CERTASS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-23 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+7.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+6.2% vs 2024
Employees
19
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£140K
-58.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,480,020 | £1,497,688 | |
| Operating profit | £311,211 | £113,359 | |
| Profit before tax | £336,100 | £140,463 | |
| Net profit | £251,595 | £105,144 | |
| Cash | £1,781,442 | £1,920,369 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,710,425 | £1,814,686 | |
| Net assets | £1,700,229 | £1,805,373 | |
| Equity | £1,700,229 | £1,805,373 | |
| Average employees | 19 | 19 | |
| Wages | £774,472 | £832,962 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £290,015 | £292,946 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+1.2%
£1,480,020 £1,497,688
-
Cash
+7.8%
£1,781,442 £1,920,369
-
Net assets
+6.2%
£1,700,229 £1,805,373
-
Employees
0%
19 19
-
Operating profit
-63.6%
£311,211 £113,359
-
Profit before tax
-58.2%
£336,100 £140,463
-
Wages
+7.6%
£774,472 £832,962
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 21.0% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 17.0% | 7.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.2% | 6.2% | |
| Current ratio | 8.30x | 7.67x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider that the Group is adequately resourced to remain in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Group financial statements.”
Group structure
- CERTASS LIMITED · parent
- Certass TA Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Throughout 2025 the Group continued to support its members through regulatory and market developments affecting the sector.”
- “During the year the business also invested time in developing new initiatives intended to strengthen the value offered to members and enhance operational capability. These initiatives are expected to begin delivering benefits during 2026 and beyond.”
- “The Group successfully completed its annual United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) audit, maintaining its accredited status and demonstrating continued compliance with relevant certification and governance requirements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-05-25 | — | — |
| CLEMMIT, Jason Martin | Director | 2013-05-22 | Dec 1970 | British |
| COATES, William Thomas | Director | 2023-02-15 | Mar 1970 | British |
| VANSTONE, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2018-01-01 | Jul 1973 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAWSON, Marjory Leslie | Secretary | 2006-04-01 | 2015-04-01 |
| HOUSTON, Blair John | Secretary | 2019-10-24 | 2021-05-25 |
| WALKER, Patricia Mary | Secretary | 2002-01-09 | 2005-08-23 |
| WILSON, Alastair Forbes | Secretary | 2015-04-01 | 2018-06-29 |
| BILLINGTON, Michael | Director | 2013-05-22 | 2017-12-31 |
| BRETTELL, Jeremy Macduff | Director | 2018-09-05 | 2021-04-30 |
| COATES, William Thomas | Director | 2021-04-30 | 2022-05-10 |
| DAWSON, Peter Thomas | Director | 2005-08-23 | 2021-04-30 |
| DAWSON, Peter Thomas | Director | 2002-01-09 | 2002-02-05 |
| MICHIE, Fiona Elizabeth | Director | 2013-05-22 | 2020-04-27 |
| REID, Jennifer Lesley | Director | 2013-01-18 | 2021-05-20 |
| SMITH-WRIGHT, Barrie Robert | Director | 2013-05-22 | 2018-08-16 |
| STRUTHERS, John Bruce | Director | 2022-05-10 | 2023-02-15 |
| WALKER, Patricia Mary | Director | 2002-02-06 | 2005-08-23 |
| WALKER, Stephen Charles | Director | 2002-01-09 | 2006-05-05 |
| WILSON, Alastair Forbes | Director | 2013-01-18 | 2018-06-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accelerant Holdings Uk Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-04-30 | Active |
| Mr Peter Thomas Dawson | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-01-09 | Ceased 2021-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-07-07 | RP04TM02 | officers | Second filing of secretary termination with name | |
| 2021-06-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-05-25 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date |
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
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.