CENTRADO TRADING LIMITED
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Cash
£4m
+31.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£13m
+18.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
120
+3.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.6m
+29% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £25,716,034 | £27,484,334 | £29,736,080 | +8.2% | |
| Operating profit | £3,128,841 | £3,559,309 | £4,556,437 | +28% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,079,547 | £3,570,484 | £4,605,113 | +29% | |
| Net profit | £2,553,079 | £2,621,183 | £3,473,852 | +32.5% | |
| Cash | £4,021,296 | £3,059,674 | £4,020,081 | +31.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,119,214 | £11,633,376 | £13,572,514 | +16.7% | |
| Net assets | £11,200,699 | £10,764,057 | £12,772,616 | +18.7% | |
| Equity | £11,200,699 | £10,764,057 | £12,772,616 | +18.7% | |
| Average employees | 111 | 116 | 120 | +3.4% | |
| Wages | £3,595,582 | £4,048,229 | £4,390,655 | +8.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £79,632 | £73,325 | £65,603 | -10.5% |
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 | 12.2% | 13.0% | 15.3% | |
| Net margin | 9.9% | 9.5% | 11.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.8% | 30.6% | 33.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.8% | 29.5% | 27.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.15x | 3.58x | 3.75x | |
| Interest cover | 53.09x | 58.19x | 73.95x |
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
- Price Bailey LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In reaching the going concern conclusion the directors have considered the company's strong balance sheet position and buoyant market conditions throughout the year as well as the risks posed to the company. The directors therefore believe the company continues to be a going concern”
Group structure
- CENTRADO TRADING LIMITED · parent
- Wybenga Centrado GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “Since the year end the Company has paid dividends of £1,217,571.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIDDLETON, Andrew Peter | Director | 2012-08-08 | Jul 1966 | British |
| MIDDLETON, Bradley Mark | Director | 2012-08-08 | Feb 1990 | British |
| MIDDLETON, James Russell | Director | 2015-06-10 | Oct 1992 | British |
| MIDDLETON, William Paul | Director | 2016-05-10 | May 1994 | British |
| STANTON, Karl | Director | 2012-08-08 | Jan 1977 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STANTON, Clive | Director | 2012-08-08 | 2025-12-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centrado Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-02-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-07-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.