Karan Retail Ltd
Registered name: KARAN RETAIL LTD
Karan Retail Ltd made £195m revenue and £4.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Karan Retail Ltd’s revenue grew 17% to £195m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £4.1m profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Midlands
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £70.5m | £115m | £166m | £195m |
| Cost of sales | £66.1m | £107m | £153m | £179m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £8.5m | £13.6m | £15.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £4m | £8.4m | £8.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £3.3m | £6.6m | £5.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £2.6m | £5.2m | £4.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £2.6m | £5.2m | £4.1m |
| Staff costs | £218k | £525k | £949k | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 19 | 28 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 2.2% | 3.1% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 6.2% | 7.4% | 8.2% | 7.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.4m | £6.1m | £5.9m | £5m |
| Profit per employee | £60.5k | £135k | £186k | £106k |
| Cash conversion | −128.7% | −224.3% | −119.9% | −129.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲63.6% | ▲44.3% | ▲17.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲102.2% | ▲102.5% | ▼20.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.5% | ▲47.4% | ▲39.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £269k | £641k | £2.3m | £4.1m |
| Net assets | £7.2m | £12.8m | £21.4m | £29.8m |
| Fixed assets | £20.1m | £35.6m | £52.7m | £71.2m |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £7.3m | £11.4m | £13.7m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.2m | £3.4m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £15k | £301k | £519k | £378k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.3m | −£9m | −£10m | −£10.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £106k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −129.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 36.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- 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
- ▲39%
- Now £29.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲83%
- Now £4.1m
- Headcount
- ▲39%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- ▼27%
- Now £378k
- Fixed assets
- ▲35%
- Now £71.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (7)
- A.black (Benderloch) LimitedRev. — · Profit £38.5k
- Ad Security Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- H.i.a. Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- H.i.a. Subs LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Houghton Service Station Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Houghton Service Station LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ringplus 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 Mar 2025 (profit £4.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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