KDP (Aberdeen) Limited
Registered name: KDP (ABERDEEN) LIMITED
Part of KDP Holdings Ltd groupKDP (Aberdeen) Limited made £7m revenue and a £180k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
KDP (Aberdeen) Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £7m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £180k and 56 employees. The company is classified under “dispensing chemist in specialised stores” and is based in Aberdeen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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: “KDP Holdings Ltd”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £6.6m | £7.2m | £7m |
| Cost of sales | — | £4.3m | £4.6m | £4.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.3m | £2.6m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £107k | £267k | −£89.4k |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.8m | £221k | −£70.7k |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.7m | £175k | −£180k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.7m | £175k | −£180k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 50 | 60 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 25.1% | 2.4% | −2.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 34.3% | 36.5% | 39% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £132k | £121k | £124k |
| Profit per employee | — | £33.1k | £2.9k | −£3.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲9.5% | ▼3.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼89.4% | ▼202.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.3% | ▲20% | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £688k | £587k | £131k | £482k |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £6.9m | £6.4m | £6.2m |
| Fixed assets | £5.6m | £9.3m | £8.5m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £647k | £874k | £631k | £586k |
| Deferred income | £141k | £214k | £164k | £197k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £124k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 110.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.4%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲269%
- Now £482k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▲20%
- Now £197k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £7.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- KDP Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- KDP (Aberdeen) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- RWP Sub LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Summerhill Pharmacy LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£180k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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