KCR Retail UK Limited
Registered name: KCR RETAIL UK LIMITED
Part of KCR International Limited groupKCR Retail UK Limited made £8.6m profit in the year to 30 Mar 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
KCR Retail UK Limited reported £8.6m profit in the year to 30 Mar 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 96 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 30 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.7m | £29.5m | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £6.9m | £11.8m | £21.1m | £28.2m |
| Gross profit | £8.8m | £17.7m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £4.8m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £4.7m | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £3.9m | £1.7m | £8.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £3.9m | £1.7m | £8.6m |
| Staff costs | — | £2.5m | £4m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 65 | 94 | 96 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.6% | 13.1% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 55.9% | 60% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £436k | £454k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £63.8k | £59.4k | £18.4k | £90k |
| Cash conversion | — | −113.3% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲87.9% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲68.1% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲80.6% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £3.2m | £8.1m | £16.3m |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £6.1m | £8.2m | £13.1m |
| Fixed assets | £96.2k | £1.6m | £1.7m | £3.3m |
| Current assets | £6.5m | £8.7m | £13.8m | £22.8m |
| Debtors | £167k | £44.3k | £776k | £143k |
| Deferred income | £1.4m | £1.3m | £2.6m | £4.2m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£5.4m | −£3.4m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £90k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now £13.1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £16.3m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 96
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £4.2m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £3.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- KCR International Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- KCR Retail UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Beyond Fulfilment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lavish Alice Retail LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Luxury Fashion Holdings LimitedFigures 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 30 Mar 2025 (profit £8.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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