K.S. Composites Limited
Registered name: K.S. COMPOSITES LIMITED
Part of Twisted Inc Limited groupK.S. Composites Limited made £15.8m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
K.S. Composites Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £15.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £1.1m profit and 140 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles” and is based in Melton Mowbray; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Melton Mowbray, East Midlands
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.8m | £14.6m | £15.8m |
| Cost of sales | £8.9m | £11.2m | £13.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £3.4m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £347k | £1.4m | £350k |
| Profit before tax | £64.3k | £895k | £34.6k |
| Profit after tax | −£77k | £309k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£77k | £309k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £4.6m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | — | 132 | 140 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.7% | 2.1% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | 17.5% | 23% | 16.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £110k | £113k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.3k | £7.7k |
| Cash conversion | 68.7% | 141.9% | 68.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35% | ▲8.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲248.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £119k | £137k | £17.6k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £5.5m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2.4m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £75.5k | £523k | £170k |
| Cash from operations | £239k | £2m | £240k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £113k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 68.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.3%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼87%
- Now £17.6k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 140
- Deferred income
- ▼67%
- Now £170k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £2.3m
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
- Twisted Inc Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- KS Composites Group Limited75–100%
- K.S. Composites Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Bob Salisbury Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- KS Composites Motorsport LimitedFigures not disclosed
- KS Composites Production LimitedFigures not disclosed
- KS Composites Special Projects 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 30 Sep 2024 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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