Karndean International Limited
Registered name: KARNDEAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Karndean Holdings Limited groupKarndean International Limited made £91m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Karndean International Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £91m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.5m profit and 271 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Evesham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Evesham, West Midlands
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £110m | £105m | £91m |
| Cost of sales | −£73.6m | −£61.2m | −£56.8m |
| Gross profit | £36.5m | £43.7m | £34.2m |
| Operating profit | £7m | £12.1m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £7.1m | £12.6m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £5.2m | £8.8m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.2m | £8.8m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 271 | 256 | 271 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 8.3% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 33.1% | 41.6% | 37.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £406k | £410k | £336k |
| Profit per employee | £19k | £34.2k | £5.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▼13.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲69.8% | ▼83.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▲5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £336k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 271
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Karndean Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Karndean International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Designflooring International (South) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Designflooring International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Designflooring.com LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Karndean LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- DSL Flooring LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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