Camper King Limited
Registered name: CAMPER KING LIMITED
Part of Grey Business Holdings Limited groupCamper King Limited made £26m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.
Camper King Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £26m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £1.7m profit and 82 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods” and is based in Stratford-Upon-Avon; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stratford-Upon-Avon, West Midlands
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.2m | £26m |
| Cost of sales | £21.2m | £19.7m |
| Gross profit | £7m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 82 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7.5% | 6.4% |
| Gross margin | 24.8% | 24.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £307k | £317k |
| Profit per employee | £22.9k | £20.4k |
| Cash conversion | 74.8% | −78.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £477k | £728k |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £4.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £7.8m | £9m |
| Debtors | £88.7k | £188k |
| Deferred income | £74.7k | £274k |
| Cash from operations | £2.1m | −£1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £317k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −78.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- 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
- ▲38%
- Now £4.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲53%
- Now £728k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- ▲267%
- Now £274k
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £1.4m
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
- Grey Business Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Camper King Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Camper Warehouse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- North East Campervans LimitedFigures not disclosed
- UK Plastic Products 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 31 Mar 2023 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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