CENTRAL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£306K
-7.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.6M
+2.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
59
+7.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£408K
+3.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Energy 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 | £13,309,216 | £14,834,485 | £16,252,004 | +9.6% | |
| Operating profit | £56,762 | £448,574 | £475,336 | +6% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,236 | £392,739 | £407,644 | +3.8% | |
| Net profit | £12,404 | £261,670 | £304,098 | +16.2% | |
| Cash | £376,776 | £332,103 | £306,352 | -7.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,599,645 | £3,984,602 | £4,167,765 | +4.6% | |
| Net assets | £2,451,489 | £2,479,832 | £2,550,603 | +2.9% | |
| Equity | £2,451,489 | £2,479,832 | £2,550,603 | +2.9% | |
| Average employees | 55 | 55 | 59 | +7.3% | |
| Wages | £1,963,681 | £2,064,546 | £2,201,603 | +6.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £165,485 | £192,656 | £183,484 | -4.8% |
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 | 0.4% | 3.0% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 1.8% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.6% | 11.3% | 11.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 62.8% | 62.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.38x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | 1.15x | 8.03x | 7.02x |
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
- CENTRAL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED 2002-09-10 → present
- WITHERLEY SERVICES (CENTRAL) LIMITED 1997-05-27 → 2002-09-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the balance sheet date and signing date, the company had strong cash balances and net current assets. The directors have revised their financial forecasts and they show that the company has sufficient cash available to it during the foreseeable future. On that basis, the directors have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, Pauline Neville | Secretary | 1997-06-17 | — | British |
| BALL, Pauline Neville | Director | 1997-06-17 | Nov 1949 | British |
| BENNETT, Steven Charles | Director | 2001-04-06 | Aug 1971 | British |
| DANES, Karl | Director | 2008-02-05 | Jan 1971 | British |
| GEE, Mark James | Director | 2008-02-05 | Jun 1970 | British |
| SMITH, Adam | Director | 2021-11-01 | Mar 1984 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-05-27 | 1997-06-17 |
| ANDERSON, Philip Roy | Director | 1997-06-17 | 2001-04-06 |
| BARHAM, Michael David | Director | 1997-06-17 | 2020-03-06 |
| HURSTHOUSE, Roger Stephen | Director | 2003-04-15 | 2010-09-06 |
| TRIVETT, Helen Elizabeth Regina | Director | 1997-06-17 | 2008-02-05 |
| COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-05-27 | 1997-06-17 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-05-27 | 1997-06-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Aggregates Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-05-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-15 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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