Charles Saunders Holdings Limited
Registered name: CHARLES SAUNDERS HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Kite UK Topco Limited groupCharles Saunders Holdings Limited made £25.2m revenue and a £293k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Charles Saunders Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £25.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £293k and 74 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in North Shields; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- North Shields, North East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.9m | £23.7m | £25.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£15.5m | −£16m | −£17.2m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £7.7m | £7.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £2.4m | −£421k |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £2.6m | −£286k |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £1.7m | −£293k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £1.7m | −£293k |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 84 | 74 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8% | 7.3% | −1.2% |
| Gross margin | 32.4% | 32.6% | 31.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £309k | £282k | £340k |
| Profit per employee | £24.8k | £20.7k | −£4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▲6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.3% | ▼116.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.5% | ▼11.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £340k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£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
- ▼12%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kite UK Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Kite UK Midco Limited75–100%
- Kite UK Bidco Limited75–100%
- Kitwave Group Limited75–100%
- Kitwave Investments Limited75–100%
- Kitwave One Limited75–100%
- Kitwave Limited75–100%
- Creed Catering Supplies Limited75–100%
- Creed Foodservice Limited75–100%
- Charles Saunders Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Charles Saunders LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- First Choice Holdings LimitedRev. £25m · Profit £1.4m
- Fife Creamery LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.5m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£293k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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