Studwelders Composite Floor Decks Ltd
Registered name: STUDWELDERS COMPOSITE FLOOR DECKS LTD
Part of Kenai Holdings Limited groupStudwelders Composite Floor Decks Ltd made £19.7m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Studwelders Composite Floor Decks Ltd’s revenue grew 12% to £19.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Chepstow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chepstow, Wales
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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. From the filing: “The parent company at the balance sheet date was Kenai Holdings Limited.”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.9m | £20.5m | £17.5m | £19.7m |
| Cost of sales | £17.8m | £17.4m | £14.7m | £16.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £3.1m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £590k | £1.3m | £901k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £591k | £1.3m | £953k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £473k | £1.1m | £807k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £473k | £1.1m | £807k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 50 | 44 | 44 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 5.2% | 4.6% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 10.8% | 15.1% | 16.4% | 15.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £399k | £410k | £398k | £447k |
| Profit per employee | £9.5k | £21.2k | £18.3k | £24.4k |
| Cash conversion | 0.8% | −159.5% | −89.4% | −10.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.9% | ▼14.5% | ▲12.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲123.9% | ▼23.9% | ▲32.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼12% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £150k | £144k | £120k | £119k |
| Current assets | £9.3m | £5.3m | £5.3m | £5.8m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £525k | £209k | £464k |
| Deferred income | £393k | £457k | £438k | £417k |
| Cash from operations | £4.9k | −£2m | −£806k | −£115k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £447k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −10.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £417k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £119k
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
- Kenai Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Studwelders Composite Floor Decks Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (12)
- Northern Steel Decking LtdRev. £20.6m · Profit £1.5m
- Construction Metal Sales LimitedRev. — · Profit £6.6k
- Kenai International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Metsolar LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MST Properties LtdFigures not disclosed
- NSD Composite Floor Decks LtdFigures not disclosed
- Red Dot 2 Developments LtdFigures not disclosed
- Smithy & Sully LtdFigures not disclosed
- Speedy Deck LtdFigures not disclosed
- Studwelders Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- SWL Steel Decking LtdFigures not disclosed
- Whirlybirds Helicopters 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 £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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