Karsten UK Limited
Registered name: KARSTEN UK LIMITED
Karsten UK Limited made £85.9m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Karsten UK Limited’s revenue grew 35% to £85.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.3m profit. The company is classified under “support activities for crop production” and is based in Spalding; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Spalding, East of England
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2003
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £50.9m | £63.8m | £85.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£41.7m | −£54.9m | −£74m |
| Gross profit | £9.2m | £8.9m | £11.9m |
| Operating profit | £438k | £616k | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £562k | −£827k | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £488k | −£136k | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £488k | −£136k | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1% | −0.2% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 18% | 13.9% | 13.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.5% | ▲34.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼127.9% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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