PENTACO CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
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Cash
£4.7m
+9.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.1m
+68.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
72
+16.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2m
+172.6% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £26,952,789 | £45,552,249 | £41,771,473 | -8.3% | |
| Operating profit | £447,524 | £663,568 | £1,969,966 | +196.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £496,054 | £735,407 | £2,004,566 | +172.6% | |
| Net profit | £340,789 | £541,637 | £1,425,239 | +163.1% | |
| Cash | £1,525,032 | £4,250,760 | £4,656,468 | +9.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,283,703 | £2,188,860 | +70.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,102,728 | £1,244,365 | £2,094,051 | +68.3% | |
| Equity | £1,102,728 | £1,244,365 | £2,094,051 | +68.3% | |
| Average employees | 57 | 62 | 72 | +16.1% | |
| Wages | £3,080,281 | £3,892,779 | £4,576,612 | +17.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £469,826 | £662,520 | £792,374 | +19.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £26,489 | £26,835 | £142,781 | +432.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £160,762 | £175,396 | £245,083 | +39.7% |
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 | 1.7% | 1.5% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 1.2% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 51.7% | 90.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.9% | 89.2% | 81.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.19x | 1.10x | 1.13x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this, the directors have concluded that they have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements, and they therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUBBARD, Hayley | Secretary | 2022-11-22 | — | — |
| BUTLER, Daniel | Director | 2021-01-01 | Aug 1978 | British |
| COOPER, Mark | Director | 2024-01-02 | Jan 1967 | British |
| GRADY, Andrew Phillip | Director | 2021-07-01 | Jul 1989 | British |
| LEGGETT, Christopher John | Director | 2024-03-04 | May 1971 | British |
| WILSON, Jon | Director | 2024-01-02 | Mar 1983 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CREEGAN, Natalie | Secretary | 2021-08-16 | 2022-11-22 |
| VARVEL, Christopher David | Secretary | 2004-08-05 | 2011-08-22 |
| VARVEL, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2011-08-22 | 2020-03-11 |
| EXCHEQUER SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-08-05 | 2004-08-05 |
| BROCK, Stephen | Director | 2017-07-10 | 2023-09-19 |
| CREEGAN, Ciaran | Director | 2015-01-05 | 2025-02-18 |
| GOSLING, Mark William | Director | 2004-08-05 | 2007-08-31 |
| HUBBARD, Adrian Philip | Director | 2004-08-05 | 2025-02-18 |
| NAPPER, Gavin Edward | Director | 2017-05-31 | 2023-12-07 |
| SEXTON, David John | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2015-06-26 |
| VARVEL, Christopher David | Director | 2004-08-05 | 2020-03-11 |
| WHEELER, Steve Ronald | Director | 2013-11-13 | 2015-03-19 |
| WILKINSON, Adrian Mervyn | Director | 2015-02-13 | 2017-05-23 |
| EXCHEQUER DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-08-05 | 2004-08-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Prospective Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Eastern Prospective Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.