Kosnic Lighting Limited
Registered name: KOSNIC LIGHTING LIMITED
Kosnic Lighting Limited made £21.3m revenue and £131k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Kosnic Lighting Limited’s revenue was £21.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £131k profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electric lighting equipment” and is based in Newbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newbury, South East
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15m | £17.7m | £21.4m | £21.3m |
| Cost of sales | £12.7m | £14.7m | £17.3m | −£17.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £3m | £4m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £328k | £710k | £1.3m | £132k |
| Profit before tax | £287k | £587k | £1.3m | £100k |
| Profit after tax | £223k | £497k | £1m | £131k |
| Profit (best available) | £223k | £497k | £1m | £131k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.8m | — |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 47 | 48 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 2.8% | 4.8% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 14.8% | 16.7% | 18.8% | 18.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £340k | £376k | £445k | £394k |
| Profit per employee | £5.1k | £10.6k | £21.5k | £2.4k |
| Cash conversion | 230.1% | 83.8% | 41.7% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.1% | ▲21% | ▼0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲123.3% | ▲107.3% | ▼87.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.8% | ▲2.1% | ▲12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £32.7k | £103k | £528k | — |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2.3m | £3.3m | — |
| Fixed assets | — | £7.7k | £5.7k | — |
| Current assets | £7.6m | £9.7m | £10.9m | — |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £4.7m | £4.9m | — |
| Deferred income | £1.6m | £3.6m | £3.7m | — |
| Cash from operations | £755k | £595k | £558k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £394k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £131k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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