CENTRAL PLAINS GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£589k
-39% vs 2024
Net assets
£13m
+200.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
186
+31% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.3m
-1,140.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
these events or conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast doubt on the group and or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples 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 | £5,874,000 | £10,399,000 | £7,662,000 | -26.3% | |
| Operating profit | £624,000 | £1,209,000 | -£335,000 | -127.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£481,000 | £126,000 | -£1,311,000 | -1,140.5% | |
| Net profit | -£481,000 | £125,000 | -£1,310,000 | -1,148% | |
| Cash | £243,000 | £965,000 | £589,000 | -39% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,680,000 | £12,828,000 | £19,413,000 | +51.3% | |
| Net assets | £4,980,000 | £4,331,000 | £13,032,000 | +200.9% | |
| Equity | £4,980,000 | £4,331,000 | £13,032,000 | +200.9% | |
| Average employees | 140 | 142 | 186 | +31% | |
| Wages | £1,015,000 | £1,331,000 | £1,893,000 | +42.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £238,000 | £395,600 | £566,000 | +43.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £125,000 | £170,000 | £232,000 | +36.5% |
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 | 10.6% | 11.6% | -4.4% | |
| Net margin | -8.2% | 1.2% | -17.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.3% | 9.4% | -1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.0% | 79.1% | 54.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.54x | 1.30x | 1.91x | |
| Interest cover | 0.56x | 1.12x | -0.34x |
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
- CENTRAL PLAINS GROUP LIMITED 2019-06-12 → present
- DMWSL 901 LIMITED 2019-04-12 → 2019-06-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“these events or conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast doubt on the group and or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CENTRAL PLAINS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- CPG Biopolymers Limited 100%
- LLC Central Plains Group Ukraine 100%
- LLC Strong Energy Zakhid 100%
- LLC CPG Biopolymers Ukraine 100%
Significant events
- “Financing remains a key issue, however, CPG managed to refinance its Ukraine working capital and asset finance facilities with Ukreximbank.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAWSON, Keith Paul, Dr | Director | 2019-11-25 | Jun 1958 | British |
| DRIN, Oleg | Director | 2020-02-06 | Dec 1975 | Ukrainian |
| GILLINGHAM, Vincent | Director | 2022-11-17 | May 1984 | British |
| JANAWAY, Richard George | Director | 2019-11-25 | Oct 1945 | British |
| JOHNSTON, Diarmid | Director | 2019-11-25 | Aug 1972 | British |
| LAIRD, Mark Charles | Director | 2019-06-07 | Dec 1971 | British |
| STEWART, Alastair | Director | 2019-06-07 | Dec 1969 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DM COMPANY SERVICES (LONDON) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-04-12 | 2019-06-07 |
| ARMSTRONG, Douglas Alexander | Director | 2019-06-07 | 2019-06-07 |
| BARRON, Paul Thomas | Director | 2019-04-12 | 2019-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alastair Stewart | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-06-07 | Ceased 2019-12-10 |
| Mr Mark Charles Laird | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-06-07 | Ceased 2019-12-10 |
| Dm Company Services (London) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-04-12 | Ceased 2019-06-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-01 RP04SH01 Legacy
- 2026-01-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-23 RP04SH01 Legacy PDF
- 2025-09-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-09-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-09-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-01 | RP04SH01 | change-of-name | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-07 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-23 | RP04SH01 | change-of-name | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 4
- 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.