KPMG AUDIT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-22 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-08
Watchouts
Cash
£530K
+184.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
+2.7% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£612K
+100% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As a result of the decision to wind down the operations of this company, the directors have not prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis. However, as the company's parent entity, KPMG LLP, has agreed to provide financial support to ensure all liabilities can be met as they fall due, these financial statements do not include any adjustments resulting from the application of the non-going concern basis.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KPMG AUDIT LIMITED 2024-09-24 → present
- KPMG AUDIT PLC 1995-10-02 → 2024-09-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £280,000 | £159,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£216,000 | -£29,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £306,000 | £612,000 | |
| Net profit | -£338,000 | £459,000 | |
| Cash | £186,000 | £530,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,809,000 | £17,268,000 | |
| Net assets | £16,809,000 | £17,268,000 | |
| Equity | £16,809,000 | £17,268,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -77.1% | -18.2% | |
| Net margin | -120.7% | 288.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.3% | -0.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.2% | 1.2% | |
| Current ratio | 4.56x | 86.06x | |
| Interest cover | — | -29.00x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As a result of the decision to wind down the operations of this company, the directors have not prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis. However, as the company's parent entity, KPMG LLP, has agreed to provide financial support to ensure all liabilities can be met as they fall due, these financial statements do not include any adjustments resulting from the application of the non-going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, in October 2024, KPMG LLP and the KPMG International member firm in Switzerland merged their previously independent practices. As a result of the merger, a new UK limited liability partnership, KPMG Holding LLP, became the company's ultimate controlling party.”
- “In November 2024, the company resigned its accreditation for providing certification services.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURNET, Catherine Emma | Director | 2022-02-14 | Nov 1970 | British |
| HEARLD, Christopher Robert | Director | 2022-02-14 | Jun 1971 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALLIS, Nigel Kenneth | Secretary | 1995-10-02 | 2011-05-01 |
| CLEAVES, Colin Geoffrey | Secretary | 2011-05-01 | 2014-08-01 |
| DEAN, Joanne | Secretary | 2014-08-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| ACHER, Gerald, Sir | Director | 1995-10-03 | 1998-02-28 |
| ANDERSON, Adele Helen | Director | 2010-08-31 | 2011-06-10 |
| ANDERSON, Adele Helen | Director | 2002-06-28 | 2003-04-01 |
| ARCHER, Richard Jeremy | Director | 1995-10-03 | 1998-02-28 |
| ASHLEY, Michael St John | Director | 2010-01-26 | 2012-07-30 |
| AWTY, Edward Samuel | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2003-01-22 |
| BARNICOAT, Edward Neil | Director | 2021-12-31 | 2022-02-14 |
| BENNETT, John Charles Quentin | Director | 2023-01-09 | 2025-03-31 |
| BENNISON, Richard | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2012-05-10 |
| BENZIE, Alan Athol Emslie | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| BLAKE, Michael David | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| BOUTTELL, Brian | Director | 1995-10-03 | 1997-10-30 |
| CATES, Antony George | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2021-09-08 |
| COLLINS, Simon Jeremy | Director | 2012-07-30 | 2017-07-31 |
| DEAN, Joanne | Director | 2019-06-30 | 2022-02-14 |
| DICKENS, Roger Joseph | Director | 1995-10-03 | 1998-09-30 |
| FOWLE, William Michael Thomas | Director | 1995-10-03 | 1998-12-08 |
| GATELEY, Terence Michael | Director | 1998-12-08 | 1999-09-30 |
| GRIFFITH JONES, John Guthrie | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2012-07-30 |
| HOLT, Jonathan Matthew | Director | 2019-06-30 | 2021-12-31 |
| HUGHES, Michael James Hamilton | Director | 2002-12-18 | 2005-09-30 |
| HUNTER, Archibald Sinclair | Director | 1995-10-03 | 1999-09-30 |
| JONES, Timothy Richard | Director | 2021-12-31 | 2022-11-30 |
| LEAKE, John David | Director | 1995-10-02 | 1998-03-31 |
| LONG, Paul | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2019-06-30 |
| MARKS, Frederick Charles | Director | 1995-10-03 | 1996-09-30 |
| MARSH, James Webster | Director | 2012-07-30 | 2015-10-01 |
| MATTHEWS, David Victor | Director | 2012-07-30 | 2020-05-29 |
| MCDONAGH, Michael Andrew | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2017-02-01 |
| RAKE, Michael Derek Vaughan | Director | 1995-10-03 | 2006-10-01 |
| REID, Philip Alan, Sir | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2002-07-01 |
| SHARMAN OF REDLYNCH, Colin, Lord | Director | 1995-10-02 | 1998-12-08 |
| STONE, Adrian John | Director | 2016-03-31 | 2018-03-29 |
| TANT, Oliver Reginald | Director | 2009-02-10 | 2012-07-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Gareth Wyn | Director | 1998-12-08 | 2001-12-11 |
| WILLOWS, Sarah Kate Gilchrist | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2021-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kpmg Holding Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2024-10-01 | Active |
| Kpmg Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2021-06-07 | Active |
| Kpmg Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-06-12 | Ceased 2024-10-01 |
| Kpmg Audit Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-12 | Ceased 2021-06-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-01 RP04SH01 Legacy PDF
- 2024-09-24 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
- 2024-09-24 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
- 2024-09-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-28 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2026-02-28 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-28 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-08-01 | RP04SH01 | change-of-name | Legacy | |
| 2025-08-01 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-08-01 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-07-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-24 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2024-09-24 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2024-09-24 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
-43.2%
£280,000 £159,000
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Cash
+184.9%
£186,000 £530,000
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Net assets
+2.7%
£16,809,000 £17,268,000
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Employees
—
Not reported
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Operating profit
+86.6%
-£216,000 -£29,000
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Profit before tax
+100%
£306,000 £612,000
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