THE KEY SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-08 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-25
Watchouts
Cash
£8M
+38.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£377K
+566.4% vs 2023
Employees
419
+14.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£983K
+129% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE KEY SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED 2014-05-19 → present
- TEN EDUCATION LIMITED 2012-10-25 → 2014-05-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,065,627 | £53,520,073 | |
| Operating profit | -£552,472 | £5,039,010 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,385,570 | £982,719 | |
| Net profit | -£2,362,578 | £454,467 | |
| Cash | £5,915,244 | £8,186,592 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,682,923 | £50,776,245 | |
| Net assets | -£80,899 | £377,338 | |
| Equity | -£80,899 | £377,338 | |
| Average employees | 366 | 419 | |
| Wages | £12,740,886 | £15,550,169 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.3% | 9.4% | |
| Net margin | -5.8% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.4% | 9.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.61x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | -0.19x | 1.24x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The ultimate parent undertaking, Beagle Bidco Limited (the "Parent Company") has agreed to provide continuing financial support to enable the Company to meet its obligations as and when they fall due for a period to 31 December 2025. The Parent Company expects to have access to the worldwide credit and capital markets, subject to market conditions, in order to issue additional debt if needed or desired.”
Group structure
- THE KEY SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Histon House Ltd 100%
- Schools Educational Software Ltd 100%
- Arbor Education Partners Group Ltd 100%
- Arbor Education Partners Ltd 100%
- Arbor Education Partners d.o.o 100%
- Tkey Education Solutions Private Ltd 100%
- Fusion Education People Solutions Ltd 100%
- October Resolutions Ltd 100%
- Staff Absence Management Limited 100%
- Fusion Business Solutions Limited 100%
- Face-ed Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In May 2024, the Group acquired October Resolutions Ltd (Timetabler) one of the leading providers of timetabling software in the industry.”
- “In August 2024 the Group acquired Fusion Education People Solutions Ltd (SAMPeople), which offers HR software and professional services in the education sector.”
- “Exceptional items relate to business integration, new system and restructuring costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENYON, Christopher Laurence | Director | 2019-12-11 | Sep 1974 | British |
| MCNULTY, Nicholas Colin | Director | 2022-01-19 | Aug 1980 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAM, My Hoa | Secretary | 2023-08-08 | 2025-07-29 |
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-02-07 | 2014-03-19 |
| ALLEN, Daniel Robert | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| ARMITAGE, Ian | Director | 2014-03-19 | 2025-11-20 |
| BERRY, Malcolm John | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2014-03-19 |
| BICHARD, Michael George, Lord | Director | 2014-03-26 | 2021-03-31 |
| CHEATLE, Alexander John | Director | 2012-10-25 | 2014-03-19 |
| DEWHURST, Vanessa Ann | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| HARLEY, Richard Alastair | Director | 2018-05-22 | 2021-03-31 |
| HERNANDEZ, Sarah Louise | Director | 2017-10-16 | 2021-10-18 |
| HORNBUCKLE, Sarah Louise | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2014-03-19 |
| HORNER, Benjamin Brian Harold | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2014-03-19 |
| JAECKLE, Joachim, Dr | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2014-03-19 |
| JEWELL, Richard Edward | Director | 2014-03-19 | 2020-10-30 |
| LONG, Andrew Michael | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2014-03-19 |
| OSBORNE, Paul Keith | Director | 2016-03-31 | 2020-10-30 |
| ROCHE, Fergal William | Director | 2014-03-19 | 2018-05-10 |
| STEVENSON, June Olivia O'Flagherty | Director | 2014-03-19 | 2015-06-22 |
| TUBB, Samantha Faye | Director | 2018-05-22 | 2025-11-20 |
| TURNER, Andrew Evan Paul | Director | 2015-04-22 | 2015-12-31 |
| VARDIGANS, Simon Geoffrey | Director | 2014-03-19 | 2021-03-31 |
| VON UNGER, Konstantin | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2014-03-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ian Armitage | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Simon Geoffrey Vardigans | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Darwin Acquisitions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
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Turnover
+30.3%
£41,065,627 £53,520,073
-
Cash
+38.4%
£5,915,244 £8,186,592
-
Net assets
+566.4%
-£80,899 £377,338
-
Employees
+14.5%
366 419
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Operating profit
+1,012.1%
-£552,472 £5,039,010
-
Profit before tax
+129%
-£3,385,570 £982,719
-
Wages
+22%
£12,740,886 £15,550,169
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