KELTBRAY PLANT LIMITED
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Cash
£9.2M
-0.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£1.4M
-36.9% vs 2023
Employees
107
-34.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£487K
-73.3% 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.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £90,247,726 | £68,449,949 | -24.2% | |
| Operating profit | £2,818,376 | £1,418,655 | -49.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,821,267 | £487,000 | -73.3% | |
| Net profit | £1,609,847 | £96,475 | -94% | |
| Cash | £9,268,828 | £9,244,588 | -0.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,783,000 | £12,236,079 | -11.2% | |
| Net assets | £2,179,426 | £1,375,901 | -36.9% | |
| Equity | £2,179,426 | £1,375,901 | -36.9% | |
| Average employees | 163 | 107 | -34.4% | |
| Wages | £5,697,053 | £1,733,493 | -69.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,634,511 | £4,104,968 | +12.9% |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.4% | 11.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.74x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | 2.83x | 0.94x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- KELTBRAY PLANT LIMITED 2001-11-01 → present
- ECONOMIC PLANT LIMITED 2001-08-24 → 2001-11-01
- KELTBRAY GROUP (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2000-11-20 → 2001-08-24
- ECONOMIC PLANT LIMITED 1982-11-03 → 2000-11-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton (NI) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “In June 2025, the Group entered into a re-financing arrangement with Metro Bank under which an overdraft facility of £10m and a revolving credit facility of £20m were made available to the Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SITTLINGTON, Rhona | Secretary | 2024-10-16 | — | — |
| BENNETT, Scott Benjamin | Director | 2025-12-22 | Jan 1988 | British |
| BURNSIDE, Peter James | Director | 2018-05-08 | Feb 1965 | British |
| CAIN, Lee James | Director | 2025-12-22 | Nov 1982 | British |
| DEACY, Paul Francis | Director | 2014-04-29 | May 1965 | Irish |
| GOOSE, Karl | Director | 2025-12-22 | Jan 1972 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURDEN, Margaret Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 1997-03-31 |
| BURNSIDE, Peter James | Secretary | 2018-05-08 | 2024-10-16 |
| EWENS, David | Secretary | 1997-03-31 | 2000-03-31 |
| KEEHAN, John Patrick | Secretary | 2005-05-01 | 2018-05-07 |
| MASON, Sally Anne | Secretary | 2000-03-31 | 2005-04-30 |
| BROWN, Martin James | Director | 2020-10-28 | 2021-09-03 |
| BURDEN, Howard John | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| CORRIGAN, Vincent | Director | 2020-10-28 | 2025-12-22 |
| EWENS, David | Director | — | 2000-03-31 |
| FARRELL, Anthony Joseph | Director | — | 2003-10-31 |
| JAMES, Darren Glyn | Director | 2020-10-28 | 2024-08-15 |
| KEEHAN, John Patrick | Director | 2012-07-23 | 2018-05-07 |
| KERR, Brendan Martin, Mr. | Director | 2025-02-04 | 2025-12-22 |
| KERR, Brendan Martin | Director | 1995-02-16 | 2020-10-28 |
| MASON, Sally | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2002-11-01 |
| O'HAGAN, Michael Edward | Director | 2020-10-28 | 2025-12-22 |
| PRICE, John Richard | Director | 2015-02-04 | 2020-10-26 |
| SCOTT, Adrian John | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2014-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keltbray Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-01-31 | Active |
| Keltbray Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2020-11-01 | Ceased 2025-01-31 |
| Keltbray Group (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.