Kokoro UK Limited
Registered name: KOKORO UK LIMITED
Part of Asan Holdings Ltd groupKokoro UK Limited made £17.7m revenue and £677k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Kokoro UK Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £17.7m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £677k profit and 283 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Walton - on - Thames; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Walton - on - Thames, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 company's ultimate parent is Asan Investment Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 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) | £9.3m | £12.8m | £17m | £17.7m |
| Cost of sales | £4.5m | £6.1m | £7.5m | £7.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £6.6m | £9.5m | £10.5m |
| Operating profit | £503k | £99.9k | £908k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £565k | £29.7k | £843k | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £412k | £6.2k | £591k | £677k |
| Profit (best available) | £412k | £6.2k | £591k | £677k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £4.2m | £5.3m | £6m |
| Employees (average) | 162 | 241 | 280 | 283 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | 0.1% | 3.5% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 51.6% | 52.1% | 55.8% | 59.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £57.6k | £52.9k | £60.6k | £62.5k |
| Profit per employee | £2.5k | £26 | £2.1k | £2.4k |
| Cash conversion | −251.1% | −1587% | −153% | −258.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.8% | ▲33% | ▲4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼98.5% | ▲9435% | ▲14.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲48.8% | ▲16.2% | ▲1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £1.5m | £824k | £971k |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £2.9m | £3.5m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £4.2m | £4.5m | £4m |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £2.8m | £2.4m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £501k | £99.2k | £188k | £177k |
| Deferred income | £88.7k | £135k | £158k | £160k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | −£1.6m | −£1.4m | −£2.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £62.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −258.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1%
- 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 £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £971k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 283
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £160k
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Asan Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Kokoro UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Asan Investment 1 LtdFigures not disclosed
- Asan Investment 2 LtdFigures not disclosed
- Kokoro Franchise LtdFigures not disclosed
- Kokoro JV Management LtdFigures not disclosed
- Kokoro Trading 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 Aug 2025 (profit £677k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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