KELLER LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6M
-74.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£27M
+3.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
319
-16.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.9M
+102.1% vs 2024
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 | £124,620,000 | £96,938,000 | £86,560,000 | -10.7% | |
| Operating profit | £4,341,000 | £723,000 | £1,542,000 | +113.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,542,000 | £918,000 | £1,855,000 | +102.1% | |
| Net profit | £3,776,000 | £705,000 | £1,105,000 | +56.7% | |
| Cash | £3,780,000 | £6,183,000 | £1,598,000 | -74.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,750,000 | £29,737,000 | £30,290,000 | +1.9% | |
| Net assets | £25,727,000 | £26,328,000 | £27,277,000 | +3.6% | |
| Equity | £25,727,000 | £26,328,000 | £27,277,000 | +3.6% | |
| Average employees | 419 | 381 | 319 | -16.3% | |
| Wages | £29,355,000 | £27,580,000 | £23,111,000 | -16.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,011,000 | £840,000 | £741,000 | -11.8% |
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 | 3.5% | 0.7% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 0.7% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.1% | 2.4% | 5.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.76x | 1.86x | 2.56x | |
| Interest cover | 81.91x | 11.66x | 33.52x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- KELLER LIMITED 1990-05-11 → present
- G.K.N. KELLER LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1990-05-11
- G.K.N.FOUNDATIONS LIMITED 1950-08-25 → 1976-12-31
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 conclude, therefore, that adopting the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- KELLER LIMITED · parent
- Fondedile Foundations (UK) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Works on the two large HS2 contracts announced in 2021: a £167 million contract awarded to the Keller VSL Joint Venture, a joint operation in which the Company has a 50% interest, to deliver geotechnical work as part of the C1 section of HS2 and a £95 million contract awarded to the Bauer Keller Joint Venture, a joint operation in which the Company has a 50% interest, to deliver geotechnical work as part of the C2/3 section of HS2 are now substantially complete.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEMP, Martin Thomas | Secretary | 2024-10-07 | — | — |
| CAIRNEY, Daniel Michael | Director | 2019-12-03 | Aug 1965 | British |
| DE SOUSA NETO, David | Director | 2023-01-03 | Nov 1969 | French |
| FLETCHER, Julian Jon | Director | 2010-01-01 | Dec 1969 | British |
| KEMP, Martin Thomas | Director | 2024-10-07 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRATT, Roger Bryan | Secretary | 2002-01-01 | 2019-03-04 |
| REID, William Marston | Secretary | 2019-03-04 | 2024-10-07 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Kevan | Secretary | — | 2002-01-01 |
| ATKINSON, Justin Richard | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| BARRATT, Roger Bryan | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2019-04-05 |
| BELL, Allan Lyness, Doctor | Director | — | 2008-12-18 |
| CHIPP, Peter Nicholas | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| CROCKFORD, Richard Mark | Director | 2003-09-08 | 2005-02-25 |
| DE WAELE, James Emile | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2023-05-19 |
| DOBSON, Thomas | Director | 1995-02-01 | 2004-03-31 |
| HIND, James William George | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2018-08-20 |
| HOLMES, Richard David | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2017-10-03 |
| HUBBACK, Joseph Christopher | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2020-02-13 |
| KING, Roy Henry | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| MARTIN, Michael William Colin | Director | — | 2004-01-31 |
| O'HARA, Vincent | Director | 2003-09-08 | 2009-04-30 |
| PORRITT, Kerry Anne Abigail | Director | 2018-08-20 | 2025-12-05 |
| REID, William Marston | Director | 2019-03-04 | 2024-10-07 |
| SNELL, Trevor John | Director | 2006-05-08 | 2014-12-31 |
| THEOS, John Frank | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2008-02-03 |
| THOMPSON, Robert Malcolm | Director | 2008-07-08 | 2023-01-03 |
| WEST, John Michael, Dr | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Kevan | Director | — | 2002-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keller Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 196 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-04-20 | 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
- 1
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.