KSR Lighting Limited
Registered name: KSR LIGHTING LIMITED
KSR Lighting Limited made £17m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
KSR Lighting Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £17m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Chichester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chichester, South East
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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) | £15.5m | £17.7m | £19.7m | £17m |
| Cost of sales | £10.7m | £12.3m | £12.8m | £11.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £5.4m | £6.9m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.9m | £2.2m | £3.7m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £2.2m | £3.7m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £1.8m | £2.7m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £1.8m | £2.7m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 36 | 44 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.8% | 10% | 13.8% | 6.4% |
| Gross margin | 31.5% | 30.6% | 35.1% | 30.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £457k | £492k | £447k | £355k |
| Profit per employee | £67.7k | £49.4k | £61.5k | £22.6k |
| Cash conversion | 2.9% | 100.9% | 53.6% | 91.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▲11.1% | ▼13.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22.7% | ▲52% | ▼59.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲22.2% | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £334k | £2m | £3.4m | £4.2m |
| Net assets | £8.2m | £9.5m | £11.8m | £12.3m |
| Fixed assets | £56.4k | £146k | £214k | £175k |
| Current assets | £13.9m | £15m | £17.5m | £18.1m |
| Debtors | £7.4m | £8m | £8.6m | £8.3m |
| Deferred income | £406k | £247k | £343k | £343k |
| Cash from operations | £83.5k | £2.3m | £2m | £1.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £355k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 91.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 48.6%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £12.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲26%
- Now £4.2m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- ▲0%
- Now £343k
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £175k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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