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KENT INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED

#02046233 · Active · Incorporated 1986-08-13 (39y 11m) · Repurposed shell — renamed 2024-09-27 · Last filing 2025-12-31 (7mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 71121 · M Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities · Full accounts
Accounts due 2026-09-30 (in 3 months) · Confirmation due 2026-10-04 (in 3 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£2.5M

+3.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£34M

+38.2% vs 2023

Employees

476

-6.1% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£14M

-21.7% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £88,635,000£69,921,000 -21.1%
Operating profit £17,346,000£13,747,000 -20.7%
Profit before tax £17,339,000£13,579,000 -21.7%
Net profit £12,861,000£9,188,000 -28.6%
Cash £2,377,000£2,467,000 +3.8%
Total assets less current liabilities —— —
Net assets £24,720,000£34,175,000 +38.2%
Equity £24,720,000£34,175,000 +38.2%
Average employees 507476 -6.1%
Wages £34,015,000£32,253,000 -5.2%
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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 19.6%19.7%
Net margin 14.5%13.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 46.6%45.2%
Current ratio 2.20x2.32x
Interest cover —82.81x

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 — the current trading name was adopted 2024-09-27

  1. KENT INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED 2024-09-27 → present
  2. SNC-LAVALIN UK LIMITED 2003-06-24 → 2024-09-27
  3. SNC LAVALIN EUROPE LIMITED 1994-09-08 → 2003-06-24
  4. COPPEE LAVALIN LIMITED 1986-08-13 → 1994-09-08

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 of the Company have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence over the period to 31 December 2026. This conclusion is based on the fact that the directors of the Company have received written confirmation establishing that Kent Corporate Holdings Limited, the parent company of this entity, will support the company as necessary for the period to 31 December 2026.”

Group structure

  1. KENT INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED · parent
    1. SNC-Lavalin Arabia & Kentz Engineering International LLC 75% · KSA

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 36 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
O'CONNOR, Damien Anthony Secretary 2021-07-29 — British
NEWMAN, Leslie Dennis Director 2020-04-12 Jun 1967 British
O'CONNOR, Damien Anthony Director 2021-07-29 Oct 1979 British
Show 36 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BARKER, Robert James Secretary 1998-04-07 1999-11-16
BENNETT, Gordon Secretary 1993-11-30 1998-04-07
CHIN, Roderick Augustus Secretary — 1993-11-30
MCALLISTER, Louise Mary Secretary 2018-07-26 2021-07-29
NOBELEN, Elliot Michael Secretary 2018-07-26 2021-07-29
WHITNEY, Gary Cross, Mr. Secretary 1999-11-16 2016-12-16
AGHILI-KERMANI, Hafez, Mr. Director 2012-07-23 2015-01-27
ALEPIAN, Taro Director 1998-11-02 2001-04-20
ALLEN, Anthony Paul, Mr. Director 2005-07-01 2011-09-30
ASHRAF, Feroz, Mr. Director 2009-10-14 2012-09-14
BALL, Christopher Director 2018-11-30 2021-07-29
BARKER, Robert James Director 1998-08-20 1999-11-16
BENNETT, Gordon Director 1997-04-01 1998-04-07
BERUBE, Yves Director — 1991-06-04
BOYD, Wayne Kenneth Director 1997-10-24 2002-01-01
COMPSTON, James Richard Director 2016-12-16 2020-04-11
CONNEELY, David Bartley Director 2015-09-22 2018-11-27
DUFOUR, Marcel Director — 1996-01-16
DUHAIME, Pierre Director 2002-01-01 2009-05-08
EDWARDS, David Charles Director — 1992-06-30
GOW, Neil Director 1992-06-30 1997-01-31
KHOURY, Sameh, Mr. Director 2013-01-23 2017-03-01
LAMARRE, Jean Bernard Director — 1992-09-15
MCLEAN, Alan Hugh, Mr. Director 2015-09-22 2017-09-23
MURPHY, Christopher Anthony Director 2003-01-01 2004-02-09
NICHOL, Roger Casgrain Director 1998-11-02 2002-12-31
NOVAK, Michael Director 2001-08-01 2005-05-25
PARK, Donald Mckenzie Director 1992-07-27 1996-01-17
ROBITAILLE, Pierre Director 1996-01-17 1998-09-01
ROOPE, Gerard Michael Director 2006-06-01 2011-10-18
SMITH, Timothy John Allan Director 1998-08-20 2014-12-31
SONGHURST, Brian William Director 1996-11-22 1997-10-31
SORBO, Richard Dean, Mr. Director 2013-01-23 2013-05-09
TAPPING, Richard Paul Director 2016-05-15 2016-12-16
WHITNEY, Gary Cross, Mr. Director 1999-11-16 2016-08-31
YOUNG, John, Mr. Director 2012-03-27 2012-07-18

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Kent Uk Technical Services Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2021-07-29 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 213 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2024-10-30 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2024-10-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2024-09-27 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
  • 2021-11-16 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2021-11-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2021-11-16 CC04 Statement of companys objects
Date Type Category Description
2025-12-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-09-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-30 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2024-10-16 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2024-10-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-27 CERTNM change-of-name Certificate change of name company PDF
2023-12-19 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-10-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-10-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-05-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-03-08 DISS40 gazette Gazette filings brought up to date
2023-03-07 GAZ1 gazette Gazette notice compulsory
2022-09-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-09-30 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2022-04-12 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2022-02-22 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2021-11-16 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2021-11-16 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2021-11-16 CC04 change-of-constitution Statement of companys objects

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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