KEY PLANT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Company number 06857089 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Key Plant Automation is a profitable, well-established manufacturer with healthy operating margins, but its balance sheet has weakened considerably since the December 2021 Employee Ownership Trust transition, with cash declining 63% and liabilities nearly quadrupling over two years. While the business generates strong cash from operations (£3.2M in 2023), the scale of distributions relative to retained earnings, combined with sector-specific cyclical risks, elevates the risk profile above what the trading performance alone would suggest. Further investigation into the EOT financing structure and the most recent financial year is recommended before any commitment.
Shareholders' funds
£8,204,444
Balance sheet as at 2023-03-31
What it does
the wholesale and hire of machine tools.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2009-03-24
- Employees
- 74 (2023 accounts · was 65 in 2022)
- Registered office
- Bode Business Park, Ball Haye Green, Leek, Staffordshire, England, ST13 6BW
- Postcode
- ST13 6BW
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-30
- Next due by
- 2026-12-30
- Financial year end
- 30 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-24
- Next due by
- 2027-04-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46620 Wholesale of machine tools
Officers 5 current · 2 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- keyplant.com
- Phone
- +44 01538 388, +44 01538 3883, +44 01744 850
Key Plant Automation - Maximise your Welding and Fabrication Throughput. Welding Rotators, Positioners, Manipulators, Robots and More.
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 116 DUKE STREET, LIVERPOOL, MERSEYSIDE, L1 5JW | 2015-07-07 |
| 7 KENSINGTON HOUSE ROE LANE, SOUTHPORT, PR9 9DT | 2014-05-06 |
| SOMERSET HOUSE 6070 BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS PARK, BIRMINGHAM, B37 7BF | 2010-03-31 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 10 similar companies in ST
The largest employer among its local peers (74 staff).
Trading since 2009.
Competitors Stoke-On-Trent
This company ranks 1 among wholesale of machine tools in Stoke-On-Trent.
The class of 2009
21%
of the 315,093 companies incorporated in 2009 are still active today; 77% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.