Ken Mallinson & Sons Limited
Registered name: KEN MALLINSON & SONS LIMITED
Part of Ken Mallinson & Sons Holdings Limited groupKen Mallinson & Sons Limited made £18.9m revenue and £6.6k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Ken Mallinson & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £18.9m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £6.6k profit and 123 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Barnsley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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: “The company is a subsidiary of Ken Mallinson & Sons Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The consolidated financial statements of Ken Mallinson & Sons Holdings Limited are av”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.8m | £18.9m |
| Cost of sales | £12.6m | £15.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £751k |
| Profit before tax | £453k | £15k |
| Profit after tax | £402k | £6.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £402k | £6.6k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 95 | 123 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 20.3% | 17.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £167k | £153k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | £53 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼98.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲29.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £177k | £482k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £12.6m | £12.4m |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £4m | £3.9m |
| Deferred income | £232k | £238k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £153k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £53
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 65.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.8%
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲172%
- Now £482k
- Headcount
- ▲29%
- Now 123
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £238k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £12.4m
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
- Ken Mallinson & Sons Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ken Mallinson & Sons Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Mallinson Properties 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 £6.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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