K L H Electronics PLC
Registered name: K L H ELECTRONICS PLC
Part of Mountain Ash Investments Limited groupK L H Electronics PLC made £3.8m revenue and £397k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
K L H Electronics PLC’s revenue grew 2% to £3.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £397k profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering” and is based in Ormskirk; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ormskirk, North West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- Public 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: “Mountain Ash Investments Ltd”
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.7m | £4.1m | £3.7m | £3.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.8m | £3.1m | £2.8m | £2.7m |
| Gross profit | £950k | £984k | £937k | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £535k | £366k | £576k | £650k |
| Profit before tax | £481k | £355k | £509k | £551k |
| Profit after tax | £426k | £272k | £361k | £397k |
| Profit (best available) | £426k | £272k | £361k | £397k |
| Staff costs | £386k | £400k | £493k | £496k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.5% | 6.7% | 9.7% | 10.4% |
| Gross margin | 25.5% | 24.1% | 25.1% | 29.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £248k | £273k | £249k | £272k |
| Profit per employee | £28.4k | £18.2k | £24k | £28.4k |
| Cash conversion | −131.4% | −78.2% | −92.6% | −44.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.8% | ▼8.8% | ▲2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼36.1% | ▲32.4% | ▲10.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £956k | £978k | £989k | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £370k | £340k | £609k | £680k |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.7m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £475k | £736k | £519k | £731k |
| Deferred income | £15k | £15.5k | £14.1k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£703k | −£286k | −£533k | −£288k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £272k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −44.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £680k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mountain Ash Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- K L H Electronics PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- K L H 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £397k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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