KENTON BLACK GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-13 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-30
Watchouts
Cash
£202K
-54.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£248K
+22% vs 2023
Employees
48
-20% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£297K
+1,719.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £21,846,037 | £22,157,407 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £191,636 | £508,562 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £16,308 | £296,664 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £7,582 | £224,069 | |
| Cash | — | — | £444,469 | £202,015 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £378,738 | £330,917 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £203,533 | £248,370 | |
| Equity | £228 | £228 | £203,533 | £248,370 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 60 | 48 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,752,027 | £2,358,323 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £25,000 | £25,000 |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
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Turnover
+1.4%
£21,846,037 £22,157,407
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Cash
-54.5%
£444,469 £202,015
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Net assets
+22%
£203,533 £248,370
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Employees
-20%
60 48
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Operating profit
+165.4%
£191,636 £508,562
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Profit before tax
+1,719.1%
£16,308 £296,664
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Wages
-14.3%
£2,752,027 £2,358,323
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 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 0.9% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 0.0% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 50.6% | 153.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 95.1% | 92.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.08x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 1.09x | 2.40x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Folkes Worton LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting... is appropriate. We have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that... may cast significant doubt on the group's... ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months.”
Group structure
- KENTON BLACK GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Kenton Black Northern Limited
- Kenton Black Finance Limited
- Kenton Black International Limited
- Kenton Black Science & Engineering Limited
- Kenton Black SC Limited
Significant events
- “The directors consider that the investment in 2024 provides the group with a strong foundation for organic growth in 2025.”
- “The group continues to invest in its core areas whilst also pushing into new markets both in the UK and internationally.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRABTREE, Aaron Jay | Director | 2018-08-31 | Dec 1979 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, Nick | Director | 2018-08-31 | 2026-03-23 |
| HOWDEN, John Andrew | Director | 2024-10-01 | 2026-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nick Fox | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2021-06-29 | Ceased 2026-03-23 |
| Mr Aaron Jay Crabtree | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2021-06-29 | Active |
| Nick Fox | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-08-31 | Ceased 2021-06-29 |
| Mr Aaron Jay Crabtree | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-08-31 | Ceased 2021-06-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 39 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-03-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.