THE KESWICK ENTERPRISES NETWORK LIMITED
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Cash
£4.6m
+17.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£2.6m
-75.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
202
-9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.2m
+73.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £47,150,838 | £55,871,860 | £52,140,007 | -6.7% | |
| Operating profit | -£800,530 | -£2,039,611 | -£965,885 | +52.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,288,397 | -£4,604,703 | -£1,211,804 | +73.7% | |
| Net profit | -£1,162,809 | -£4,842,269 | -£1,378,112 | +71.5% | |
| Cash | £978,296 | £3,948,661 | £4,628,887 | +17.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,024,953 | -£1,066,457 | -£2,243,986 | -110.4% | |
| Net assets | £2,201,828 | -£1,498,072 | -£2,630,829 | -75.6% | |
| Equity | £2,201,828 | -£1,498,072 | -£2,630,829 | -75.6% | |
| Average employees | 232 | 222 | 202 | -9% | |
| Wages | £5,260,779 | £5,358,945 | £4,956,364 | -7.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | -1.7% | -3.7% | -1.9% | |
| Net margin | -2.5% | -8.7% | -2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -26.5% | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 110.1% | 118.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.96x | 0.77x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | -7.17x | -9.64x | -5.08x |
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
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THE KESWICK ENTERPRISES NETWORK LIMITED · parent
- The Keswick Enterprises Group Ltd 100%
- Spatial Global Ltd 100%
- Keswick Food Services Group Ltd 100%
- SGL Co Packing Ltd 100%
- Food Services Worldwide Ltd 100%
- Severndale Ltd 100%
- Event-a-Porter Ltd 78%
- ICON Foods Ltd 78%
- Assembly & Packaging Services Ltd 100%
- Keswick International Holdings Ltd 100%
- Tibbett Industrial Buildings SRL 100%
- Entrad SRL 57%
Significant events
- “Two subsidiaries ceased operations during Q4 2025. They were APS and ICON.”
- “APS, a Blythe based co-packer of giftware and personal products, is in the process of formal dissolution.”
- “The ICON Foods joint venture (78% owned) is in liquidation.”
- “Major provisions were made in the group accounts for slow moving stock and other related cessation costs in 2024 so any further costs are minimal in the year under review.”
- “In 2025 the business was recapitalised to strengthen its balance sheet and ensure it is well placed for the future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILLO, Geoffrey Michael | Director | 2023-10-13 | Oct 1952 | British |
| HARVEY, John Anthony | Director | 2023-10-13 | Oct 1935 | British |
| ROSS, Stuart Leslie | Director | 2023-10-13 | May 1955 | British |
| WALLIS, Michael | Director | 2023-10-13 | Feb 1958 | British |
| WITHERS, Gavin David | Director | 2023-10-13 | Jul 1965 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Harvey | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2024-01-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 13 of 13 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-01-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2024-01-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-24 | RP04PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing change details of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-13 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
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.