CENTURION EUROPE LIMITED
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Cash
£192k
+857.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4m
+9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
107
-4.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£162k
-26.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £11,463,096 | £11,760,288 | £11,451,770 | -2.6% | |
| Operating profit | £476,929 | £529,006 | £421,019 | -20.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £175,554 | £221,763 | £162,328 | -26.8% | |
| Net profit | £267,455 | £100,664 | £169,705 | +68.6% | |
| Cash | £2,866 | £20,057 | £191,977 | +857.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,336,463 | £6,634,436 | £7,072,150 | +6.6% | |
| Net assets | £3,527,912 | £3,669,030 | £4,000,318 | +9% | |
| Equity | £3,527,912 | £3,669,030 | £4,000,318 | +9% | |
| Average employees | 112 | 112 | 107 | -4.5% | |
| Wages | £2,735,428 | £2,859,183 | £2,811,177 | -1.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £195,720 | £243,998 | £249,467 | +2.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £46,563 | £46,563 | £46,563 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £131,841 | £133,262 | £135,911 | +2% |
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 | 4.2% | 4.5% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 0.9% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.5% | 8.0% | 6.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.9% | 63.7% | 60.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.50x | 1.61x | |
| Interest cover | 1.58x | 1.72x | 1.57x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- CENTURION EUROPE LIMITED 1991-02-19 → present
- CENTURION D.I.Y. LIMITED 1986-03-13 → 1991-02-19
- DON FACTORS LIMITED 1984-07-03 → 1986-03-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After due consideration of all relevant factors, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GECZI, David Lajos | Secretary | 2006-08-21 | — | British |
| GECZI, David Lajos | Director | 1999-08-26 | Sep 1968 | British |
| KANTECKI, Paul Matthew | Director | 2003-06-25 | Aug 1976 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEMINGWAY, Andrew | Secretary | — | 1992-06-08 |
| KANTECKI, Robert | Secretary | 1996-12-04 | 2006-08-21 |
| SHIRES, Joy Maria | Secretary | 1996-01-01 | 1996-11-12 |
| TALBOT, Peter Alan | Secretary | 1992-06-08 | 1996-01-01 |
| GECZI, Kathleen Anne | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| HEMINGWAY, Andrew | Director | — | 1992-06-08 |
| KANTECKI, Julia Jane | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2006-08-21 |
| KANTECKI, Robert | Director | — | 2006-08-21 |
| SCARROW, John Arthur | Director | 2003-10-23 | 2016-02-19 |
| SHIRES, Joy Maria | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1996-11-12 |
| TALBOT, Peter Alan | Director | — | 1996-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centurion Europe Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2026-06-02 | Active |
| Mr Paul Matthew Kantecki | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-12-23 | Ceased 2026-06-02 |
| Mr David Lajos Geczi | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-09-23 | Ceased 2026-06-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.