KENWOOD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-08 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
+17.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£65M
+5% vs 2023
Employees
220
-1.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£19M
-39.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- KENWOOD LIMITED 1986-12-03 → present
- THORN EMI KENWOOD SMALL APPLIANCES LIMITED 1985-04-25 → 1986-12-03
- THORN EMI SMALL DOMESTIC APPLIANCES LIMITED 1985-04-01 → 1985-04-25
- KENWEY DOMESTIC APPLIANCES LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1985-04-01
- TELERECTION PRODUCTS LIMITED 1966-02-22 → 1976-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £119,299,000 | £127,913,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,911,000 | £4,968,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £30,516,000 | £18,527,000 | |
| Net profit | £28,853,000 | £16,922,000 | |
| Cash | £10,434,000 | £12,234,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £76,239,000 | £77,746,000 | |
| Net assets | £62,183,000 | £65,303,000 | |
| Equity | £62,183,000 | £65,303,000 | |
| Average employees | 224 | 220 | |
| Wages | £12,302,000 | £13,121,000 |
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 | 4.1% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 24.2% | 13.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.4% | 6.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.0% | 44.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.66x | 2.50x | |
| Interest cover | 7.25x | 5.98x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- KENWOOD LIMITED · parent
- De' Longhi Kenwood MEIA F.Z.E. 100%
- Kenwood Appliances (Singapore) Limited 100%
- Kenwood Appliances (Malaysia) SND BHD 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUMMINGS, Alan | Secretary | 2015-01-26 | — | — |
| CUMMINGS, Alan | Director | 2024-02-01 | Dec 1967 | British |
| DE'LONGHI, Silvia | Director | 2009-08-31 | Sep 1984 | Italian |
| YORK, Matthew | Director | 2024-02-01 | Aug 1968 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRY, Ian Richard | Secretary | 2002-02-27 | 2010-07-22 |
| HATTON, Thomas David Michael | Secretary | — | 2002-01-02 |
| KIRK, Richard Kevin | Secretary | 2010-07-22 | 2015-01-26 |
| YOUNG, Mark Osborne | Secretary | 2002-01-02 | 2002-02-27 |
| BEECH, Timothy Paul | Director | — | 1997-02-28 |
| BERALDO, Stefano | Director | 2004-11-25 | 2005-06-27 |
| BIELLA, Stefano | Director | 2018-12-18 | 2024-02-13 |
| CREVOISIER, Philippe Henri Leon | Director | 2001-09-06 | 2004-12-03 |
| DE' LONGHI, Fabio | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2018-12-17 |
| DOUGLAS, Antony John | Director | 1996-08-13 | 1998-08-14 |
| FORMELA, Adam Jonathan | Director | 1997-10-28 | 2000-11-23 |
| FRIDLINGTON, George Edward | Director | — | 1996-08-31 |
| GORDON, Colin James | Director | 1997-03-03 | 2002-02-27 |
| HOTSTON, Peter | Director | — | 1998-05-29 |
| LAPHAM, Michael John | Director | — | 2001-10-01 |
| MELO, Dario | Director | 2004-11-25 | 2009-08-31 |
| MOLONEY, Kieran Joseph | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1998-01-20 |
| PARKER, Timothy Charles | Director | — | 1995-09-29 |
| TAYLOR, Peter Robert | Director | — | 1997-10-01 |
| WELCH, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2018-12-18 | 2024-01-12 |
| WICKENDEN, Graham Roland | Director | 1998-01-20 | 2000-09-15 |
| YOUNG, Mark Osborne | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2002-02-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenwood Appliances Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
+7.2%
£119,299,000 £127,913,000
-
Cash
+17.3%
£10,434,000 £12,234,000
-
Net assets
+5%
£62,183,000 £65,303,000
-
Employees
-1.8%
224 220
-
Operating profit
+1.2%
£4,911,000 £4,968,000
-
Profit before tax
-39.3%
£30,516,000 £18,527,000
-
Wages
+6.7%
£12,302,000 £13,121,000
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