Kilo Limited
Registered name: KILO LIMITED
Kilo Limited made £21.3m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Kilo Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £21.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.4m profit and 38 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Kingswinford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kingswinford, West Midlands
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.5m | £22.9m | £20.1m | £21.3m |
| Cost of sales | £21.3m | £16.1m | £14.3m | £16.4m |
| Gross profit | £8.2m | £6.8m | £5.8m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £4.2m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.5m | £4.2m | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | £3.2m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | £3.2m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £5.3m | £2.7m | £3.1m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 38 | 40 | 38 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.5% | 14.2% | 11.8% | 11.2% |
| Gross margin | 27.8% | 29.6% | 28.8% | 22.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £778k | £602k | £503k | £560k |
| Profit per employee | £73.5k | £85.3k | £59.4k | £62.5k |
| Cash conversion | −104.5% | −101.2% | −78.8% | −69.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.6% | ▼12% | ▲5.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲16% | ▼26.7% | ▼0.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲5.3% | ▼5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £6.1m | £7m | £8.6m |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £9.7m | £11.2m | £13.6m |
| Fixed assets | £377k | £316k | £275k | £233k |
| Current assets | £9m | £11m | £12.6m | £15.4m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £2.5m | £3m | £3.5m |
| Deferred income | £18.4k | £17.4k | £17.5k | £18.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.6m | −£4.2m | −£2.3m | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £560k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £62.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −69.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £13.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲22%
- Now £8.6m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £18.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £233k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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