Karlson UK Limited
Registered name: KARLSON UK LIMITED
Part of Aura Futures Group Holdings Limited groupKarlson UK Limited made £8.8m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Karlson UK Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £8.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.5m profit. The company is classified under “wholesale of other office machinery and equipment” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.1m | £9.3m | £8.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£6.8m | −£4.6m | −£4.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £4.8m | £4.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £3m | £3.5m |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £3m | £3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £3m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 26.6% | 32.1% | 40.4% |
| Gross margin | 38.7% | 51% | 52.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.9% | ▼5.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.6% | ▲18.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 40.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Aura Futures Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Aura Futures Holdings Limited75–100%
- Aura Futures Limited75–100%
- Karlson UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Intevi LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- Reflex LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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