If Investments (Horncastle) Limited
Registered name: IF INVESTMENTS (HORNCASTLE) LIMITED
Part of Kelsey Media Limited groupIf Investments (Horncastle) Limited made £17.8m revenue and £322k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
If Investments (Horncastle) Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £17.8m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £322k profit. The company is classified under “printing of newspapers” and is based in Maidstone; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidstone
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.2m | £18.7m | £17.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£11.9m | −£11.6m | −£10.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £7.1m | £6.9m |
| Operating profit | £566k | £682k | £492k |
| Profit before tax | £507k | £705k | £549k |
| Profit after tax | £418k | £491k | £322k |
| Profit (best available) | £418k | £491k | £322k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 2.6% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 38% | 37.8% | 38.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▼4.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲17.4% | ▼34.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kelsey Media Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Kelsey Publishing Limited75–100%
- If Investments (Horncastle) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Mortons Media Group Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £322k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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