Kerridge Commercial Systems (KSH) Limited
Registered name: KERRIDGE COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS (KSH) LIMITED
Part of Skylark UK Holdco 1 Limited groupKerridge Commercial Systems (KSH) Limited made £3.3m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Kerridge Commercial Systems (KSH) Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £3.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1m profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Hungerford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hungerford, South East
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.7m | £3.7m | £3.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£176k | −£172k | −£197k |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £3.6m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.1m | £782k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.1m | £804k |
| Profit after tax | £252k | £1.1m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £252k | £1.1m | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 26 | 25 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 30.5% | 30.9% |
| Gross margin | 95.3% | 95.4% | 94.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £138k | £144k | £134k |
| Profit per employee | £9.3k | £43.8k | £41.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.1% | ▼10.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲352.4% | ▼9.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 30.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 94.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £134k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £41.4k
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Skylark UK Holdco 1 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Skylark UK Holdco 2 Limited75–100%
- Skylark UK Midco Limited75–100%
- Skylark UK Debtco Limited75–100%
- Skylark UK Bidco Limited75–100%
- Klipboard Group Limited75–100%
- Kerridge Commercial Systems (Midco) Limited75–100%
- Kerridge Commercial Systems (Bidco) Limited75–100%
- Kerridge Commercial Systems Limited75–100%
- Eagle Bidco 2018 Limited75–100%
- Kerridge Commercial Systems (KSH) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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