K B REFRIGERATION LIMITED
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Cash
£3.1M
+40.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£8.1M
+6% vs 2023
Employees
258
+13.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1.3M
+46% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,958,412 | £14,176,932 | -16.4% | |
| Operating profit | £853,367 | £1,253,908 | +46.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £870,861 | £1,271,482 | +46% | |
| Net profit | £678,657 | £859,799 | +26.7% | |
| Cash | £2,176,383 | £3,053,396 | +40.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,615,138 | £8,093,344 | +6.3% | |
| Net assets | £7,615,138 | £8,071,937 | +6% | |
| Equity | £7,615,138 | £8,071,937 | +6% | |
| Average employees | 228 | 258 | +13.2% | |
| Wages | £9,771,907 | £12,354,193 | +26.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £121,045 | £109,308 | -9.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 8.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.2% | 15.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.6% | 41.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.10x | 2.33x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After consideration of the above factors the directors remain confident that the forecast is achievable, with the available cash within the Group released on the above sale and reduced funding facilities in the process of being agreed with the bank, will be sufficient to enable the group and the company to operate and meet its liabilities as they fall due for payment throughout the period. The directors have considered the various uncertainties connected to the forecast, including the stress testing, and mitigating actions that could be taken, and consider that they do not indicate the existence of any material uncertainties pertaining to the ability of Company or the Group to remain a going concern. On this basis the directors consider that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, James | Director | 2025-02-06 | Sep 1967 | British |
| HUFFLETT, Christopher Simon | Director | 2018-01-17 | Mar 1963 | British |
| MADELIN, Peter Richard | Director | 2021-09-13 | Mar 1969 | British |
| SCOTT, John Carter | Director | 1999-04-30 | Jan 1963 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERTON, Neil Francis | Secretary | 1995-03-28 | 2009-10-06 |
| MADELIN, Peter Richard | Secretary | 2009-10-06 | 2019-01-31 |
| PRICE, Susan | Secretary | 2019-02-01 | 2019-10-09 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Newby | Secretary | — | 1994-01-01 |
| WILSON, Gloria Mary | Secretary | 1994-01-01 | 1995-03-28 |
| ALDERTON, Neil Francis | Director | — | 2008-08-31 |
| ARKLEY, Derek Wilfred, Mt | Director | 1999-04-30 | 2001-09-30 |
| BRACE, David Stephen | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2009-10-06 |
| CALDWELL, Raymond Rollo | Director | 1998-02-09 | 2000-04-01 |
| EDWARDS, Christopher Kevin | Director | 1999-04-30 | 2011-03-31 |
| FEENEY, Barclay | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| FEENEY, Barclay | Director | 1998-02-09 | 2000-04-01 |
| HALL, John Henry | Director | 2002-03-07 | 2010-07-01 |
| HANSEN, Stig Valdermar | Director | 2015-06-21 | 2016-02-29 |
| MADELIN, Peter Richard | Director | 2016-12-21 | 2019-01-31 |
| MCDERMOTT, Ian Hamilton | Director | — | 1998-03-16 |
| NIELSEN, Angus Rossing | Director | 1991-07-22 | 2000-04-01 |
| ORBELL, Robert John | Director | 1999-04-30 | 2015-11-24 |
| PRICE, Susan | Director | 2018-02-21 | 2019-10-09 |
| SLATER, Stephen | Director | 1991-07-22 | 2000-04-01 |
| STEWART, Robert | Director | — | 1992-07-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Newby | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| WILSON, Gloria Mary | Director | 1991-07-22 | 1995-02-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Thermal Industries Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2020-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.