KM Tools Limited
Registered name: KM TOOLS LIMITED
Part of TDR Capital LLP groupKM Tools Limited made £3.3m revenue and £178k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
KM Tools Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £3.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £178k profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Altrincham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Altrincham
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.3m | £3.5m | £3.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.5m | −£2.8m | −£2.6m |
| Gross profit | £789k | £649k | £623k |
| Operating profit | £109k | −£19.2k | −£33.3k |
| Profit before tax | £109k | −£19.4k | −£33.6k |
| Profit after tax | £64.8k | −£20.4k | £178k |
| Profit (best available) | £64.8k | −£20.4k | £178k |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 26 | 25 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2% | −0.6% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 24.1% | 18.8% | 19.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £105k | £133k | £130k |
| Profit per employee | £2.1k | −£786 | £7.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.7% | ▼5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼131.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.1% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £130k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.1k
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- TDR Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- TDR Capital Nominees 2021 Limited50–75%
- Corpacq Group Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Holdings Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Midco Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Finance Limited75–100%
- Inspire Bidco Limited75–100%
- KM Tools Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Auto Logistiks LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Emissco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Klarius Products LtdFigures not disclosed
- Timec 1395 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £178k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 18 Oct 2026
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