Rose Marketing UK Limited
Registered name: ROSE MARKETING UK LIMITED
Part of Rose Holdings Ltd groupRose Marketing UK Limited made £25m revenue and £133k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Rose Marketing UK Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £25m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £133k profit and 28 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery” and is based in Kirkcaldy; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kirkcaldy, Scotland
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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. From the filing: “Rose Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £650k | £25.9m | £25m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £0 | £19.1m | £18.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £650k | £6.9m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £648k | £576k | £201k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £648k | £561k | £176k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £496k | £386k | £133k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £496k | £386k | £133k |
| Staff costs | — | — | — | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 28 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 76.2% | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 100% | 26.5% | 25.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £217k | £894k | £893k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £165k | £13.3k | £4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲3885% | ▼3.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼22.2% | ▼65.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲866.7% | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £356k | £745 | £745 | £792k | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £2.2m | £2.7m | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | — | — | £0 | £6.1k | £17.8k |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £2.3m | £2.7m | £9.5m | £13.1m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £2.3m | £0 | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £893k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲380%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲190%
- Now £17.8k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rose Holdings Ltdultimate parent50–75%
- Rose Marketing UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £133k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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