System 6 Kitchens Limited
Registered name: SYSTEM 6 KITCHENS LIMITED
System 6 Kitchens Limited made £14.3m revenue and £195k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
System 6 Kitchens Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £14.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £195k profit and 91 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of kitchen furniture” and is based in Exeter; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.7m | £13.7m | £13.4m | £14.3m |
| Cost of sales | £10.2m | £10.7m | £10.8m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.9m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £830k | £572k | £411k | £265k |
| Profit before tax | £657k | £391k | £384k | £273k |
| Profit after tax | £526k | £586k | −£5.6k | £195k |
| Profit (best available) | £526k | £586k | −£5.6k | £195k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.7m | £3.8m | — |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 92 | 89 | 91 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 4.3% | 0% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 20.1% | 21.5% | 19.9% | 20.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £131k | £149k | £151k | £157k |
| Profit per employee | £5.4k | £6.4k | −£63 | £2.1k |
| Cash conversion | −72.2% | −130.4% | −139.8% | 172.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▼1.6% | ▲6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.3% | ▼101% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▼3.3% | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £4.3m | £4.3m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.7m | £4.1m | £4m | £4m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £4.2m | £4.7m | — |
| Debtors | £855k | £999k | £792k | £626k |
| Deferred income | £463k | £458k | £528k | £563k |
| Cash from operations | −£599k | −£747k | −£574k | £457k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £157k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 172.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 91
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £563k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £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 £195k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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