KDS Solutions Ltd
Registered name: KDS SOLUTIONS LTD
Part of KDS Power Solutions Limited groupKDS Solutions Ltd made £14.4m revenue and £654k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
KDS Solutions Ltd’s revenue grew 20% to £14.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £654k profit and 47 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus” and is based in Telford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Telford, West Midlands
- Age
- 22 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: “The company is under the control of it's parent company KDS Power Solutions Limited. The registered address for KDS Power Solutions Limited is: Hortonwood 66, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 7GB.”
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £12.1m | £14.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £9.2m | £10.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.8m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £705k | £958k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £623k | £947k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £445k | £654k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £445k | £654k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 40 | 43 | 47 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.7% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 23.3% | 25.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £280k | £307k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £10.3k | £13.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −279.6% | −203.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲19.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲47.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲7.5% | ▲9.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £42.9k | £84.4k | £983k | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.7m | £2.2m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £242k | £289k | £387k | £289k |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £4.6m | £4.9m | £8m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £2.2m | £1.1m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £0 | £1.4m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£2m | −£2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £307k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −203.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.5%
- 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
- ▲30%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲162%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £289k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- KDS Power Solutions Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- KDS Solutions Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- KDS LV Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
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 £654k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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