K.J. Services Limited
Registered name: K.J. SERVICES LIMITED
Part of K.J. Services Holdings Limited groupK.J. Services Limited made £18.6m revenue and a £1.2m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
K.J. Services Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £18.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £1.2m and 93 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Gwent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gwent, Wales
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1980
- 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 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.2m | £19m | £21m | £18.6m |
| Cost of sales | £13.5m | £15m | £16.5m | £18.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £4m | £4.5m | −£388k |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2.4m | −£4.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.4m | £2.1m | −£4.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £762k | £2m | −£1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £762k | £2m | −£1.2m |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £5.9m | £7m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 93 | 103 | 93 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 4% | 9.3% | −6.6% |
| Gross margin | 21.5% | 20.9% | 21.5% | −2.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £198k | £204k | £204k | £200k |
| Profit per employee | £13.4k | £8.2k | £19.1k | −£13.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.2% | ▲10.7% | ▼11.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.7% | ▲157.7% | ▼161.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▲10.8% | ▼9.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.9m | £3.2m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £19m | £19.4m | £21.3m | £10.9m |
| Fixed assets | £20.4m | £20.4m | £19.1m | £11.1m |
| Current assets | £10.7m | £13.1m | £15.4m | £10.3m |
| Debtors | £5.1m | £6m | £6.4m | £6.6m |
| Deferred income | £264k | £227k | £335k | £458k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −2.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £200k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£13.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 59.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 35.6%
- 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
- ▼49%
- Now £10.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 93
- Deferred income
- ▲37%
- Now £458k
- Fixed assets
- ▼42%
- Now £11.1m
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
- K.J. Services Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- K.J. Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- K J Equipment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- K J Minerals Ltd.Figures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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