Kingstown Associates Limited
Registered name: KINGSTOWN ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Part of Kingstown Associates (Holdings) Limited groupKingstown Associates Limited made £13.7m revenue and £172k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Kingstown Associates Limited’s revenue was £13.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £172k profit and 93 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Driffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Driffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.5m | £13.5m | £13.7m | £13.7m |
| Cost of sales | £13m | £11.5m | £11.4m | £11.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £390k | £236k |
| Profit before tax | £412k | £76.9k | £390k | £236k |
| Profit after tax | £340k | £14.7k | £297k | £172k |
| Profit (best available) | £340k | £14.7k | £297k | £172k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 113 | 100 | 94 | 93 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 0.1% | 2.2% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 15.9% | 14.6% | 16.6% | 16.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £137k | £135k | £146k | £148k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | £147 | £3.2k | £1.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.1% | ▲1.6% | ▲0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼95.7% | ▲1918% | ▼42.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.5% | ▼6% | ▼1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £460k | £121k | £172k | £379k |
| Net assets | £5m | £5.1m | £5.4m | £5.5m |
| Fixed assets | £81.6k | £111k | £133k | £103k |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £6.3m | £6.6m | £7m |
| Debtors | £129k | £119k | £157k | £44.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £148k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £5.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲121%
- Now £379k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 93
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £103k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kingstown Associates (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Kingstown Associates 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £172k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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