Kilkern Ltd
Registered name: KILKERN LTD
Kilkern Ltd made £21.5m revenue and £949k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Kilkern Ltd’s revenue was £21.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £949k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Bolton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.1m | £24.8m | £21.5m |
| Cost of sales | £14.5m | £15.9m | £14.1m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £8.9m | £7.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £917k | £949k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £917k | £949k |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £4.4m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 53 | 50 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | 3.7% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 31.1% | 36% | 34.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £340k | £468k | £430k |
| Profit per employee | £20.7k | £17.3k | £19k |
| Cash conversion | 87.1% | 204.5% | 120% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £195k | £126k | £11.1k |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.3m | £5.5m |
| Fixed assets | £11.2m | £11.8m | £11.1m |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £4.4m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £172k | £891k | £697k |
| Cash from operations | £1.8m | £4.2m | £2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £430k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 120%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 51.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9%
- 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 £5.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £11.1k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £697k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £11.1m
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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £949k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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