KENSON HIGHWAYS LIMITED
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Cash
£4.2M
+69.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.3M
+15.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
142
+9.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.7M
-2.9% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £29,174,488 | £35,070,116 | +20.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,753,685 | £1,712,496 | -2.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £517,578 | £1,703,834 | £1,654,219 | -2.9% | |
| Net profit | £725,385 | £1,385,424 | £1,505,862 | +8.7% | |
| Cash | £507,994 | £2,474,973 | £4,195,415 | +69.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,047,175 | £6,590,264 | £7,390,028 | +12.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,098,827 | £5,484,250 | £6,340,112 | +15.6% | |
| Equity | £4,098,827 | £5,484,250 | £6,340,112 | +15.6% | |
| Average employees | 118 | 130 | 142 | +9.2% | |
| Wages | £9,316,806 | £11,954,339 | £16,867,195 | +41.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £185,270 | £319,843 | £323,216 | +1.1% |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 6.0% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.7% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 26.6% | 23.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 56.0% | 53.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.92x | 1.95x | |
| Interest cover | — | 34.12x | 28.92x |
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 6 times since incorporation
- KENSON HIGHWAYS LIMITED 2022-03-02 → present
- KENSON CONTRACTORS (BENINGTON) LIMITED 2022-01-11 → 2022-03-02
- KENSON HIGHWAYS LIMITED 2021-03-17 → 2022-01-11
- KENSON CONTRACTORS (BENINGTON) LIMITED 2020-11-03 → 2021-03-17
- KENSON HIGHWAYS LIMITED 2020-11-02 → 2020-11-03
- KENSONS HIGHWAYS LIMITED 2020-10-29 → 2020-11-02
- KENSON CONTRACTORS (BENINGTON) LIMITED 1977-05-24 → 2020-10-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Nash Harvey Group LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Last year all major Term Contracts were renewed extending well in to the 2030's”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YABSLEY, Paul John | Secretary | 2015-06-26 | — | — |
| SHELLEY, David Jonathan | Director | 2023-01-01 | Nov 1985 | British |
| YABSLEY, Christopher Harold | Director | 2010-04-30 | Mar 1986 | British |
| YABSLEY, Jonathan Rees | Director | 2010-04-30 | Dec 1983 | British |
| YABSLEY, Mark Paul | Director | 2010-04-30 | Jul 1990 | British |
| YABSLEY, Paul John | Director | 2005-03-23 | May 1955 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUNT, Bryan Dominic | Secretary | — | 2005-03-23 |
| NASH HARVEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-03-23 | 2008-04-06 |
| HARRISON, Phil | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2005-03-23 |
| HUNT, Bryan Dominic | Director | — | 2005-03-23 |
| HUNT, Kenneth Joseph | Director | — | 2004-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yabsley Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm) | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-02 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-01-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2021-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-11-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-11-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
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.