Kemet International Limited
Registered name: KEMET INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Kemet International Limited made £22.7m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Kemet International Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £22.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.5m profit and 109 employees. The company is classified under “production of abrasive products” and is based in Maidstone; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidstone, South East
- Age
- 88 yrs · since 1938
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 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) | £19.2m | £22.4m | £20m | £22.7m |
| Cost of sales | £9.2m | £11.4m | £9.4m | £11.5m |
| Gross profit | £10m | £11m | £10.6m | £11.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 110 | 104 | 96 | 109 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 6.4% | 7.5% | 6.4% |
| Gross margin | 52.3% | 49.1% | 53.1% | 49.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £174k | £215k | £209k | £208k |
| Profit per employee | £12.1k | £13.8k | £15.6k | £13.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.6% | ▼10.5% | ▲13.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▲3.9% | ▼2.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▼7.7% | ▲13.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £2.3m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £7.3m | £6.9m | £7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £7m | £6.5m | £7m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £208k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- 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 £7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲38%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 109
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £2.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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