A R & a L Keen Limited
Registered name: A R & A L KEEN LIMITED
Part of A Keen Properties Ltd groupA R & a L Keen Limited made £11.9m revenue and £856k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
A R & a L Keen Limited’s revenue grew 27% to £11.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £856k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “sale of other motor vehicles” and is based in Truro; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Truro, South West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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: “A Keen Properties Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.4m | £15m | £9.4m | £11.9m |
| Cost of sales | £25.5m | £12.8m | £9.1m | £10m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £2.2m | £269k | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £1.2m | −£1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | £987k | −£1.4m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £810k | −£1.1m | £856k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £810k | −£1.1m | £856k |
| Staff costs | £401k | £402k | £360k | £393k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.7% | 5.4% | −11.2% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | 13.3% | 14.4% | 2.9% | 15.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.9m | £1.5m | £939k | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £255k | £81k | −£105k | £85.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼49% | ▼37.3% | ▲26.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼68.2% | ▼229.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £2.7m | £2.4m | £878k |
| Net assets | £8.4m | £9.3m | £7.1m | £7.9m |
| Fixed assets | £82.8k | £102k | £109k | £153k |
| Current assets | £22.3m | £31.2m | £20.4m | £12.4m |
| Debtors | £13.7m | £11m | £4.2m | £3.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £85.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 30.4%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £7.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼63%
- Now £878k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲40%
- Now £153k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- A Keen Properties Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- A R & a L Keen Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £856k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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