Kartell UK Limited
Registered name: KARTELL UK LIMITED
Part of Brand K Holdings Ltd groupKartell UK Limited made £91.9m revenue and £5.1m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Kartell UK Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £91.9m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £5.1m profit and 244 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in Northampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £77.6m | £83m | £93m | £91.9m |
| Cost of sales | £49.8m | £53.7m | £58.2m | £57.4m |
| Gross profit | £27.8m | £29.3m | £34.9m | £34.5m |
| Operating profit | £8.1m | £6m | £12.2m | £8.6m |
| Profit before tax | £7.6m | £517k | £8m | £5.9m |
| Profit after tax | £6.3m | £398k | £5.2m | £5.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.3m | £398k | £5.2m | £5.1m |
| Staff costs | £5.9m | £6.4m | £7.2m | £8.2m |
| Employees (average) | 202 | 205 | 216 | 244 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.2% | 0.5% | 5.5% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 35.8% | 35.3% | 37.5% | 37.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £384k | £405k | £431k | £376k |
| Profit per employee | £31.4k | £1.9k | £23.9k | £21.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▲12.1% | ▼1.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼93.7% | ▲1195% | ▼0.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▲5.4% | ▲13% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £66.3k | £2.9m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £12.6m | £12.3m | £13.9m | £17.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.3m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £44.5m | £48.6m | £49.7m | £56.6m |
| Debtors | £11.8m | £12.5m | £13.3m | £12.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £376k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.8%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £17.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲31%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 244
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £2.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Brand K Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Brand K Ltd75–100%
- Kartell UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (11)
- Marleton Cross LimitedRev. £17.9m · Profit −£908k
- Utopia Furniture Ltd.Rev. £11.2m · Profit −£1.6m
- Vogue (UK) LimitedRev. £11.1m · Profit −£153k
- JT Holdings (UK) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- Carron Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £12.9k
- Intu K LtdFigures not disclosed
- Paladin Heritage Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Showermaster LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Summerbridge Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Shower Tray Company Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- UK Bespoke Products 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 28 Feb 2025 (profit £5.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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