Cubitts KX Limited
Registered name: CUBITTS KX LIMITED
Part of Cubitts KX Group Ltd groupCubitts KX Limited made £16.1m revenue and a £34.5k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Cubitts KX Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £16.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £34.5k and 147 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale by opticians” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £14.6m | £16.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £3.6m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £11m | £12m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £319k | £273k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £191k | £169k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £191k | −£34.5k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £191k | −£34.5k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £4.8m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 93 | 123 | 140 | 147 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 1.3% | −0.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 75.4% | 74.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £104k | £110k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £1.4k | −£235 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲10.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼118.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲32.3% | ▲13.8% | ▲5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £472k | £460k | £487k | £576k |
| Net assets | −£1.3m | −£1.7m | −£651k | −£686k |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.1m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £3.1m | £3.8m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £46.2k | £41.3k | £202k | £300k |
| Deferred income | £261k | £319k | £363k | £312k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 74.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £110k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£235
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- 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 −£686k
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £576k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 147
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £312k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £2.1m
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
- Cubitts KX Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Cubitts KX Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Cubitts King's Cross LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cubitts Southwark LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Cubitts ST James's LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cubitts US 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 2025 (profit −£34.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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