KEELING & WALKER,LIMITED
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Cash
£138k
-18.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.1m
+41.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
38
+11.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.4m
+3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,635,479 | £23,050,790 | £24,378,976 | +5.8% | |
| Operating profit | £992,123 | £1,568,551 | £1,545,217 | -1.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £621,924 | £1,317,587 | £1,357,125 | +3% | |
| Net profit | £622,947 | £1,224,957 | £1,499,998 | +22.5% | |
| Cash | £479,792 | £168,925 | £137,902 | -18.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,902,515 | £6,355,934 | £5,483,284 | -13.7% | |
| Net assets | £3,033,041 | £3,635,051 | £5,135,449 | +41.3% | |
| Equity | £3,033,041 | £3,635,051 | £5,135,449 | +41.3% | |
| Average employees | 34 | 34 | 38 | +11.8% | |
| Wages | £1,210,893 | £1,497,113 | £1,651,312 | +10.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £155,000 | £176,000 | £177,000 | +0.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £155,000 | £176,000 | £177,000 | +0.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 6.8% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 5.3% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.2% | 24.7% | 28.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.5% | 63.8% | 68.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.44x | 1.82x | 1.07x | |
| Interest cover | 2.61x | 6.01x | 7.71x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is expected to continue to have access to adequate funding resources for at least twelve months following the date of signing the financial statements, and has received confirmation that the long-term loan facility detailed in note 15... will be available until at least 30 June 2027.”
Group structure
- KEELING & WALKER,LIMITED · parent
- Thermox Performance Materials GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “Note that this entity [Thermox Performance Materials GmbH] has changed names to Balver Zinn GmbH post year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEMPSEY, Stephen Christopher Roland | Director | 2023-02-21 | May 1991 | British |
| GUHL, Dieter Hans Josef, Herr | Director | 2013-12-18 | May 1960 | German |
| SHER, David Stephen | Director | 2016-05-05 | Jul 1983 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEYWOOD, Adrian Henry | Secretary | 2013-09-19 | 2015-07-17 |
| WOOD, Michael David | Secretary | — | 2013-09-19 |
| BORTHWICK, Alistair J | Director | — | 2002-11-13 |
| BROWN, Hamish Terence Kinnear | Director | 1998-11-26 | 2021-05-31 |
| COE, Raymond | Director | — | 1996-09-30 |
| FORD, Michael | Director | — | 2011-09-22 |
| GERMAN, David John Keeling | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
| ISTRATESCU, Alexandru Bogdan | Director | 2021-05-31 | 2024-03-22 |
| LIPIEC, Stephen | Director | 2001-07-24 | 2013-12-18 |
| MURRAY, Malcolm Mitchell | Director | — | 1997-11-30 |
| ROBBINS, Giles Pruen | Director | 1997-11-24 | 2016-05-05 |
| THORNE, Nicholas | Director | 2013-09-19 | 2016-06-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amalgamated Metal Investment Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.