Kent Painting Contractors Ltd
Registered name: KENT PAINTING CONTRACTORS LTD
Kent Painting Contractors Ltd made £2.4m revenue and £124k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Kent Painting Contractors Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £2.4m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £124k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Chatham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chatham, South East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £381k | £502k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £181k | £164k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £181k | £164k |
| Profit after tax | — | £168k | £137k | £124k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £168k | £137k | £124k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £16.8k | £24k |
| Employees (average) | — | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 6.3% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 17.4% | 20.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £547k | £609k |
| Profit per employee | — | £42k | £34.3k | £31.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲11.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼18.3% | ▼9.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £87.8k | £135k | £290k | £175k |
| Net assets | £53.8k | £142k | £190k | £217k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £136k | £269k | £563k | £287k |
| Debtors | £48.3k | £134k | £272k | £112k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £609k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £217k
- Cash at bank
- ▼40%
- Now £175k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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Sources
Latest figures from AbridgedAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £124k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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