Kerfoot Metals Limited
Registered name: KERFOOT METALS LIMITED
Kerfoot Metals Limited made £6.2m revenue and £47.5k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Kerfoot Metals Limited’s revenue fell 30% to £6.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £47.5k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “recovery of sorted materials” and is based in ST. Helens; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Helens, North West
- 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 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £8.4m | £8.9m | £6.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.7m | £8.3m | £5.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £716k | £642k | £729k |
| Operating profit | — | £17.1k | −£28.9k | £62.1k |
| Profit before tax | — | £17.1k | −£28.9k | £62.1k |
| Profit after tax | — | £13.8k | −£28.9k | £47.5k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £13.8k | −£28.9k | £47.5k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 0.2% | −0.3% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 8.5% | 7.2% | 11.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £767k | £810k | £693k |
| Profit per employee | — | £1.3k | −£2.6k | £5.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲5.5% | ▼30% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼308.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼18.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £693k | £612k | £192k | — |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.6m | — |
| Fixed assets | £371k | £371k | £371k | — |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.4m | — |
| Debtors | £452k | £255k | £472k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £693k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.3k
- 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
- ▼18%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £47.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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