Kennelpak Limited
Registered name: KENNELPAK LIMITED
Part of Endless IV (GP) LP groupKennelpak Limited made £37.2m revenue and £464k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024. read from filing text
Kennelpak Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £37.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £464k profit and 298 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of grain, unmanufactured tobacco, seeds and animal feeds” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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 company's immediate parent undertaking is Kennelpak Group Ltd.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.9m | £33.9m | £37.2m |
| Cost of sales | £25.8m | £25.5m | £27.6m |
| Gross profit | £8.1m | £8.3m | £9.6m |
| Operating profit | £406k | −£329k | £686k |
| Profit before tax | £348k | −£409k | £590k |
| Profit after tax | £348k | −£409k | £464k |
| Profit (best available) | £348k | −£409k | £464k |
| Staff costs | £5.9m | £6.8m | £7.7m |
| Employees (average) | 266 | 295 | 298 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1% | −1.2% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 23.8% | 24.6% | 25.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £127k | £115k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | £1.3k | −£1.4k | £1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.1% | ▲9.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼217.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.9% | ▲1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £205k | £285k | £64.1k |
| Net assets | £8m | £7.6m | £8.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4.6m | £4.7m | £4.5m |
| Current assets | £13m | £14.5m | £16.4m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £2.5m | £2.9m | £4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £8.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼78%
- Now £64.1k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 298
- Deferred income
- ▲39%
- Now £4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £4.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Endless IV (GP) LPultimate parent75–100%
- Kennelpak Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Kennelpak Group Ltd75–100%
- Kennelpak 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £464k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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