THE KEYHOLDING COMPANY LIMITED
Company number 03538605 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
The Keyholding Company Limited shows strong revenue growth (10%+ annually) and has successfully rehabilitated its balance sheet from deeply negative equity in 2018 to a net asset position of £2.58M. However, the 2022 loss of £564K, a 58.5% cash decline, and flat underlying EBITDA of just £0.5M on £18.75M turnover (2.7% margin) reveal a business in an aggressive investment phase with dangerously thin profitability. The prognosis depends on whether heavy technology investment delivers margin improvement—if EBITDA doesn't grow meaningfully in 2023-24, the current cash burn trajectory becomes unsustainable.
Shareholders' funds
£2,583,435
Balance sheet as at 2022-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-04-01
- Employees
- 174 (2022 accounts · was 139 in 2021)
- Registered office
- 28 Kirby Street, London, England, EC1N 8TE
- Postcode
- EC1N 8TE
- Capital
- 24 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-01
- Next due by
- 2027-04-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 96090 Other service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 6 current · 20 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
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THE LONDON KEY HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 4
£297,700,000 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z2338566 (Tier 2), registered since 2010.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.keyholding.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| MANAGEADD LIMITED | 1998-06-23 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNITS 4 AND 6 QUAYSIDE LODGE, WILLIAM MORRIS WAY, LONDON, SW6 2UZ | 2020-05-20 |
| GRIFFIN HOUSE 135 HIGH STREET, CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX, RH10 1DQ, UNITED KINGDOM | 2013-10-11 |
| UNITS 4 AND 6 QUAYSIDE LODGE, WILLIAM MORRIS WAY, LONDON, SW6 2UZ | 2012-03-26 |
| UNIT 2 COTSWOLD MEWS, 30 BATTERSEA SQUARE, LONDON, SW11 3RA | 2009-10-05 |
| 157 ELM PARK MANSIONS, PARK WALK, LONDON, SW10 0AX | 1998-08-19 |
| 1 MITCHELL LANE, BRISTOL, BS1 6BU | 1998-06-18 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 2,261 similar companies in EC
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (174 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1998.
Competitors London
This company ranks 67 among other service activities not elsewhere classified in London.
The class of 1998
40%
of the 1,126 companies in this sector incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.