A R & A L KEEN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-28 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-14
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-14% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
-23.2% vs 2023
Employees
10
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-239.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £14,976,559 | £9,388,290 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,178,672 | -£1,059,363 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £986,894 | -£1,379,757 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £810,482 | -£1,050,387 | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,740,256 | £2,355,536 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £9,281,517 | £7,032,524 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £9,260,465 | £7,110,078 | |
| Equity | £5,900,940 | £8,449,983 | £9,260,465 | £7,110,078 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 10 | 10 | |
| Wages | — | — | £341,722 | £291,822 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £9,030 | £9,096 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-37.3%
£14,976,559 £9,388,290
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Cash
-14%
£2,740,256 £2,355,536
-
Net assets
-23.2%
£9,260,465 £7,110,078
-
Employees
0%
10 10
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Operating profit
-189.9%
£1,178,672 -£1,059,363
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Profit before tax
-239.8%
£986,894 -£1,379,757
-
Wages
-14.6%
£341,722 £291,822
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 7.9% | -11.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 5.4% | -11.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 12.7% | -15.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 70.4% | 65.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.42x | 1.51x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 4.71x | -3.14x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director is confident that the management of costs and cashflow will enable the company to continue trading profitably and therefore considers it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The results for the year reflect a period in which supply exceeded demand, demonstrated by a reduction in turnover and gross profit. The net loss for the year was further exacerbated by bad debt write offs totalling £634k, primarily driven by customers in financial difficulties.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEEN, Bianca | Secretary | 2016-03-23 | — | — |
| KEEN, Amanda Louise | Director | 2005-03-14 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEEN, Amanda Louise | Secretary | 2005-03-14 | 2016-03-23 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-03-14 | 2005-03-14 |
| KEEN, Anthony Richard | Director | 2005-03-14 | 2012-06-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-03-14 | 2005-03-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Keen Properties Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-12-31 | Active |
| Mrs Amanda Louise Keen | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-20 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-10 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.