KENTINENTAL ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Cash
£2.7m
+12.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.4m
+10.9% vs 2024
Employees
9
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£835k
-42.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,290,549 | £11,835,444 | -10.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,461,697 | £817,636 | -44.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,453,549 | £835,479 | -42.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,135,884 | £625,393 | -44.9% | |
| Cash | £2,418,424 | £2,728,765 | +12.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,783,508 | £6,420,044 | +11% | |
| Net assets | £5,756,189 | £6,381,582 | +10.9% | |
| Equity | £5,756,189 | £6,381,582 | +10.9% | |
| Average employees | 9 | 9 | 0% | |
| Wages | £735,097 | £834,296 | +13.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £294,135 | £304,710 | +3.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £17,945 | £19,213 | +7.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £123,626 | £163,632 | +32.4% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.0% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.3% | 12.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.0% | 29.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.19x | 2.93x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- KENTINENTAL ENGINEERING LIMITED 1988-04-19 → present
- ADGLADE LIMITED 1987-11-03 → 1988-04-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the trading forecasts the Directors believe that the Company and the Group is well placed to manage its business and financial risks and believe that the going concern basis is appropriate in preparing the accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHENG, Guangrong | Director | 2016-06-22 | Sep 1970 | Chinese |
| JENKINSON, Nicholas James | Director | 2013-09-18 | Dec 1973 | British |
| RYAN, Paul Francis | Director | 2019-06-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
| WANG, Jiayong | Director | 2016-06-22 | Nov 1968 | Chinese |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIS, Stephen John | Secretary | 2011-01-01 | 2019-06-01 |
| HOWELL, Peter John | Secretary | — | 1992-11-18 |
| TAYLOR, Edward | Secretary | 1992-11-18 | 2011-01-01 |
| ABBOTT, Peter Arthur | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2025-04-30 |
| BETTS, David Ronald | Director | — | 2020-04-02 |
| BROWNLESS, Geoffrey William | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| BROWNLESS, Gillian Audrey | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| BROWNLESS, Jason William | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| COURT, Michael Anthony Ormes | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| ELLIS, Stephen John | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2020-10-30 |
| FENNELL, Richard | Director | — | 1992-11-16 |
| HEAVER, Terry Colin | Director | — | 2016-05-26 |
| HOWELL, Peter John | Director | — | 1992-11-18 |
| SEARE, Peter Raymond | Director | — | 2016-05-26 |
| SHACKLOCK, Charles Richard | Director | 1999-04-27 | 2000-06-30 |
| SMITH, Timothy Alan Bedford | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| TAYLOR, Edward | Director | — | 2016-05-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ke Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-01-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-01-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-01-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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.