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Company No. 04675574 · Incorporated 24 Feb 2003

K.d.e. Limited

Registered name: K.D.E. LIMITED

Part of Kde Holdings Limited group

K.d.e. Limited made £12.9m revenue and £240k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

K.d.e. Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £12.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £240k profit and 174 employees. The company is classified under “repair of electrical equipment” and is based in Runcorn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Runcorn, North West
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. From the filing: “There is no”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Boring industry
Revenue
£12.9m
Growth ▲8.1%
Profit
£240k
Growth ▼48.9%
Profit margin
1.9%
Gross 28.8%
Employees
174
Change ▲6.8%
Profit / employee
£1.4k
Revenue/employee £74k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Jun 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£12.4m£20m£11.9m£12.9m
Cost of sales£9.6m£15.3m£9m£9.2m
Gross profit£2.9m£4.7m£2.9m£3.7m
Operating profit£895k£1.3m£605k£453k
Profit before tax£878k£1.2m£603k£356k
Profit after tax£723k£853k£470k£240k
Profit (best available)£723k£853k£470k£240k
Staff costs£5.5m£8.9m£5.6m£6.6m
Employees (average)175185163174
Ratios
Profit margin5.8%4.3%3.9%1.9%
Gross margin22.9%23.4%24.6%28.8%
Revenue per employee£71k£108k£73.1k£74k
Profit per employee£4.1k£4.6k£2.9k£1.4k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth———▲8.1%
Profit growth———▼48.9%
Headcount growth———▲6.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£119k£219k£53.5k£206k
Net assets£1.8m£1.9m£2m£2m
Fixed assets£828k£921k£846k£1.5m
Current assets£4.5m£4.7m£4.5m£5.2m
Debtors£1.5m£1.9m£1.8m£1.8m
Deferred income£139k£120k£97k£180k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
28.8%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£74k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£1.4k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
11.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13.7%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲1%
Now £2m
Cash at bank
▲285%
Now £206k
Headcount
▲7%
Now 174
Deferred income
▲86%
Now £180k
Fixed assets
▲78%
Now £1.5m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Kde Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. K.d.e. 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £240k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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