Kynetec UK Limited
Registered name: KYNETEC UK LIMITED
Part of Kynetec UK Topco Ltd. groupKynetec UK Limited made £42.9m revenue and a £3.2m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Kynetec UK Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £42.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with a loss of £3.2m and 104 employees. The company is classified under “market research and public opinion polling” and is based in Newbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newbury
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.2m | £39m | £42.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£19.3m | −£20m | −£25.2m |
| Gross profit | £10.9m | £18.9m | £17.7m |
| Operating profit | £901k | £2.9m | −£3.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£5.3m | −£215k | −£3.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£5.3m | −£214k | −£3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£5.3m | −£214k | −£3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 73 | 104 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −17.4% | −0.5% | −7.5% |
| Gross margin | 36.1% | 48.6% | 41.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £419k | £534k | £412k |
| Profit per employee | −£73k | −£2.9k | −£30.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29.1% | ▲10.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▲42.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £412k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£30.9k
- 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
- ▲42%
- Now 104
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kynetec UK Topco Ltd.ultimate parent75–100%
- Kynetec Intermediate I UK Ltd.75–100%
- Kynetec Intermediate II UK Ltd.75–100%
- Kynetec Bidco UK Ltd.75–100%
- Project Farm Bidco Limited75–100%
- Kynetec UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Systematics International LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offRev. £1.1m · Profit £690k
- National Farm Research Unit LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Nfru LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit −£3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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