Quelfire Limited
Registered name: QUELFIRE LIMITED
Part of KW and Others Holdings Ltd groupQuelfire Limited made £24.2m revenue and £4.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Quelfire Limited’s revenue grew 52% to £24.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.9m profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Nantwich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nantwich, North West
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £15.9m | £24.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £9.9m | £14.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £5.9m | £9.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £4m | £6.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £3.9m | £6.6m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £3m | £4.9m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £3m | £4.9m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 27 | 25 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 18.7% | 20.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 37.4% | 38.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £636k | £805k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £119k | £164k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲52% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲65.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8% | ▼7.4% | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £2.3m | £1.3m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £566k | £487k | £980k | £957k |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £4.1m | £5.8m | £8.6m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.5m | £2.8m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £81.6k | £44.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £805k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £164k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.7%
- 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
- ▲224%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲84%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▼45%
- Now £44.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £957k
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
- KW and Others Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- KJW Assets Ltd75–100%
- Quelfire 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 Dec 2025 (profit £4.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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