KNW Holdings Limited
Registered name: KNW HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Transit Topco Limited groupKNW Holdings Limited made £14.6m revenue and a £71k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
KNW Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £14.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £71k and 53 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Slough; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Slough, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.1m | £14m | £14.6m |
| Cost of sales | £8.9m | £10.4m | £11m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3.7m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £895k | £221k | £55.7k |
| Profit before tax | £804k | £92.4k | −£91.1k |
| Profit after tax | £691k | −£114k | −£71k |
| Profit (best available) | £691k | −£114k | −£71k |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 47 | 53 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.7% | −0.8% | −0.5% |
| Gross margin | 27.1% | 26% | 24.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £357k | £299k | £276k |
| Profit per employee | £20.3k | −£2.4k | −£1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.6% | ▲4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼116.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲38.2% | ▲12.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £62 | £672 | £2.2k |
| Net assets | £648k | £634k | £4.4k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £101 | £101 |
| Current assets | £650k | £639k | £16k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £771 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £276k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.3k
- 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
- 0%
- 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
- ▼99%
- Now £4.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▲228%
- Now £2.2k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £101
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Transit Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Transit Holdco Limited75–100%
- Transit Midco Limited75–100%
- Transit Bidco Limited75–100%
- DX (Group) Limited75–100%
- DX Services Limited75–100%
- DX Network Services Limited75–100%
- KNW Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- HBC Logistics LtdRev. £14.4m · Profit −£108k
- Smart Logistics Manager LtdRev. £249k · Profit £51.6k
Sister companies (1)
- M.B. Freight Forwarding LimitedRev. £9.5m · Profit £1.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£71k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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