CEMA GROUP LTD
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Cash
£5.1m
+53.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£19m
+19.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
484
+24.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.4m
-21.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £42,095,720 | £57,913,240 | £55,981,921 | -3.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,938,254 | £5,803,538 | £4,351,605 | -25% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,994,111 | £5,605,932 | £4,403,346 | -21.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,500,637 | £4,200,787 | £3,088,516 | -26.5% | |
| Cash | £1,921,379 | £3,312,150 | £5,082,233 | +53.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,657,015 | £16,492,190 | £19,767,054 | +19.9% | |
| Net assets | £11,804,262 | £16,003,140 | £19,091,656 | +19.3% | |
| Equity | £11,804,262 | £16,003,140 | £19,091,656 | +19.3% | |
| Average employees | 368 | 389 | 484 | +24.4% | |
| Wages | £14,032,117 | £16,986,949 | £18,769,966 | +10.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £252,060 | £364,623 | £640,157 | +75.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £20,067 | £80,313 | £81,973 | +2.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £95,696 | £116,112 | £142,688 | +22.9% |
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 | 4.6% | 10.0% | 7.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 7.3% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.3% | 35.2% | 22.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.8% | 47.4% | 39.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.61x | 1.89x | 2.05x | |
| Interest cover | 11.63x | 27.30x | 40.68x |
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
- Higson & Co (Nottingham) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- CEMA GROUP LTD · parent
- Cema Limited 100%
- Nottingham Crane Hire Limited 100%
- Cema Tracking Solutions Limited 100%
- Cema Commercial Limited 100%
- Cema Site Installations Limited 100%
- Lloyd Morris Electrical Limited 100%
- Merlin Systems Limited 100%
- Cema Solutions Limited 100%
- Labtec Services Limited 75%
- Viking Pumps Limited 100%
- Sandiacre Metal Solutions Limited 100%
- Top Fat Towers LLP 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIAURRO, Franco Guido | Director | 2015-11-17 | May 1955 | Italian |
| CIAURRO, Oscar | Director | 2024-09-10 | Jun 1994 | British |
| HARDY, Carol | Director | 2021-04-28 | Jul 1968 | British |
| HILL, Ross Alexander | Director | 2022-04-12 | Nov 1977 | British |
| MORLEY, Graeme | Director | 2021-04-28 | Aug 1980 | British |
| SHARPE, Richard David | Director | 2015-11-17 | Jan 1963 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BINNS, Stephen | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2021-01-29 |
| JAKUBIAK, Michael | Director | 2015-11-17 | 2021-01-29 |
| LITTLEHALES, Perry | Director | 2015-11-17 | 2021-01-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Oscar Ciaurro | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2025-10-23 | Active |
| Mr Franco Guido Ciaurro | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-10-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-05-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-05-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-05-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-05-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-05-19 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-05-08 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2024-09-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-14 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.