CERCIS LIMITED
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Cash
£904k
+91.9% vs 2024
Net assets
-£8.5m
-69.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
56
+1.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£3.5m
-3.9% 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
Because this support is not guaranteed, a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-01 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £15,283,000 | £14,531,000 | £14,987,000 | +3.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£1,486,000 | -£2,907,000 | -£3,012,000 | -3.6% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£1,676,000 | -£3,328,000 | -£3,457,000 | -3.9% | |
| Net profit | — | -£1,676,000 | -£3,328,000 | -£3,457,000 | -3.9% | |
| Cash | — | £1,017,000 | £471,000 | £904,000 | +91.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,307,000 | £109,000 | -£3,478,000 | -3,290.8% | |
| Net assets | — | -£1,675,000 | -£5,003,000 | -£8,460,000 | -69.1% | |
| Equity | — | -£1,675,000 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 0 | 82 | 55 | 56 | +1.8% | |
| Wages | — | £2,477,000 | £2,009,000 | £1,767,000 | -12% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2022-12-01 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -9.7% | -20.0% | -20.1% | |
| Net margin | — | -11.0% | -22.9% | -23.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -64.4% | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 205.1% | 290.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.24x | 0.92x | 0.52x | |
| Interest cover | — | -7.82x | -6.90x | -6.77x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Because this support is not guaranteed, a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- CERCIS LIMITED · parent
- Garden Retail Online B.V. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAY, Peter Robert | Director | 2022-12-02 | Mar 1958 | British |
| FANE, Mark William | Director | 2022-12-02 | Jun 1958 | British |
| SHAH, Harsh | Director | 2023-04-10 | Jul 1981 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHUKLA, Mayank Pradeep | Director | 2023-04-10 | 2024-09-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark William Fane | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-12-02 | Active |
| Mr Peter Robert Clay | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-12-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 26 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-05-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-09-30 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-09-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-20 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-08-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-20 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-05-20 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-05-20 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2023-05-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.