Nkuku Limited
Registered name: NKUKU LIMITED
Part of Bridges Sustainable Growth Fund IV (General Partner) LLP groupNkuku Limited made £19.4m revenue and £981k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Nkuku Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £19.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £981k profit and 78 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Totnes; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Totnes, South West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- 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 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.8m | £19.4m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £10.6m |
| Gross profit | £7.7m | £8.9m |
| Operating profit | £417k | £920k |
| Profit before tax | £419k | £904k |
| Profit after tax | £502k | £981k |
| Profit (best available) | £502k | £981k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 78 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 46.1% | 45.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £218k | £249k |
| Profit per employee | £6.5k | £12.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲95.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £206k | £137k |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £781k | £606k |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £868k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £249k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- 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
- ▲31%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲27%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £868k
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £137k
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
- Bridges Sustainable Growth Fund IV (General Partner) LLPultimate parent25–50%
- Sustainable Topco Limited75–100%
- Sustainable Bidco Limited75–100%
- Nkuku 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £981k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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