Red Kite Business Services Limited
Registered name: RED KITE BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Red Kite Business Services Limited made £11.5m revenue and £752k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Red Kite Business Services Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £11.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £752k profit and 248 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 Mar 2022 | 30 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £7.6m | £10.4m | £11.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | £462k | £902k | £992k |
| Profit after tax | — | £390k | £672k | £752k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £390k | £672k | £752k |
| Staff costs | — | £6.4m | £8.6m | £9.5m |
| Employees (average) | 163 | 198 | 239 | 248 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 5.2% | 6.5% | 6.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £38.2k | £43.4k | £46.5k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2k | £2.8k | £3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲37.2% | ▲11.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲72.4% | ▲11.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.5% | ▲20.7% | ▲3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | — | £222k | £650k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £2m | £2.6m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £5.2m | £5.2m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £767k | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Debtors | £683k | £767k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £791k | £1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £46.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 45.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- 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
- ▲29%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲193%
- Now £650k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 248
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £5.3m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £752k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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