KEEN & ABLE LIMITED
Get an alert when KEEN & ABLE LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-04 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-21
Watchouts
Cash
-£5K
-116.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£2M
-0.3% vs 2023
Employees
1
-98% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£5K
-102.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
Material uncertainty over going concern
The accounts have not been prepared on a going concern basis as a decision was made to cease operations and trading in May 2023. The directors do not believe any adjustment is required to the accounts in respect of that decision as it would not materially alter a user's view of the financial statements.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-06-25 | 2023-07-01 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,551,547 | £3,967,638 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£304,455 | £268,731 | -£4,535 | |
| Profit before tax | -£382,559 | £220,670 | -£5,421 | |
| Net profit | -£382,559 | £212,368 | -£5,421 | |
| Cash | £125,636 | £28,660 | -£4,773 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,835,320 | -£1,864,809 | -£1,870,230 | |
| Net assets | -£2,077,177 | -£1,864,809 | -£1,870,230 | |
| Equity | -£2,077,177 | -£1,864,809 | -£1,870,230 | |
| Average employees | 65 | 50 | 1 | |
| 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 | 2022-06-25 | 2023-07-01 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.6% | 6.8% | — | |
| Net margin | -5.8% | 5.4% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.6% | -14.4% | 0.2% | |
| Interest cover | -3.90x | 5.59x | -5.12x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The accounts have not been prepared on a going concern basis as a decision was made to cease operations and trading in May 2023. The directors do not believe any adjustment is required to the accounts in respect of that decision as it would not materially alter a user's view of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company made the decision to cease to trade in May 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEEN, James Peter George | Director | 2018-10-09 | May 1975 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNBAR, Roderick Neil | Director | 2022-04-14 | 2023-06-07 |
| EASTOE, Robert Lincoln | Director | 2016-08-10 | 2020-11-06 |
| KEEN, Peter George | Director | 2016-08-10 | 2018-10-09 |
| MOORE, James Andrew | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2022-04-14 |
| WARD, Stephen Hedley | Director | 2016-08-10 | 2021-08-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keen & Toms Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-08-09 | Active |
| Peter George Keen | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-10 | Ceased 2018-09-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 37 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
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 2023-07-01
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-116.7%
£28,660 -£4,773
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-0.3%
-£1,864,809 -£1,870,230
-
Employees
-98%
50 1
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-101.7%
£268,731 -£4,535
-
Profit before tax
-102.5%
£220,670 -£5,421
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers