Kellars Limited
Registered name: KELLARS LIMITED
Part of Lindens Investments Limited groupKellars Limited made £47.7m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Kellars Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £47.7m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.2m profit and 115 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment” and is based in Shildon; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shildon, North East
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £44.2m | £47.7m |
| Cost of sales | £29m | £30.6m |
| Gross profit | £15.2m | £17.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £5.3m |
| Employees (average) | 112 | 115 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 34.4% | 35.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £395k | £415k |
| Profit per employee | £10.5k | £10.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £88.5k | £165k |
| Net assets | £1m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £5m |
| Current assets | £9.8m | £12.2m |
| Debtors | £4.2m | £4.8m |
| Deferred income | £270k | £295k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £415k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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
- ▲100%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲87%
- Now £165k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 115
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £295k
- Fixed assets
- ▲84%
- Now £5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lindens Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Kellars Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Floor Coverings Distributors (Glasgow) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- UK Flooring Distribution LtdFigures 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 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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