Kegstar Limited
Registered name: KEGSTAR LIMITED
Part of Microstar UK Holdco Limited groupKegstar Limited made £14.4m revenue and a £5.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Kegstar Limited’s revenue was £14.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £5.3m and 15 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 immediate parent undertaking is Microstar UK Holdco Limited, which is incorporated in the UK. The registered address of Microstar UK Holdco Limited is 3rd Floor, 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshir”
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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.2m | £14.4m | £14.4m |
| Cost of sales | £9.9m | £11.5m | £11m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £337k | £2.1m | −£1.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£905k | −£1.2m | −£6.2m |
| Profit after tax | £320k | −£1.1m | −£5.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £320k | −£1.1m | −£5.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £955k | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 11 | 15 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | −7.8% | −37% |
| Gross margin | 30.4% | 19.8% | 23.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.3m | £957k |
| Profit per employee | £29.1k | −£103k | −£354k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼452.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲36.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.1m | £555k |
| Net assets | £18.4m | £17.2m | £11.9m |
| Fixed assets | £38.9m | £46.5m | £49.1m |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £6.5m | £8m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £2.7m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £346k | £226k | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −37%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £957k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£354k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 342.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.6%
- 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
- ▼31%
- Now £11.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £555k
- Headcount
- ▲36%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- ▲940%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £49.1m
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
- Microstar UK Holdco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Kegstar Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£5.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.