KISACO RESEARCH LIMITED
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Cash
£6.7M
+26.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.2M
+50.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
71
-16.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.5M
+102.4% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £15,187,440 | £16,455,145 | +8.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,133,941 | £2,386,588 | +110.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,218,200 | £2,465,504 | +102.4% | |
| Net profit | — | £909,952 | £1,824,975 | +100.6% | |
| Cash | £2,058,702 | £5,261,823 | £6,663,176 | +26.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,173,888 | £1,520,701 | £2,317,295 | +52.4% | |
| Net assets | — | £1,433,101 | £2,154,304 | +50.3% | |
| Equity | £1,173,888 | £1,433,101 | £2,154,304 | +50.3% | |
| Average employees | 53 | 85 | 71 | -16.5% | |
| Wages | — | £6,085,778 | £5,891,351 | -3.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £130,930 | £100,000 | -23.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 7.5% | 14.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 6.0% | 11.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 74.6% | 103.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.13x | 1.14x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KISACO RESEARCH LIMITED 2015-03-28 → present
- LODESTAR RESEARCH LIMITED 2014-11-18 → 2015-03-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- BKL Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company has experienced substantial growth over the past three years and is expecting further growth in 2026. As noted above, a significant proportion of what will become 2026 revenue has been booked in advance.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON, Guy | Director | 2018-12-05 | Feb 1972 | British |
| CLAYTON, Sarah Gabrielle | Director | 2014-11-18 | Nov 1967 | British |
| WORDEN, Michael Roberts | Director | 2015-03-04 | Mar 1976 | American |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penton Learning Systems Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2018-09-14 | Ceased 2019-07-26 |
| Ms Sarah Gabrielle Clayton | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-05 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-05-05 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-05-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-05-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-24 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2025-08-27 | RP04SH01 | change-of-name | Legacy | |
| 2025-08-27 | RP04SH01 | change-of-name | Legacy | |
| 2025-08-27 | RP04SH01 | change-of-name | Legacy | |
| 2025-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-21 | SH05 | capital | Capital cancellation treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-08-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-08-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-08-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-08-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-08-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.