KBR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£2.9m
+376.5% vs 2024
Net assets
-£1.8m
-0.2% vs 2024
Employees
127
-9.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£3.8k
+98.1% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As with any company placing reliance on other group entities for financial support, the directors acknowledge that there can be no certainty that this support will continue although, at the date of approval of these financial statements, they have no reason to believe that it will not do so.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,444,363 | £6,158,410 | £5,029,544 | -18.3% | |
| Operating profit | £24,775 | £16,805 | -£6,509 | -138.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£214,477 | -£199,203 | -£3,801 | +98.1% | |
| Net profit | -£163,960 | -£149,402 | -£2,851 | +98.1% | |
| Cash | — | £605,531 | £2,885,373 | +376.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,665,267 | -£1,814,669 | -£1,817,520 | -0.2% | |
| Net assets | -£1,665,267 | -£1,814,669 | -£1,817,520 | -0.2% | |
| Equity | -£1,665,267 | — | -£1,817,520 | — | |
| Average employees | 151 | 141 | 127 | -9.9% | |
| Wages | £4,799,359 | £5,532,777 | £4,372,438 | -21% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £154,533 | £164,445 | £159,945 | -2.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £8,157 | £8,778 | £10,369 | +18.1% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 0.3% | -0.1% | |
| Net margin | -3.0% | -2.4% | -0.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 111.6% | 213.1% | 132.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.47x | 0.75x | |
| Interest cover | 0.10x | 0.08x | — |
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
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As with any company placing reliance on other group entities for financial support, the directors acknowledge that there can be no certainty that this support will continue although, at the date of approval of these financial statements, they have no reason to believe that it will not do so.”
Significant events
- “With regard to the spin off of the MTS business, the company transferred all of its Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) employees to Kellogg Brown & Root Solutions Limited on 1 May 2026. Employees with the MTS side of the business will remain with the company for the time being.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CABLE-LEWIS, Merida Samantha Zena, Mrs. | Secretary | 2025-05-15 | — | — |
| GALINDO, Sonia, Mrs. | Secretary | 2023-01-12 | — | — |
| BRADIE, Stuart John Baxter, Mr. | Director | 2020-04-23 | Aug 1966 | British |
| CHAMBERS, Susana | Director | 2018-04-19 | Apr 1975 | British |
| O'SHAUGHNESSY, Paul Charles, Mr. | Director | 2024-07-15 | Nov 1975 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRAMER, Adam Miles, Mr. | Secretary | 2021-03-11 | 2023-01-03 |
| NELHAMS, Martin | Secretary | 2013-08-09 | 2020-01-02 |
| WILSON, Gina Mary | Secretary | 2020-01-02 | 2021-03-11 |
| BARRETT, James Arthur | Director | 2013-08-09 | 2020-07-31 |
| BARRIE, Andrew Jonathan | Director | 2020-08-12 | 2022-09-30 |
| BRADIE, Stuart John Baxter, Mr. | Director | 2020-04-02 | 2020-04-16 |
| BRETTELL, Sidney William | Director | 2015-03-16 | 2018-04-03 |
| CARD, Richard Sean | Director | 2015-03-16 | 2021-10-31 |
| KAHN, Paul Emmanuel, Mr. | Director | 2022-10-25 | 2024-07-12 |
| NELHAMS, Martin | Director | 2013-08-09 | 2020-01-02 |
| TURNER, Annette Marie | Director | 2013-08-09 | 2015-03-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kellogg Brown & Root Holdings (U.K) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-01-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
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.