Kettle Collective Ltd
Registered name: KETTLE COLLECTIVE LTD
Kettle Collective Ltd made £9.3m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Kettle Collective Ltd’s revenue fell 7% to £9.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.3m profit and 59 employees. The company is classified under “architectural activities” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.1m | £9.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £472k | £0 |
| Gross profit | — | £9.6m | £9.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 46 | 59 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 19.1% | 24.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 95.3% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £219k | £158k |
| Profit per employee | — | £41.8k | £39.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼7.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲20.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲24.3% | ▲28.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £5.7m | £4.2m | £614k |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £8.4m | £8.3m |
| Fixed assets | £153k | £206k | £145k |
| Current assets | £9.3m | £10.9m | £10.5m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £6.3m | £5.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £158k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £39.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 56.3%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £8.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼85%
- Now £614k
- Headcount
- ▲28%
- Now 59
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼30%
- Now £145k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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