CENTURION SAFETY PRODUCTS LTD
Operating from Norfolk, the company manufactures a range of plastic safety equipment and protective products.
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Cash
£2.2m
+1.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.7m
-4.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
94
-6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£343k
+42.6% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,532,000 | £12,299,000 | £11,359,000 | -7.6% | |
| Operating profit | £13,000 | -£646,000 | -£309,000 | +52.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £60,000 | -£598,000 | -£343,000 | +42.6% | |
| Net profit | £376,000 | -£598,000 | -£343,000 | +42.6% | |
| Cash | £1,898,000 | £2,176,000 | £2,205,000 | +1.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,990,000 | £7,260,000 | £7,006,000 | -3.5% | |
| Net assets | £7,835,000 | £7,027,000 | £6,682,000 | -4.9% | |
| Equity | £7,835,000 | £7,027,000 | £6,682,000 | -4.9% | |
| Average employees | 101 | 100 | 94 | -6% | |
| Wages | £3,875,000 | £3,850,000 | £3,761,000 | -2.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £383,000 | £476,000 | £472,000 | -0.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £12,000 | £76,000 | £88,000 | +15.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £127,000 | £195,000 | £195,000 | 0% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.1% | -5.3% | -2.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | -4.9% | -3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.2% | -8.9% | -4.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.7% | 28.0% | 30.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.81x | 2.53x | 2.30x | |
| Interest cover | 0.62x | -12.67x | -4.83x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CENTURION SAFETY PRODUCTS LTD 1997-04-30 → present
- THETFORD MOULDED PRODUCTS LIMITED 1879-05-16 → 1997-04-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- CENTURION SAFETY PRODUCTS LTD · parent
- Martindale Protection Limited 100%
- Thetford Moulded Products Limited 100%
- Thetford Moulded Products Trustees Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, on 31 March 2026, the Company completed the divestment of its defined benefit pension scheme. This has been treated as a non-adjusting post balance sheet event. The transaction has no impact on the Company's financial position as at 31 December 2025”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADLER, Michael Alan | Director | 2022-05-26 | Nov 1962 | British |
| DAVIS, James Edward Coleman | Director | 2013-05-10 | Sep 1965 | British |
| HOLDHAM, David | Director | 2022-05-26 | Mar 1951 | British |
| KEOGH, Jason Mark | Director | 2023-12-01 | Nov 1973 | British |
| LOCK, Allan Martin | Director | 2023-12-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Scott Ryan | Director | 2024-04-02 | Sep 1970 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPPS, Terence Antony | Secretary | — | 2017-04-28 |
| ZANONE, Chris John | Secretary | 2017-05-01 | 2022-07-12 |
| ADLER, David Harold | Director | 1995-12-15 | 2014-05-22 |
| ADLER, Douglas Jeffrey | Director | — | 2002-05-01 |
| ADLER, John James | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| ATKINSON, Jeremy Paul | Director | 2002-03-11 | 2007-01-12 |
| ATKINSON, Nigel John Bewley | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| BAKER, Frederick Clare | Director | 1996-10-09 | 2005-06-09 |
| BROWN, Robert Iain Cameron | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2022-05-26 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Stuart | Director | 2019-04-23 | 2020-10-05 |
| CHAPMAN, Keith Anthony | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2025-09-30 |
| CLEMENTS, Terence Alexander | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2009-07-15 |
| DAVIS, William Edward | Director | — | 2013-05-09 |
| EPPS, Terence Antony | Director | — | 2017-04-28 |
| FORREST, Jacques William | Director | — | 2014-08-17 |
| GORDON, Andrew Mark | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| HALL, Stephen John | Director | 2014-05-23 | 2020-07-31 |
| HOLDHAM, David | Director | 1996-08-14 | 2016-03-23 |
| HUMPHREYS, Amanda Jane, Dr | Director | 2014-07-07 | 2018-03-31 |
| HURT, Nicholas David | Director | 2020-11-25 | 2023-04-21 |
| MELLING, Nichola | Director | 2022-05-26 | 2023-08-31 |
| NEUMANN, Steve | Director | 2017-09-04 | 2018-11-23 |
| ORMEROD, Simon John Charlton | Director | 1996-01-02 | 1996-12-20 |
| PARKINSON, Del | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2017-02-24 |
| WARD, Jeffrey Graham | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| WILDING, David Kenneth | Director | — | 2001-02-21 |
| WORMALL, David John | Director | — | 1996-03-28 |
| ZANONE, Christopher John | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2022-07-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-09 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-16 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-05-16 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.