KENNEDY ENTERPRISES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-13 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+32% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+35.4% vs 2023
Employees
51
+21.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+16.9% 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 | £30,307,087 | £35,060,930 | |
| Operating profit | £2,901,555 | £3,393,095 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,901,555 | £3,393,095 | |
| Net profit | £2,898,014 | £3,400,399 | |
| Cash | £2,305,228 | £3,043,658 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,976,188 | £5,379,975 | |
| Net assets | £3,973,038 | £5,379,975 | |
| Equity | £3,973,038 | £5,379,975 | |
| Average employees | 42 | 51 | |
| Wages | £1,455,556 | £1,687,932 |
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 | 9.6% | 9.7% | |
| Net margin | 9.6% | 9.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 73.0% | 63.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.38x | 4.05x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied therefore that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis and the financial statements do not include any adjustments that would be necessary if the company was unable to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- KENNEDY ENTERPRISES LIMITED · parent
- Kennedy Magazines Ireland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “At the beginning of the year the business acquired the trade, assets and liabilities of Signature Publishing Ltd.”
- “The group completed the sale of Precision Colour Printing on 1 May 2024.”
- “The acquisition of Extreme Exhibitions also took place in September 2024.”
- “The company was party to cross guarantees in respect of group banking facilities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Gareth Haydn | Secretary | 2019-04-27 | — | — |
| BARBER, Dean | Director | 2018-10-09 | Jun 1971 | British |
| BROWN, Stephen James | Director | 2021-05-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
| FORD, Harry Paul | Director | 2019-04-03 | May 1993 | British |
| GRAHAM, Thomas William | Director | 2019-04-03 | Apr 1983 | British |
| INMAN, Phillip Anthony | Director | 2018-04-03 | Mar 1970 | British |
| LI, Chen | Director | 2019-04-03 | Jul 1988 | Chinese |
| ROWLANDS, Sophie Christiana | Director | 2020-02-01 | Oct 1990 | British |
| SEWELL, Stephanie | Director | 2024-02-08 | Nov 1993 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Gareth Haydn | Director | 2019-04-27 | Sep 1979 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROSS, Robert Maurice | Secretary | 2018-04-03 | 2019-04-26 |
| KENNEDY, Paul Anthony | Secretary | 2000-05-03 | 2018-04-03 |
| QA REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-05-02 | 2000-05-02 |
| CROSS, Robert Maurice | Director | 2018-04-03 | 2019-04-26 |
| KENNEDY, Joanne | Director | 2000-05-03 | 2019-04-02 |
| KENNEDY, Paul Anthony | Director | 2000-05-03 | 2019-04-02 |
| QA NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-05-02 | 2000-05-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claverley Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2018-04-03 | Active |
| Mrs Joanne Kennedy | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-01-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-01-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-01-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
+15.7%
£30,307,087 £35,060,930
-
Cash
+32%
£2,305,228 £3,043,658
-
Net assets
+35.4%
£3,973,038 £5,379,975
-
Employees
+21.4%
42 51
-
Operating profit
+16.9%
£2,901,555 £3,393,095
-
Profit before tax
+16.9%
£2,901,555 £3,393,095
-
Wages
+16%
£1,455,556 £1,687,932
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