Keel Toys Limited
Registered name: KEEL TOYS LIMITED
Keel Toys Limited made £28.2m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Keel Toys Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £28.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.9m profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other games and toys,” and is based in Ashford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ashford, South East
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.7m | £27.4m | £29.6m | £28.2m |
| Cost of sales | £13.2m | £17.9m | £19.9m | £19m |
| Gross profit | £8.5m | £9.5m | £9.7m | £9.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £3.6m | £3.7m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £3.2m | £3.3m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £191k | £2.6m | £2.4m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £191k | £2.6m | £2.4m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £5.7m | £5.9m | £7.6m | £7.4m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 56 | 57 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 9.4% | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | 39% | 34.6% | 32.8% | 32.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £410k | £490k | £519k | £487k |
| Profit per employee | £3.6k | £46.3k | £42.8k | £33.2k |
| Cash conversion | 158.4% | 47.4% | 178.2% | 146.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.3% | ▲7.8% | ▼4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1256% | ▼5.7% | ▼21.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.7% | ▲1.8% | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £1.8m | £5.7m | £7.3m |
| Net assets | £13.2m | £13.8m | £14.3m | £14.2m |
| Fixed assets | £13.3m | £13.5m | £13.6m | £13.8m |
| Current assets | £9.8m | £12.3m | £15.1m | £16.7m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £3.5m | £4.6m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £2.1m | £2m | £2.9m | £2.8m |
| Cash from operations | £3m | £1.7m | £6.6m | £4.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £487k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 146.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 48.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £14.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲29%
- Now £7.3m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £2.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £13.8m
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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 18 Oct 2026
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