Kellogg Brown & Root Holdings Limited
Registered name: KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Kbr Jersey Limited groupKellogg Brown & Root Holdings Limited made £992m revenue and £107m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Kellogg Brown & Root Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £992m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £107m profit and 5,332 employees. The company is classified under “activities of construction holding companies” and is based in Drive, Leatherhead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Drive, Leatherhead
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £756m | £880m | £992m |
| Cost of sales | −£605m | −£741m | −£846m |
| Gross profit | £152m | £139m | £146m |
| Operating profit | £16.5m | £38.5m | £39.5m |
| Profit before tax | £108m | £105m | £145m |
| Profit after tax | £83.1m | £77.5m | £107m |
| Profit (best available) | £83.1m | £77.5m | £107m |
| Employees (average) | 3,582 | 5,126 | 5,332 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11% | 8.8% | 10.8% |
| Gross margin | 20% | 15.8% | 14.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £211k | £172k | £186k |
| Profit per employee | £23.2k | £15.1k | £20.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.3% | ▲12.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6.7% | ▲38.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲43.1% | ▲4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £186k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.1k
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 5,332
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kbr Jersey Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Kellogg Brown & Root International Group Limited75–100%
- Kellogg Brown & Root Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- KBR (I) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kellogg Brown & Root Holdings (U.K.) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £107m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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