Krohne Limited
Registered name: KROHNE LIMITED
Krohne Limited made £52.5m revenue and a £872k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Krohne Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £52.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £872k and 271 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment” and is based in Wellingborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wellingborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- 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 Ludwig Krohne GmbH & Co. KG, a company incorporated in Germany. The”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £58.7m | £63.2m | £59.7m | £52.5m |
| Cost of sales | £50.5m | £52.2m | £50.2m | £46.4m |
| Gross profit | £8.2m | £11m | £9.4m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2.6m | £1.7m | −£1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £2.5m | £1.6m | −£1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £2m | £1.2m | −£872k |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £2m | £1.2m | −£872k |
| Staff costs | £12.4m | £13.4m | £13m | £13.8m |
| Employees (average) | 270 | 287 | 276 | 271 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 3.1% | 2% | −1.7% |
| Gross margin | 13.9% | 17.4% | 15.8% | 11.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £217k | £220k | £216k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | £7.6k | £6.9k | £4.3k | −£3.2k |
| Cash conversion | 183.1% | −93.2% | −266% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▼5.6% | ▼12% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▼39.7% | ▼173% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▼3.8% | ▼1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.4m | £3.3m | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £29.7m | £31.7m | £32.9m | £32m |
| Fixed assets | £11m | £11.7m | £18.8k | £15.4m |
| Current assets | £34.5m | £29.4m | £34.8m | £38m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2m | £2.8m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £3m | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1m |
| Cash from operations | £3.8m | −£2.4m | −£4.6m | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £32m
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 271
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲81588%
- Now £15.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£872k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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