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Company No. 03230756 · Incorporated 29 Jul 1996

Ken Mallinson & Sons Limited

Registered name: KEN MALLINSON & SONS LIMITED

Part of Ken Mallinson & Sons Holdings Limited group

Ken Mallinson & Sons Limited made £18.9m revenue and £6.6k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.

Ken Mallinson & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £18.9m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £6.6k profit and 123 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Barnsley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
30 yrs · since 1996
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 company is a subsidiary of Ken Mallinson & Sons Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The consolidated financial statements of Ken Mallinson & Sons Holdings Limited are av”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Aug 2025

Key figures

Boring industry
Revenue
£18.9m
Growth ▲19.1%
Profit
£6.6k
Growth ▼98.4%
Profit margin
0%
Gross 17.9%
Employees
123
Change ▲29.5%
Profit / employee
£53
Revenue/employee £153k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Aug 202431 Aug 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£15.8m£18.9m
Cost of sales£12.6m£15.5m
Gross profit£3.2m£3.4m
Operating profit£1.1m£751k
Profit before tax£453k£15k
Profit after tax£402k£6.6k
Profit (best available)£402k£6.6k
Staff costs£3.7m£5.2m
Employees (average)95123
Ratios
Profit margin2.5%0%
Gross margin20.3%17.9%
Revenue per employee£167k£153k
Profit per employee£4.2k£53
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲19.1%
Profit growth—▼98.4%
Headcount growth—▲29.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£177k£482k
Net assets£2.7m£2.5m
Fixed assets£12.6m£12.4m
Current assets£4.3m£4.7m
Debtors£4m£3.9m
Deferred income£232k£238k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data May 2026FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
17.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£153k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£53
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
65.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
20.8%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £2.5m
Cash at bank
▲172%
Now £482k
Headcount
▲29%
Now 123
Deferred income
▲3%
Now £238k
Fixed assets
▼2%
Now £12.4m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Ken Mallinson & Sons Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Ken Mallinson & Sons Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £6.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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