CENTRAL ELECTRICAL & LIGHTING LIMITED

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  Audit opinion: Qualified

  Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.

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

• Turnover

  +7%

  £11,990,124 → £12,824,312

  highest in 4 filed years

• Cash

  +50.7%

  £1,828,601 → £2,755,549

  highest in 5 filed years

• Net assets

  -0.7%

  £3,875,128 → £3,847,005

• Employees

  +4.2%

  24 → 25

  highest in 5 filed years

• Operating profit

  -24.4%

  £1,232,719 → £932,435

• Profit before tax

  -26.3%

  £1,103,317 → £812,897

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Wages

  +14.7%

  £804,918 → £923,627

  highest in 4 filed years

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

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.

1. CENTRAL ELECTRICAL & LIGHTING LIMITED 2017-02-07 → present
2. ADMIRAL VENTURES LIMITED 2004-04-13 → 2017-02-07

Accounting basis

FRS 102 §1A

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

BK Plus Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Qualified

Going concern

Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”

Significant events

• “Turnover has increased by 6.96% compared with the previous year (2024: decreased by 3.63%).”
• “The gross margin has reduced to 22.42% (2024: 26.46%).”
• “Overall operating profit has decreased to £932,435 (7.27%) from a previous operating profit of £1,232,719 (10.28%).”
• “After taxation and dividends, reserves have decreased by £28,123.”
• “Return on capital employed is 33.46% (2024: 31.38%).”
• “We are focused on further strengthening our position within the electrical and plumbing wholesale market through targeted strategic initiatives. Our primary goals are to continue expanding our product offerings, enhance customer satisfaction, and improve operational efficiency, while also investing in new technologies to drive future growth.”
• “The company encountered staffing issues around the prior year end for the year ended 31 July 2024 and thus did not perform a year end stock count. The previous auditors therefore did not observe the counting of physical inventories at the end of that year.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.