KELLER GROUP PLC
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Cash
£282M
+35.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£644M
+8% vs 2024
Employees
3,947
+5.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£197M
+3.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend
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 | £2,986,700,000 | £3,087,300,000 | +3.4% | |
| Operating profit | £212,600,000 | £218,200,000 | +2.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £191,400,000 | £197,300,000 | +3.1% | |
| Net profit | £147,100,000 | £151,700,000 | +3.1% | |
| Cash | £207,700,000 | £281,500,000 | +35.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,036,500,000 | £1,052,800,000 | +1.6% | |
| Net assets | £596,700,000 | £644,200,000 | +8% | |
| Equity | £596,700,000 | £644,200,000 | +8% | |
| Average employees | 3,744 | 3,947 | +5.4% | |
| Wages | £697,700,000 | £730,700,000 | +4.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,825,419 | £1,963,910 | -30.5% |
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 | 7.1% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.5% | 20.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.7% | 64.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.42x | 1.44x | |
| Interest cover | 7.65x | 8.59x |
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
- KELLER GROUP PLC 1990-05-04 → present
- CHIDWORTH LIMITED 1989-11-13 → 1990-05-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board confirms that the Group operates over three-year planning and budget processes that are carried out over a three-year period which provides the relevant estimates, and which forms the basis for the going concern assessment.”
Group structure
- KELLER GROUP PLC · parent
- Keller Australia Pty Limited
- Keller Holdings Limited 99%
- RECON Europe Holdings, LLC 99%
- Keller Fondations Speciales SAS 49%
- Keller Fondations Speciales SPA 49%
Significant events
- “During 2025, we initiated two tranches of £25m under our multi-year share buyback programme and the Board is announcing an intention to launch a further £100m share buyback programme in 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHUTTLEWORTH, Catherine Elisabeth | Secretary | 2025-12-05 | — | — |
| BELL, Paula | Director | 2018-09-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
| BURKE, David Anthony | Director | 2020-10-12 | Oct 1965 | Irish |
| FORSTER, Carl-Peter Edmund Moriz | Director | 2024-12-16 | May 1954 | British,German |
| HERNANDEZ ABRAMS, Juan Gerardo | Director | 2022-02-01 | Dec 1963 | American |
| KELLEHER, Annette Mary | Director | 2023-12-01 | Nov 1966 | Irish |
| KING, Stephen Anthony, Mr | Director | 2024-09-01 | Oct 1960 | British |
| ROCK, Kate Harriet Alexandra | Director | 2018-09-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
| WROATH, James Peter Daniel | Director | 2025-08-18 | Jun 1973 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Justin Richard | Secretary | 1999-10-11 | 2001-12-31 |
| HOLMAN, Jacqueline Frances | Secretary | 2002-01-01 | 2013-11-18 |
| PAINTING, Robert Philip | Secretary | — | 1999-10-11 |
| PORRITT, Kerry Anne Abigail | Secretary | 2013-11-18 | 2025-12-05 |
| ATKINSON, Justin Richard | Director | 1999-10-11 | 2015-05-14 |
| BOND, Kevin Patrick, Dr | Director | 2003-10-30 | 2010-05-17 |
| BOND, Kevin Patrick, Dr | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2002-05-09 |
| BROWN, Ernest Gerald Freeman | Director | 2001-12-13 | 2013-05-23 |
| CAIRNIE, Linda Ruth | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2017-05-11 |
| DOBSON, Thomas | Director | — | 2004-03-31 |
| EWEN, Robert John Tuch | Director | 2003-03-06 | 2003-11-28 |
| FAIRSERVICE, Gavin Douglas | Director | — | 1995-05-11 |
| FRANKLIN, Roy Alexander | Director | 2007-07-19 | 2016-07-26 |
| GIRLING, Christopher | Director | 2011-02-28 | 2019-01-01 |
| HILL, Peter John | Director | 2016-05-24 | 2025-03-04 |
| HIND, James William George | Director | 2003-07-15 | 2020-06-30 |
| JIMENEZ, Pedro Jose Lopez | Director | 2003-01-14 | 2012-05-18 |
| KIRSCH, Klaus | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| LINDQVIST, Eva | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2024-05-15 |
| MACPHERSON, Ronald Thomas Stewart, Sir | Director | — | 1999-07-31 |
| MARTIN, Michael William Colin | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| MICHAELIS, Maximillian Alain Philip | Director | 2015-05-14 | 2019-10-01 |
| PAINTING, Robert Philip | Director | — | 1999-10-11 |
| PAYNE, Keith Frederick | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2008-01-31 |
| PEIPERS, Harald | Director | 1995-03-21 | 2002-05-09 |
| RAJU, Vegesna Ranganadha, Dr | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| RUBRIGHT, Robert M | Director | 2003-03-06 | 2013-05-23 |
| SAVAGE, David George | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2013-10-03 |
| SCHOLES, Richard Thomas | Director | 2002-02-07 | 2011-05-17 |
| SONDERMANN, Wolfgang, Doctor | Director | 2003-11-28 | 2016-12-31 |
| SPEAKMAN, Michael James | Director | 2018-08-06 | 2025-08-18 |
| TUOR MOORE, Nancy R | Director | 2014-06-26 | 2022-05-18 |
| WEST, John Michael, Dr | Director | — | 2009-07-31 |
| WITHERS, Paul Nigel, Dr | Director | 2012-12-17 | 2020-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 542 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-06-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-09 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-04-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-28 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-01-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 18
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.