KEYLINE CIVILS SPECIALIST LIMITED
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Cash
£900K
-78% vs 2024
Net assets
£27M
-81% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
675
+2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8.9M
-16% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £503,700,000 | £489,000,000 | £482,300,000 | -1.4% | |
| Operating profit | £19,900,000 | £10,600,000 | £9,900,000 | -6.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £19,900,000 | £10,600,000 | £8,900,000 | -16% | |
| Net profit | £14,600,000 | £7,000,000 | £5,900,000 | -15.7% | |
| Cash | — | £4,100,000 | £900,000 | -78% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £306,800,000 | £147,100,000 | £47,100,000 | -68% | |
| Net assets | £301,700,000 | £142,800,000 | £27,100,000 | -81% | |
| Equity | £301,700,000 | £142,800,000 | £27,100,000 | -81% | |
| Average employees | 735 | 659 | 675 | +2.4% | |
| Wages | £26,100,000 | £23,800,000 | £25,500,000 | +7.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £140,200 | £200,000 | £200,000 | 0% |
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 | 4.0% | 2.2% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 1.4% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.5% | 7.2% | 21.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 44.9% | 88.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.16x | 2.17x | 1.11x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 9.90x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- KEYLINE CIVILS SPECIALIST LIMITED 2020-01-06 → present
- KEYLINE BUILDERS MERCHANTS LIMITED 1991-01-30 → 2020-01-06
- J. & W. HENDERSON LIMITED 1988-11-28 → 1991-01-30
- CRH MERCHANTS LIMITED 1987-06-04 → 1988-11-28
- CEMENT-ROADSTONE MERCHANTS LIMITED 1986-09-19 → 1987-06-04
- WIMPEY MERCHANTS LIMITED 1965-07-21 → 1986-09-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has the resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. Thus it continues to adopt the going concern assumption in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company early adopted the amendments to FRS 102 arising from the Financial Reporting Council's Periodic Review 2024, including the revised requirements for lease accounting.”
- “An interim dividend of £120.4m (2024: £166.1m) was paid during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 48 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPG MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-04-01 | — | — |
| ALCOCK, Thomas William | Director | 2023-08-22 | May 1984 | British |
| JENKINS, Huw Russell | Director | 2025-09-01 | Nov 1969 | British |
| TP DIRECTORS LTD | Corporate Director | 2015-04-16 | — | — |
Show 48 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIDSON, Arthur Joseph | Secretary | — | 1992-01-01 |
| DOOHAN, John | Secretary | 1995-05-19 | 1999-06-04 |
| HOWLETT, Michael Robert | Secretary | 1999-06-04 | 1999-08-09 |
| PIKE, Andrew Stephen | Secretary | 1999-08-09 | 2013-12-31 |
| SUTHERLAND, Andrew Campbell | Secretary | 1992-01-01 | 1995-05-19 |
| ADAMS, Edward Cyril | Director | 1999-06-04 | 1999-12-31 |
| AITKEN, John David | Director | — | 1990-08-31 |
| AITKEN, John David | Director | — | 1990-07-31 |
| BARRY, Anthony Dermot | Director | — | 1994-10-17 |
| BELL, Norman | Director | 2013-04-08 | 2017-12-21 |
| BUFFIN, Anthony David | Director | 2013-04-08 | 2017-07-11 |
| CAHILL, Jack | Director | 1993-12-17 | 1997-12-31 |
| CARTER, John Peter | Director | 1999-06-04 | 2019-05-01 |
| CARTON, Maeve Catherine | Director | 1996-04-03 | 1999-06-04 |
| COOPER, Geoffrey Ian | Director | 2005-03-14 | 2013-12-31 |
| DAVIDSON, Arthur Joseph | Director | — | 2013-12-04 |
| DICKS, Christopher | Director | 2013-03-20 | 2013-12-31 |
| EDWARDS, Catherine | Director | 2025-01-28 | 2026-01-31 |
| ELKINS, Francis Mark | Director | 2013-12-10 | 2023-06-30 |
| GANDY, David | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
| GODSON, Don | Director | 1994-12-20 | 1999-06-04 |
| GOLDSMITH, Ian Robert, Dr | Director | 2000-07-04 | 2006-06-16 |
| GOUKA, Jacobus | Director | 1996-04-03 | 1998-12-31 |
| GRIFFIN, Kieran | Director | 2013-12-16 | 2018-02-27 |
| GRIFFIN, William Gerard | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| HAMPDEN SMITH, Paul Nigel | Director | 1999-06-04 | 2013-02-28 |
| HARRIS, Stephen | Director | 2013-12-02 | 2025-06-30 |
| HARRISON, Andrew Peter | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2013-12-05 |
| HILL, Brian Gerard | Director | 1998-11-12 | 1999-06-04 |
| HUGHES, Liam Patrick | Director | 1997-11-13 | 1999-06-04 |
| KAVANAGH, Carol | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2018-05-09 |
| LANKESTER, James | Director | 1993-12-17 | 1997-08-14 |
| MCKAY, Francis John | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2005-03-14 |
| MEECH, Martin Richard | Director | 2006-11-24 | 2021-12-17 |
| MILLER, Robin Paul | Director | 2024-01-23 | 2025-01-28 |
| MUIR, Scott Staig | Director | — | 1999-08-17 |
| O'CALLAGHAN, Michael John | Director | 1997-07-17 | 2000-02-04 |
| O'MAHONY, Liam | Director | 1992-01-01 | 1996-12-31 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Patrick Francis | Director | 1993-12-17 | 1999-06-04 |
| OOSTEN, Jean-Jacques Michel Van | Director | 2013-04-30 | 2014-02-10 |
| PINNER, Dean | Director | 2023-08-22 | 2024-03-31 |
| PROCTOR, Robin David | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2016-10-06 |
| STEWART, David | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2013-04-30 |
| SULLIVAN, John Arthur | Director | 1996-03-13 | 1999-06-29 |
| TENCH, Leslie Owen | Director | 1992-08-07 | 1999-06-04 |
| TRAVIS, Ernest Raymond Anthony | Director | 1999-06-04 | 1999-12-31 |
| WHITTON, Malcolm | Director | 1994-12-20 | 1999-06-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Alan Richard | Director | 2017-07-11 | 2024-01-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Perkins Merchant Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-12-21 | Active |
| Travis Perkins Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 263 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-26 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-11-26 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-13 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-12-02 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-02 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.