Automotive Lighting UK Limited
Registered name: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING UK LIMITED
Part of Kkr & Co Inc groupAutomotive Lighting UK Limited made £831k revenue and a £1.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Automotive Lighting UK Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £831k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.3m and 4 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electric lighting equipment” and is based in Llanelli; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Llanelli, Wales
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 directors regard KKR & Co Inc. as the ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £884k | £744k | £845k | £831k |
| Cost of sales | £441k | £482k | £364k | £332k |
| Gross profit | £443k | £262k | £481k | £499k |
| Operating profit | −£645k | −£385k | −£137k | −£360k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | −£792k | −£1.1m | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | −£792k | −£1.1m | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | −£792k | −£1.1m | −£1.3m |
| Staff costs | £441k | £384k | £364k | £332k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −131% | −106.5% | −125.7% | −159.8% |
| Gross margin | 50.1% | 35.2% | 56.9% | 60.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £147k | £149k | £211k | £208k |
| Profit per employee | −£193k | −£158k | −£266k | −£332k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.8% | ▲13.6% | ▼1.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.7% | ▼20% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | −£26.6m | −£18.4m | −£16.8m | −£22.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −159.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £208k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£332k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now −£22.4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kkr & Co Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Automotive Lighting UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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