KS Brands Limited
Registered name: KS BRANDS LIMITED
Part of Laltex & Co.limited groupKS Brands Limited made £27m revenue and £938k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
KS Brands Limited’s revenue was £27m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £938k profit. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Way, Leigh; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Way, Leigh, North West
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1971
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company is Laltex & Co Limited, company registered in England and Wales. Copies of the group financial statements can be obtained from the parent company's registered office, Lalte”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.6m | £24.8m | £27.1m | £27.1m | £27m |
| Cost of sales | £9.5m | £12.4m | −£13.9m | £13.9m | −£13.4m |
| Gross profit | £7.1m | £12.5m | £13.2m | £13.2m | £13.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £4.6m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £948k |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £4.7m | £3m | £3m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £3.9m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £938k |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £3.9m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £938k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £3.4m | — | £4.6m | — |
| Employees (average) | 75 | 109 | — | 127 | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 12.2% | 15.6% | 8.4% | 8.4% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 42.8% | 50.2% | 48.7% | 48.7% | 50.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £221k | £228k | — | £214k | — |
| Profit per employee | £26.9k | £35.6k | — | £17.9k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲49.8% | ▲9.1% | ▲9.1% | ▼0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲91.8% | ▼41.4% | ▼41.4% | ▼58.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲45.3% | — | ▲16.5% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £5m | £5.4m | — | £6.8m | — |
| Net assets | £6.7m | £9.1m | — | £11.4m | — |
| Fixed assets | £698k | £1.1m | — | £761k | — |
| Current assets | £13.3m | £16.4m | — | £17.1m | — |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £3.3m | — | £3.4m | — |
| Deferred income | £717k | £1.7m | — | £3.2m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Laltex & Co.limitedultimate parent75–100%
- KS Brands Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- R.J.M. International LimitedRev. £12m · Profit £340k
- Lloytron LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Printed Pen Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £938k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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