Kingston Modular Systems Limited
Registered name: KINGSTON MODULAR SYSTEMS LIMITED
Kingston Modular Systems Limited made £12.6m revenue and a £563k loss in the year to 31 May 2024. read from filing text
Kingston Modular Systems Limited’s revenue fell 27% to £12.6m in the year to 31 May 2024, with a loss of £563k and 87 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in North Ferriby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration/Administrative Receiver
- Location
- North Ferriby, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.5m | £17.2m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £13.1m | £14.8m | £10.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £447k | £193k | −£444k |
| Profit before tax | £346k | £77.4k | −£563k |
| Profit after tax | £313k | £107k | −£563k |
| Profit (best available) | £313k | £107k | −£563k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £4.2m | — |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 90 | 87 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2% | 0.6% | −4.5% |
| Gross margin | 15.4% | 14.1% | 16.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £210k | £191k | £145k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | £1.2k | −£6.5k |
| Cash conversion | −172.6% | −280.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.5% | ▼26.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼65.9% | ▼628.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.6% | ▼3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £580k | £585k | £187k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.3m | £742k |
| Fixed assets | £298k | £452k | £464k |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £3.6m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £659k | £580k | £254k |
| Cash from operations | −£772k | −£542k | £510k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £145k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.1%
- 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
- ▼43%
- Now £742k
- Cash at bank
- ▼68%
- Now £187k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- ▼56%
- Now £254k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £464k
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 31 May 2024 (profit −£563k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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