Amelia Knight Limited
Registered name: AMELIA KNIGHT LIMITED
Part of Amelia Knight Holdings Limited groupAmelia Knight Limited made £36.5m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Amelia Knight Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £36.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.6m profit and 188 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations” and is based in Knutsford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Knutsford, North West
- Age
- 30 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.7m | £36.5m |
| Cost of sales | £25.9m | £25.7m |
| Gross profit | £8.8m | £10.8m |
| Operating profit | £914k | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£105k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£660k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£660k | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 187 | 188 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.9% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 25.2% | 29.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £186k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.5k | £8.3k |
| Cash conversion | −658.1% | −345.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £388k |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £12.9m | £10.1m |
| Debtors | £5.1m | £5.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£6m | −£5.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −345.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.3%
- 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
- ▼42%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼88%
- Now £388k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 188
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲48%
- Now £2.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Amelia Knight Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Amelia Knight Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Amelia Knight (Ukm) LimitedFigures 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 2024 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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