Kelbenton Limited
Registered name: KELBENTON LIMITED
Part of Red Umbrella Limited groupKelbenton Limited made £20m revenue and £137k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Kelbenton Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £20m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £137k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Leicester; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “Kelbenton Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Measom Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England & Wales whose registered address is 1934 The Yard, Exploration Drive, Leicester LE4 5JD. Th”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.6m | £17m | £21.8m | £16.5m | £20m |
| Cost of sales | £18.9m | £15.6m | £20.1m | £15.3m | £18.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £155k | £344k | £495k | £291k | £135k |
| Profit before tax | £155k | £347k | £501k | £298k | £137k |
| Profit after tax | £127k | £305k | £453k | £298k | £137k |
| Profit (best available) | £127k | £305k | £453k | £298k | £137k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 8.2% | 8.5% | 7.8% | 7.5% | 5.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.2% | ▲28.1% | ▼24.4% | ▲21.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲139.4% | ▲48.7% | ▼34.4% | ▼53.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £20.1k | £1.3m | £599k | £395k |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.1m | £4.3m | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Current assets | £6.6m | £6.7m | £7.1m | £6.4m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £315k | £163k | £131k | £143k | £280k |
| Deferred income | £148k | £134k | £162k | £72.3k | £28.2k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £395k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼61%
- Now £28.2k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Red Umbrella Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Measom Holdings Limited75–100%
- Kelbenton Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Concept Ceilings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Contego Fire & Acoustic LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Four M Drywall (South East) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£134k
- Fourmdrywall LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Integrity Glass LimitedRev. — · Profit £114k
- Kingston Drywall LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Measom Building Finishes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Newrise Drylining LtdRev. — · Profit −£26.2k
- Simplicity Specialist Finishes LtdFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £137k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.