Kemps Publishing Limited
Registered name: KEMPS PUBLISHING LIMITED
Kemps Publishing Limited made £1.4m revenue and a £21.2k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Kemps Publishing Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £1.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £21.2k and 25 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals” and is based in Solihull; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Solihull, West Midlands
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £30.6k | −£17.6k | −£24.4k |
| Profit before tax | £28.9k | −£19.2k | −£25.8k |
| Profit after tax | £23.6k | −£15.7k | −£21.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £23.6k | −£15.7k | −£21.2k |
| Staff costs | £911k | £905k | £899k |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 23 | 25 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | −1.1% | −1.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £65.5k | £63.7k | £57.8k |
| Profit per employee | £1k | −£682 | −£847 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.8% | ▼1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼166.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲8.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £203k | £177k | £141k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £54.1k | £58.9k | £33k |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £289k | £274k | £279k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £57.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£847
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.3%
- 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 £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £141k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼44%
- Now £33k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£21.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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