J.k.h.drainage Units Limited
Registered name: J.K.H.DRAINAGE UNITS LIMITED
J.k.h.drainage Units Limited made £9.7m revenue and £402k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
J.k.h.drainage Units Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £9.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £402k profit and 70 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of concrete products for construction purposes” and is based in Bury ST. Edmunds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury ST. Edmunds, East of England
- Age
- 56 yrs · since 1969
- 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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.9m | £9.3m | £8.5m | £9.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5m | £4.5m | £4.1m | £5.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.9m | £4.8m | £4.4m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.9m | £1.6m | £848k | £788k |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £1.5m | £702k | £710k |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £1.3m | £480k | £402k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £1.3m | £480k | £402k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3m | £3.2m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 61 | 64 | 70 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 30.6% | 13.9% | 5.6% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 54.3% | 51.6% | 51.9% | 47.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £177k | £152k | £133k | £139k |
| Profit per employee | £53.9k | £21.2k | £7.5k | £5.7k |
| Cash conversion | −111.4% | −179.5% | −164.7% | −179.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.2% | ▼8.1% | ▲14.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼61.3% | ▼62.9% | ▼16.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.6% | ▲4.9% | ▲9.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £2.6m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Net assets | £10.2m | £11.3m | £11.8m | £12.2m |
| Fixed assets | £12.9m | £12.4m | £12m | £11.6m |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £4.9m | £4.8m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £16.1k | £11k | £199k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.2m | −£3m | −£1.4m | −£1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £139k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −179.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 118.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £12.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲2%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 70
- Deferred income
- ▲1706%
- Now £199k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £11.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £402k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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