RK Brands Ltd
Registered name: RK BRANDS LTD
Part of Edgerton & Co Estates Ltd groupRK Brands Ltd made £23.7m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.
RK Brands Ltd’s revenue grew 32% to £23.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £1.3m profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Redditch; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Redditch, West Midlands
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.9m | £23.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.7m | £8.4m |
| Gross profit | £12.2m | £15.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £769k | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 11.3% | 5.4% |
| Gross margin | 68.1% | 64.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £543k | £438k |
| Profit per employee | £61.5k | £23.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲32.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲63.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.8m | £6.1m |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £252k | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £607k |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £438k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲61%
- Now £6.1m
- Headcount
- ▲64%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲470%
- Now £1.4m
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
- Edgerton & Co Estates Ltdultimate parent50–75%
- Aybl Group Limited75–100%
- RK Brands Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Because of Alice LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2023 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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