Killis Limited
Registered name: KILLIS LIMITED
Part of Killis Holdings Limited groupKillis Limited made £13.2m revenue and £27.5k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Killis Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £13.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £27.5k profit and 73 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 company’s immediate”
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 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.5m | £11.7m | £12.5m | £13.2m |
| Cost of sales | £8.7m | £7.8m | £7.7m | £8m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £3.9m | £4.8m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £540k | £80.6k | £766k | £58.6k |
| Profit before tax | £440k | £518k | £579k | −£124k |
| Profit after tax | £385k | £524k | £374k | £27.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £385k | £524k | £374k | £27.5k |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 63 | 67 | 73 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 4.5% | 3% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 30.3% | 33.6% | 38.4% | 39.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £215k | £186k | £186k | £181k |
| Profit per employee | £6.6k | £8.3k | £5.6k | £376 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.1% | ▲6.2% | ▲6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲36.2% | ▼28.6% | ▼92.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▲6.3% | ▲9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £254k | £124k | £92.3k | £91.1k |
| Net assets | £891k | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £5.8m | £5.7m | £8.8m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2m | £1.8m | £2.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £181k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £376
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.2%
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £91.1k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £2.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Killis Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- T L Killis & Sons Limited75–100%
- Killis Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- MDS UK 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £27.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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