The Kay Group (UK) Limited
Registered name: THE KAY GROUP (UK) LIMITED
Part of The Kay Group (UK Holdings) Ltd groupThe Kay Group (UK) Limited made £230m revenue and £11.6m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
The Kay Group (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £230m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £11.6m profit and 327 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackburn, North West
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 compan”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £218m | £227m | £230m |
| Cost of sales | £199m | £206m | £209m |
| Gross profit | £19m | £20.9m | £20.7m |
| Operating profit | £11.3m | £13.5m | £13.1m |
| Profit before tax | £10.8m | £15.3m | £14.9m |
| Profit after tax | £8.2m | £11.9m | £11.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.2m | £11.9m | £11.6m |
| Staff costs | £6.9m | £5.7m | £6.2m |
| Employees (average) | 287 | 314 | 327 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 5.2% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 8.7% | 9.2% | 9% |
| Revenue per employee | £759k | £724k | £704k |
| Profit per employee | £28.6k | £37.9k | £35.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▲1.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲45.1% | ▼2.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▲4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £13.1m | £13m | £18.5m |
| Net assets | £16.6m | £31.9m | £47m |
| Fixed assets | £22.2m | £31.9m | £43.6m |
| Current assets | £20.5m | £21.7m | £30.2m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £704k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▲47%
- Now £47m
- Cash at bank
- ▲42%
- Now £18.5m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 327
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲37%
- Now £43.6m
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
- The Kay Group (UK Holdings) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- The Kay Group (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Intack Self Drive LimitedFigures 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 31 Oct 2025 (profit £11.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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