Kalsec Europe Ltd
Registered name: KALSEC EUROPE LTD
Kalsec Europe Ltd made £24.9m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Kalsec Europe Ltd’s revenue fell 14% to £24.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.1m profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of condiments and seasonings” and is based in Bury ST. Edmunds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury ST. Edmunds, East of England
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 parent undertaking for which group accounts are drawn up and of which the company is a member is Kalamazoo Holdings Inc., incorporated in the United States of America, and this is considered to be”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.6m | £23.2m | £29m | £24.9m |
| Cost of sales | £13.6m | £15.8m | £18.8m | £17.3m |
| Gross profit | £7.9m | £7.5m | £10.1m | £7.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £2.5m | £3.6m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £2.5m | £3.7m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2.8m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2.8m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £3m | £2.8m | £3.3m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 39 | 43 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.8% | 7.8% | 9.5% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 36.8% | 32.1% | 35% | 30.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £584k | £596k | £674k | £508k |
| Profit per employee | £51.6k | £46.8k | £64.1k | £23.1k |
| Cash conversion | −72.8% | −109.3% | −124.6% | −59.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.6% | ▲24.7% | ▼14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.4% | ▲51.2% | ▼59% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.4% | ▲10.3% | ▲14% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £3m | £5.6m | £5.4m |
| Net assets | £10.6m | £12.4m | £15.2m | £16.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £4m | £5.3m | £4.7m |
| Current assets | £11.6m | £12m | £16.9m | £15m |
| Debtors | £4.7m | £4.2m | £6.9m | £4.5m |
| Deferred income | £602k | £383k | £556k | £655k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.9m | −£2.7m | −£4.5m | −£920k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £508k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −59.7%
- 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
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.1%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £16.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £5.4m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- ▲18%
- Now £655k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £4.7m
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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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