CENTRUS CORPORATE FINANCE LIMITED
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Cash
£5.1m
+22.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.9m
+16.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
76
-5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4.3m
+8.3% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,360,896 | £22,686,879 | £20,613,960 | -9.1% | |
| Operating profit | £5,519,067 | £3,966,235 | £4,264,187 | +7.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,515,413 | £3,966,235 | £4,296,400 | +8.3% | |
| Net profit | £4,293,944 | £3,002,339 | £3,246,387 | +8.1% | |
| Cash | £5,301,323 | £4,136,181 | £5,076,459 | +22.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,271,907 | £7,656,487 | £8,921,372 | +16.5% | |
| Net assets | £7,255,505 | £7,640,085 | £8,904,970 | +16.6% | |
| Equity | £7,255,505 | £7,640,085 | £8,904,970 | +16.6% | |
| Average employees | 68 | 80 | 76 | -5% | |
| Wages | £8,254,454 | £10,155,012 | £9,399,649 | -7.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £896,428 | £750,436 | £639,572 | -14.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £19,834 | £59,323 | £41,604 | -29.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £372,916 | £197,000 | £197,303 | +0.2% |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 27.1% | 17.5% | 20.7% | |
| Net margin | 21.1% | 13.2% | 15.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 75.9% | 51.8% | 47.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.7% | 45.5% | 37.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.52x | 2.16x | 2.65x |
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
- CENTRUS CORPORATE FINANCE LIMITED 2013-02-11 → present
- ALNERY NO. 3016 LIMITED 2012-02-09 → 2013-02-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its consolidated financial statements.”
Group structure
- CENTRUS CORPORATE FINANCE LIMITED · parent
- Centrus Investment Management Limited 100%
- Centrus Renewables Investments Limited 100%
- Centrus Analytics Limited 100%
- Centrus Capital Markets Limited 100%
- Centrus Rail Lease Management Limited 100%
- Centrus Asset Management Limited 70%
- Centrus Aviation Capital Limited 50.5%
- Centrus Europe Limited 100%
- Centrus Marine One Limited 85%
- Centrus Financial Advisors Limited 100%
- Centrus MidCo Limited 100%
- Centrus Advisors 100%
- Centrus Healthcare Investments Limited 54%
- Centrus North America 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRUNDY, Faye Evelyn Bernice | Secretary | 2022-09-20 | — | — |
| FRIEL, Gavin | Director | 2023-12-07 | Feb 1987 | Irish |
| JENKINS, Philip David | Director | 2013-02-06 | Oct 1972 | British |
| KNIGHT, Geoffrey Julian Lougher | Director | 2014-07-21 | Sep 1968 | British |
| MURPHY, Jason Anthony | Director | 2016-12-01 | Nov 1977 | Irish |
| STEVENS, Paul Alexander | Director | 2013-02-06 | Jan 1967 | British |
| JSHFA LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2013-02-06 | — | — |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO. 1 LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-02-09 | 2013-02-06 |
| CLARKE, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2022-11-09 |
| GOMAR, Mark James | Director | 2013-02-06 | 2014-07-21 |
| HAWKINS, Darren John | Director | 2018-01-25 | 2020-01-21 |
| KARALIS, Georgios | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2021-04-23 |
| LAYBURN, Stephen Richard | Director | 2018-01-25 | 2022-11-09 |
| MORRIS, Craig Alexander James | Director | 2012-02-09 | 2013-02-06 |
| NELSON, Jacqueline Denise | Director | 2018-01-25 | 2022-11-09 |
| PICKLES, Nathan Lee | Director | 2014-07-21 | 2014-10-15 |
| ST JOHN, Robert William | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2021-01-18 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO. 1 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2012-02-09 | 2013-02-06 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO. 2 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2012-02-09 | 2013-02-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Philip David Jenkins | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-08-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-08-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-08-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-08-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-07-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-08 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-01-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-01-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-08 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-08-08 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 10
- 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.