KDC/One Swallowfield Limited
Registered name: KDC/ONE SWALLOWFIELD LIMITED
KDC/One Swallowfield Limited made £78.4m revenue and a £134k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
KDC/One Swallowfield Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £78.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £134k and 624 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations” and is based in Wellington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wellington, South West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £70m | £67.8m | £78.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£62.6m | −£63.2m | −£69.4m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £4.6m | £9m |
| Operating profit | −£6.5m | £1.3m | −£3m |
| Profit before tax | −£6.7m | £1.1m | −£3.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£5.1m | £1.7m | −£134k |
| Profit (best available) | −£5.1m | £1.7m | −£134k |
| Employees (average) | 761 | 695 | 624 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −7.2% | 2.5% | −0.2% |
| Gross margin | 10.5% | 6.8% | 11.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £92k | £97.6k | £126k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.7k | £2.4k | −£215 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.1% | ▲15.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼107.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.7% | ▼10.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £126k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£215
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 624
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- KDC UK Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swallowfield Consumer Products LimitedFigures 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£134k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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