Blue Knot Topco1 Limited
Registered name: BLUE KNOT TOPCO1 LIMITED
Blue Knot Topco1 Limited made £18.8m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Blue Knot Topco1 Limited’s revenue grew 30% to £18.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.8m profit and 133 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard” and is based in Norwich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norwich, East of England
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.8m | £14.4m | £18.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£8.8m | −£7.5m | −£9.5m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £6.9m | £9.3m |
| Operating profit | £682k | £1.5m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £708k | £1.4m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £419k | £1m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £419k | £1m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 132 | 133 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Gross margin | 40.7% | 48.1% | 49.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £113k | £109k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | £3.2k | £7.6k | £13.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.5% | ▲30.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲140.6% | ▲79.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.8% | ▲0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.6k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now 133
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Art Angels Publishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- B D & H LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Green Pebble LimitedFigures not disclosed
- M & R Creative Designs LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Milex 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 Sep 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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