KENT INTERNATIONAL ARABIA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-17 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£14M
+6,426.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+5.5% vs 2023
Employees
1,469
+101.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-39.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KENT INTERNATIONAL ARABIA LIMITED 2023-01-27 → present
- SNC-LAVALIN INTERNATIONAL ARABIA LTD 2021-04-21 → 2023-01-27
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 | £78,876,946 | £155,290,586 | |
| Operating profit | £2,313,566 | £1,570,793 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,270,571 | £1,378,058 | |
| Net profit | £2,270,571 | £1,341,735 | |
| Cash | £220,904 | £14,417,346 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,414,381 | £10,361,008 | |
| Net assets | £3,988,139 | £4,208,302 | |
| Equity | £3,988,139 | £4,208,302 | |
| Average employees | 730 | 1,469 | |
| Wages | £62,938,473 | £125,071,905 |
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 | 2.9% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.5% | 15.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.6% | 95.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | 53.81x | 8.15x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors of the Company have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence over the period to 31 December 2026. This conclusion is based on the fact that the directors of the Company have received written confirmation establishing that Kent Corporate Holdings Limited, the parent company of this entity, will support the company as necessary for the period to 31 December 2026.”
Significant events
- “The Company changed its name from SNC Lavalin International Arabia Limited to Kent International Arabia Limited on 27 January 2023.”
- “Following the 2024 audit tender process, the Group Audit Committee recommended to the Board the appointment of EY as the external auditor for the Group for the financial year ended 31 December 2024. BDO LLP ceased to hold office as the Company's auditor.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, Matthew James, Mr. | Director | 2026-04-06 | May 1969 | British |
| HEMMINGS, Mark Andrew, Mr. | Director | 2026-04-06 | Aug 1985 | British |
| O'CONNOR, Damien Anthony | Director | 2022-10-10 | Oct 1979 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCALLISTER, Louise Mary | Secretary | 2021-04-21 | 2022-10-10 |
| NOBELEN, Elliot Michael | Secretary | 2021-04-21 | 2022-10-10 |
| BRYAN, Peter Charles | Director | 2021-04-21 | 2025-12-19 |
| NEWMAN, Leslie Dennis | Director | 2021-04-21 | 2025-12-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 21 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-27 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-27 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-11-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+96.9%
£78,876,946 £155,290,586
-
Cash
+6,426.5%
£220,904 £14,417,346
-
Net assets
+5.5%
£3,988,139 £4,208,302
-
Employees
+101.2%
730 1,469
-
Operating profit
-32.1%
£2,313,566 £1,570,793
-
Profit before tax
-39.3%
£2,270,571 £1,378,058
-
Wages
+98.7%
£62,938,473 £125,071,905
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