Kentex Electric (Southern) Limited
Registered name: KENTEX ELECTRIC (SOUTHERN) LIMITED
Kentex Electric (Southern) Limited made £23.3m revenue and £311k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Kentex Electric (Southern) Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £23.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £311k profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Bickley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bickley, London
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.4m | £19.7m | £20.1m | £23.3m |
| Cost of sales | £17.1m | £16.5m | £17m | £19.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £3.2m | £3.1m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £28.8k | £580k | £508k | £345k |
| Profit before tax | £34.3k | £590k | £539k | £441k |
| Profit after tax | £31.4k | £438k | £386k | £311k |
| Profit (best available) | £31.4k | £438k | £386k | £311k |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 37 | 35 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 11.9% | 16.4% | 15.7% | 14.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £571k | £532k | £575k | £684k |
| Profit per employee | £924 | £11.8k | £11k | £9.2k |
| Cash conversion | −22541% | 73.7% | 255% | 51.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▲2.2% | ▲15.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1292% | ▼11.8% | ▼19.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.8% | ▼5.4% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £728k | £708k | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £41k | £83.9k | £131k | £127k |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £5.9m | £4.8m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £4.4m | £2.4m | £3.9m |
| Deferred income | £460k | £279k | £386k | £973k |
| Cash from operations | −£6.5m | £428k | £1.3m | £178k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £684k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 51.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- ▲152%
- Now £973k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £127k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Kentex Group Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £311k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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