A. & J. Keith Limited
Registered name: A. & J. KEITH LIMITED
A. & J. Keith Limited made £21.6m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
A. & J. Keith Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £21.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.2m profit and 71 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Wallsend; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wallsend, North East
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1988
- 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. From the filing: “The most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is Heat Solutions (N.E.) Limited, These financial statements are available upon request from 189 Vine Street, Wallsend, ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11m | £17.3m | £18.7m | £21.6m |
| Cost of sales | £6.7m | £11.8m | £11.3m | £11.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £5.5m | £7.4m | £10m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.8m | £3m | £4.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.7m | £2.7m | £4.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.4m | £2m | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.4m | £2m | £3.2m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 64 | 70 | 71 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.9% | 7.8% | 10.8% | 14.7% |
| Gross margin | 39% | 31.7% | 39.8% | 46.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £204k | £271k | £267k | £304k |
| Profit per employee | £24.3k | £21.3k | £28.9k | £44.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲57.2% | ▲7.8% | ▲15.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.8% | ▲48.5% | ▲56.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.5% | ▲9.4% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £645k | £20 | £244k | £734k |
| Net assets | £6.2m | £7.5m | £9.5m | £8.9m |
| Fixed assets | £577k | £561k | £552k | £618k |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £11m | £13.1m | £12.7m |
| Debtors | £395k | £803k | £455k | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £21.2k | £31.7k | £24.1k | £61.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £304k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £44.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
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
- ▼6%
- Now £8.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲201%
- Now £734k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- ▲154%
- Now £61.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £618k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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