KS Composites Group Limited
Registered name: KS COMPOSITES GROUP LIMITED
Part of Twisted Inc Limited groupKS Composites Group Limited made £14.6m revenue and £200k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2023.
KS Composites Group Limited’s revenue grew 35% to £14.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2023, with £200k profit and 132 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Melton Mowbray; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Melton Mowbray, East Midlands
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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.
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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.8m | £14.6m |
| Cost of sales | £8.9m | £11.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £347k | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £64.3k | £895k |
| Profit after tax | −£77k | £200k |
| Profit (best available) | −£77k | £200k |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | — | 132 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.7% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 17.5% | 23% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £110k |
| Profit per employee | — | £1.5k |
| Cash conversion | 126.3% | 127.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £119k | £137k |
| Net assets | £405k | £605k |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Cash from operations | £439k | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £110k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 127.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.7%
- 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
- ▲49%
- Now £605k
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £137k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 132
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £2.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Twisted Inc Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- KS Composites Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- K.S. Composites LimitedRev. £15.8m · Profit £1.1m
- Bob Salisbury Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- KS Composites Motorsport LimitedFigures not disclosed
- KS Composites Production LimitedFigures not disclosed
- KS Composites Special Projects LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Scorpion Ribs LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Twisted (Sac) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Twisted Automotive LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Twisted Inc UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Twisted Marine LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2023 (profit £200k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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