KJW Drylining Limited
Registered name: KJW DRYLINING LIMITED
Part of KJW Group Limited groupKJW Drylining Limited made £23.4m revenue and £524k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
KJW Drylining Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £23.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £524k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “plastering” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.6m | £21.9m | £23.4m |
| Cost of sales | £24.5m | £20.7m | £22.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £357k | £599k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £497k | £706k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £352k | £524k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £352k | £524k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.6m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 35 | 33 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 8% | 5.7% | 5.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £759k | £626k | £709k |
| Profit per employee | £34.2k | £10.1k | £15.9k |
| Cash conversion | −119.1% | −7.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.5% | ▲6.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼70.5% | ▲48.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼5.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £5.1m | £4.8m | £5.9m |
| Net assets | £9.1m | £9.3m | £9.9m |
| Fixed assets | £328k | £316k | £338k |
| Current assets | £17.3m | £17m | £16.8m |
| Debtors | £7.1m | £7.1m | £5.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.8m | −£27.3k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £709k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.2%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £9.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲21%
- Now £5.9m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £338k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- KJW Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- KJW Drylining 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 Sep 2025 (profit £524k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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