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Company No. NI070354 · Incorporated 3 Sep 2008

Basil Knipe Electrics Limited

Registered name: BASIL KNIPE ELECTRICS LIMITED

Part of Ajrm Holdings Limited group

Basil Knipe Electrics Limited made £11.6m revenue and £475k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text

Basil Knipe Electrics Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £11.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £475k profit and 47 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores” and is based in Ballymoney; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 47540Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
Status
Active
Location
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
Age
18 yrs · since 2008
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. From the filing: “The company's ultimate parent undertaking is AJRM Holdings Limited, a company registered in Northern Ireland.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£11.6m
Growth ▲8%
Profit
£475k
Growth ▼7%
Profit margin
4.1%
Gross 11.6%
Employees
47
Change ▲9.3%
Profit / employee
£10.1k
Revenue/employee £246k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202230 Sep 202330 Sep 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£11.6m£12.1m£10.7m£11.6m
Cost of sales£10.3m£10.9m£9.6m£10.2m
Gross profit£1.4m£1.2m£1.1m£1.3m
Operating profit£1.3m£1.1m£619k£553k
Profit before tax£1.3m£1.1m£693k£637k
Profit after tax£1m£838k£511k£475k
Profit (best available)£1m£838k£511k£475k
Staff costs£980k£1m£1.3m£1.6m
Employees (average)43424347
Ratios
Profit margin9%6.9%4.8%4.1%
Gross margin11.6%9.8%10.4%11.6%
Revenue per employee£270k£287k£249k£246k
Profit per employee£24.2k£19.9k£11.9k£10.1k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲4%▼11.3%▲8%
Profit growth—▼19.5%▼39%▼7%
Headcount growth—▼2.3%▲2.4%▲9.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.6m£2.1m£3.3m£3.6m
Net assets£5.7m£6.5m£7m£7.4m
Fixed assets£719k£748k£609k£635k
Current assets£6.5m£7.5m£7.9m£8.5m
Debtors£475k£752k£394k£575k
Deferred income£47k£42.9k£74.7k£42.4k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
4.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
11.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£246k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£10.1k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
5.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
5%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲5%
Now £7.4m
Cash at bank
▲10%
Now £3.6m
Headcount
▲9%
Now 47
Deferred income
▼43%
Now £42.4k
Fixed assets
▲4%
Now £635k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Ajrm Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Basil Knipe Electrics Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £475k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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