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Company No. 00494174 · Incorporated 12 Apr 1951

Frank Key (Nottingham) Limited

Registered name: FRANK KEY (NOTTINGHAM) LIMITED

Part of Frank Key Holdings Limited group

Frank Key (Nottingham) Limited made £24.3m revenue and £119k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Frank Key (Nottingham) Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £24.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £119k profit and 126 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46130Agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials
Status
Active
Location
Nottingham, East Midlands
Age
75 yrs · since 1951
Type
Private Limited Company

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£24.3m
Growth ▼0.5%
Profit
£119k
Growth ▼40.4%
Profit margin
0.5%
Gross 29.3%
Employees
126
Change ▲5%
Profit / employee
£942
Revenue/employee £193k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£25.6m£24.4m£24.3m
Cost of sales£18m£17.1m£17.2m
Gross profit£7.6m£7.3m£7.1m
Operating profit£905k£428k£614k
Profit before tax£833k£308k£486k
Profit after tax£594k£199k£119k
Profit (best available)£594k£199k£119k
Staff costs£4.6m£4.7m£4.7m
Employees (average)126120126
Ratios
Profit margin2.3%0.8%0.5%
Gross margin29.7%29.8%29.3%
Revenue per employee£203k£203k£193k
Profit per employee£4.7k£1.7k£942
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼4.7%▼0.5%
Profit growth—▼66.5%▼40.4%
Headcount growth—▼4.8%▲5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£922k£490k£574k
Net assets£10.9m£10.6m£10.8m
Fixed assets£4.9m£5.6m£5.6m
Current assets£11.2m£11.2m£11.8m
Debtors£3m£3m£2.7m
Deferred income£148k£182k£175k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
29.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£193k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£942
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
23%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
11.3%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

Balance-sheet signals

Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.

Net assets
▲1%
Now £10.8m
Cash at bank
▲17%
Now £574k
Headcount
▲5%
Now 126
Deferred income
▼4%
Now £175k
Fixed assets
▼1%
Now £5.6m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Frank Key Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Frank Key Group Limited75–100%
  3. Frank Key (Nottingham) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (8)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £119k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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