FRANK KEY GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-28 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£67K
-17.2% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£4M
-0.8% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£37K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
8-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | £23,310 | £23,560 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | £22,312 | £6,122 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £76,295 | -£19,770 | — | £0 | -£37,004 | |
| Net profit | — | £94,370 | — | £76,295 | -£19,770 | — | £0 | -£37,004 | |
| Cash | — | £84,389 | — | £119,489 | £97,532 | — | £80,380 | £66,589 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £6,079,678 | — | £5,678,743 | £5,255,219 | — | £4,830,775 | £4,374,479 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £4,431,253 | £4,411,483 | — | £4,411,483 | £4,374,479 | |
| Equity | £4,458,588 | £4,462,958 | £4,462,958 | £4,431,253 | £4,411,483 | £4,411,483 | £4,411,483 | £4,374,479 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+1.1%
£23,310 £23,560
-
Cash
-17.2%
£80,380 £66,589
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
-0.8%
£4,411,483 £4,374,479
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-72.6%
£22,312 £6,122
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 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | 95.7% | 26.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | -157.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5% | 0.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.92x | 0.82x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.34x | 0.14x |
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 Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has net current liabilities at the balance sheet date. In the absence of other funding, the company may in the short term be dependent on the continued support of its subsidiary undertaking, Frank Key (Nottingham) Limited. The directors of Frank Key (Nottingham) Limited have agreed to support the company to meet its liabilities as they fall due, for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors therefore consider it appropriate that the financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- FRANK KEY GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Frank Key (Nottingham) Limited 100%
- Frank Key (Bulwell) Limited 100%
- Robert M Sansom Plant Limited 100%
- Sinbad Tools Limited 100%
- The Builders Centre (Sheffield) Limited 100%
- Charles Watson (Ironmongers) Limited 100%
- C. Bancroft Limited 100%
- Clower & Sons (Builders' Merchants) Limited 100%
- Frank Key Tool Hire Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, we completed a rebuild of our main, head office location. This has future-proofed the location and created a first-class site to facilitate future growth, accommodating the needs of the modern builder and DIY customer. This size of this investment (approaching £3m in total) has had a material impact on this year's financial statements, impacting the balance sheet, reserves and net profit achieved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTON, James Victor | Secretary | 2007-09-14 | — | British |
| MEEKS, Richard Brian | Director | 2022-10-31 | Mar 1980 | British |
| NORTON, James Victor | Director | 2007-09-14 | May 1980 | British |
| SANSOM, Benjamin James William | Director | 2022-10-31 | Apr 1989 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANSOM, Robert Michael | Director | 2007-09-14 | 2022-03-22 |
| SANSOM, Susan Erica | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2022-03-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Key Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2022-03-22 | Active |
| Mr Robert Michael Sansom | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-22 |
| Mrs Susan Erica Sansom | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.