L.a. Kattenhorn & Partners Limited
Registered name: L.A. KATTENHORN & PARTNERS LIMITED
Part of La Kattenhorn & Partners (Holdings) Limited groupL.a. Kattenhorn & Partners Limited made £12.9m revenue and £574k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
L.a. Kattenhorn & Partners Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £12.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £574k profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Hampshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hampshire, South East
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1971
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14m | £14.2m | £13.1m | £12.9m |
| Cost of sales | £12.5m | £13.1m | £11.8m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £394k | −£108k | −£109k | £435k |
| Profit before tax | £395k | −£82.2k | £9.5k | £578k |
| Profit after tax | £345k | −£72.5k | £8.9k | £574k |
| Profit (best available) | £345k | −£72.5k | £8.9k | £574k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 60 | 60 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | −0.5% | 0.1% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 10.3% | 8% | 9.6% | 12.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £233k | £237k | £218k | £223k |
| Profit per employee | £5.7k | −£1.2k | £148 | £9.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2% | ▼8.4% | ▼1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼121% | — | ▲6354% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6m | £6.1m | £5m | £5m |
| Net assets | £5.6m | £5.6m | £5.6m | £5.6m |
| Fixed assets | £88.7k | £96.8k | £93.6k | £104k |
| Current assets | £8.7m | £8.3m | £7.7m | £8m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £138k | £140k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £223k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £5.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲0%
- Now £5m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £104k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- La Kattenhorn & Partners (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- L.a. Kattenhorn & Partners Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £574k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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