D.M.KEITH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-71.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£27M
+5.2% vs 2023
Employees
598
+33.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-52% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £300,834,801 | £394,081,669 | |
| Operating profit | £5,660,927 | £3,246,993 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,327,178 | £2,558,733 | |
| Net profit | £3,976,854 | £1,770,645 | |
| Cash | £7,442,346 | £2,087,654 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,572,368 | £38,260,423 | |
| Net assets | £25,591,581 | £26,932,730 | |
| Equity | £25,591,581 | £26,932,730 | |
| Average employees | 448 | 598 | |
| Wages | £14,871,982 | £19,169,408 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.9% | 8.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.3% | 75.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | 12.64x | 3.36x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- D.M.KEITH LIMITED · parent
- D.M.Keith (WE) Limited 100%
- D.M.Keith (RGL) Limited 100%
- D.M.Keith (RGD) Limited 100%
- Ringways (Hire & Leasing) Ltd 100%
- Ringplant Limited 100%
- Ridgestone Finance Limited 100%
- D.M. Keith (York) Limited 100%
- D.M.Keith (Wakefield) Ltd 100%
- Keith Hire & Leasing 100%
- Royce Roberts Automotive Limited 100%
- Westgate Motors Limited 100%
- D.M.Keith (CA) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 13 February 2024, the group acquired 100% of the share capital of Colin Appleyard Limited, which represents the Suzuki franchise in 4 locations and Subaru in 2 locations.”
- “On 15 March 2024, the Group acquired the freehold of a property on Canal Road, Bradford which was leased to Trust Ford.”
- “On 1 July 2024 the Group also acquired the trading assets and business of the Trust Ford dealership in Bradford and became the Brand's franchisee for the area.”
- “The audit business of UHY Hacker Young Manchester LLP was acquired by Cooper Parry Group Limited on 30 September 2024. UHY Hacker Young Manchester LLP has resigned as auditor and Cooper Parry Group Limited has been appointed in its place.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEITH, Angus Macdonald | Director | — | Oct 1965 | British |
| KEITH, Dougal Macdonald | Director | — | Sep 1963 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEITH, Margaret Elisabeth | Secretary | — | 2019-05-20 |
| KEITH, Duncan Macdonald | Director | — | 1998-05-07 |
| KEITH, Margaret Elisabeth | Director | — | 2008-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Dougal Macdonald Keith | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Angus Macdonald Keith | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-23 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2022-11-23 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2022-11-03 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2022-11-03 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2022-10-25 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-07-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+31%
£300,834,801 £394,081,669
-
Cash
-71.9%
£7,442,346 £2,087,654
-
Net assets
+5.2%
£25,591,581 £26,932,730
-
Employees
+33.5%
448 598
-
Operating profit
-42.6%
£5,660,927 £3,246,993
-
Profit before tax
-52%
£5,327,178 £2,558,733
-
Wages
+28.9%
£14,871,982 £19,169,408
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers