KENTINENTAL ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-16 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6M
Equity attributable
Employees
9
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KENTINENTAL ENGINEERING LIMITED 1988-04-19 → present
- ADGLADE LIMITED 1987-11-03 → 1988-04-19
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 | £12,329,213 | £13,290,549 | |
| Operating profit | £397,895 | £1,461,697 | |
| Profit before tax | £365,420 | £1,453,549 | |
| Net profit | £283,226 | £1,135,884 | |
| Cash | £2,035,883 | £2,418,424 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,059,312 | £5,783,508 | |
| Net assets | £4,620,305 | £5,756,189 | |
| Equity | £4,620,305 | £5,756,189 | |
| Average employees | 13 | 9 | |
| Wages | £684,255 | £735,097 |
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 | 3.2% | 11.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 8.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.9% | 25.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.4% | 40.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.19x | 2.19x | |
| Interest cover | 8.19x | 109.73x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Company law requires the directors to consider the appropriateness of going concern basis when preparing the financial statements. The directors consider that going concern basis is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “After investing in emerging markets such as the EV sector in recent years the Company decided to transfer the business to a new entity outside of the group, but will continue to provide administrative and technical support in the field and expects to be able to benefit directly from these activities.”
- “Renewed volatility of freight costs due to significant disruptions in the Panama and Suez canals have led the companies to explore revised shipping solutions with some of our partners.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHENG, Guangrong | Director | 2016-06-22 | Sep 1970 | Chinese |
| JENKINSON, Nicholas James | Director | 2013-09-18 | Dec 1973 | British |
| RYAN, Paul Francis | Director | 2019-06-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
| WANG, Jiayong | Director | 2016-06-22 | Nov 1968 | Chinese |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIS, Stephen John | Secretary | 2011-01-01 | 2019-06-01 |
| HOWELL, Peter John | Secretary | — | 1992-11-18 |
| TAYLOR, Edward | Secretary | 1992-11-18 | 2011-01-01 |
| ABBOTT, Peter Arthur | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2025-04-30 |
| BETTS, David Ronald | Director | — | 2020-04-02 |
| BROWNLESS, Geoffrey William | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| BROWNLESS, Gillian Audrey | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| BROWNLESS, Jason William | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| COURT, Michael Anthony Ormes | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| ELLIS, Stephen John | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2020-10-30 |
| FENNELL, Richard | Director | — | 1992-11-16 |
| HEAVER, Terry Colin | Director | — | 2016-05-26 |
| HOWELL, Peter John | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| SEARE, Peter Raymond | Director | — | 2016-05-26 |
| SHACKLOCK, Charles Richard | Director | 1999-04-27 | 2000-06-30 |
| SMITH, Timothy Alan Bedford | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| TAYLOR, Edward | Director | — | 2016-05-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ke Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-01-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-01-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-01-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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