2M £675M 317
16 NOVELIS UK LTD Aluminium rolling and recycling manufacturer Basic Materials £2M £442M 208
17 ARRIS GLOBAL LTD. Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Telecommunications £2M £433M 204
18 CADOGAN ESTATES LIMITED Real Estate £2M £156M 75
19 MSC CRUISE MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED UK management for MSC Cruises Industrials £2M £522M 276
20 ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED Biotechnology drug discovery subsidiary Health Care £2M £331M 183
21 WINTERMUTE TRADING LTD Technology £2M £148M 82
22 TA ASSOCIATES (UK), LLP Unclassified £2M £91M 52
23 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS LIMITED UK film and television distributor Consumer Discretionary £2M £201M 116
24 SONA ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED Industrials £2M £136M 81
25 PINE WALK CAPITAL LIMITED Financials £2M £156M 94

All figures from each company's latest filed Companies House accounts; detailed filers only, with implausible outliers and scale artifacts excluded. Filed accounts lag the present by roughly 12–24 months, and group-vs-parent scope changes can move a figure between filings. Banks and insurers that don't report a turnover line are under-represented on the turnover-based boards.