CEFETRA LIMITED
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Cash
£789k
-87.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£59m
+3.3% vs 2024
Employees
199
+5.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.6m
+461.1% first positive since 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
the Directors have concluded there exists a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the company to continue as a going concern
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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 | £1,301,716,000 | £1,091,278,000 | £1,118,410,000 | +2.5% | |
| Operating profit | £14,573,000 | £13,351,000 | £16,284,000 | +22% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,175,000 | -£1,825,000 | £6,590,000 | +461.1% | |
| Net profit | £4,667,000 | -£4,268,000 | £4,181,000 | +198% | |
| Cash | £6,545,000 | £6,168,000 | £789,000 | -87.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £154,560,000 | £58,626,000 | £60,303,000 | +2.9% | |
| Net assets | £60,914,000 | £56,646,000 | £58,527,000 | +3.3% | |
| Equity | £60,914,000 | £56,646,000 | £58,527,000 | +3.3% | |
| Average employees | 177 | 188 | 199 | +5.9% | |
| Wages | £10,688,000 | £11,607,000 | £12,976,000 | +11.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £550,000 | £807,000 | £1,065,000 | +32% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £51,000 | £95,000 | £68,000 | -28.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £392,000 | £439,000 | £646,000 | +47.2% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | -0.4% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.4% | 22.8% | 27.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.3% | 80.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.91x | 1.17x | 11.90x | |
| Interest cover | 1.95x | 1.36x | 1.62x |
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
- CEFETRA LIMITED 2002-07-15 → present
- MCCORKELL (SCOTLAND) LIMITED 1992-06-10 → 2002-07-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“the Directors have concluded there exists a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the company to continue as a going concern”
Group structure
- CEFETRA LIMITED · parent
- Burke Agencies Limited 100%
- Sinclair Logistics Limited 100%
- Shieldhall Logistics Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 25 February 2026 the sale of Cefetra group from BayWa AG to First Dutch Group B.V. completed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SINCLAIR, Graham Macdonald | Secretary | 1995-12-04 | — | British |
| MACKAY, Andrew Robert Charles | Director | 1993-06-01 | Aug 1961 | British |
| NEILSON, James | Director | 2024-05-14 | Aug 1980 | British |
| SINCLAIR, Graham Macdonald | Director | 2014-09-09 | Jun 1969 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICKSON, Karen | Secretary | 1993-05-19 | 1995-12-12 |
| ANDERSON STRATHERN WS | Corporate Secretary | 1992-09-01 | 1993-05-19 |
| STRATHERN & BLAIR WS | Corporate Secretary | 1992-06-10 | 1992-08-31 |
| CAMPBELL, Thomas Weir | Director | 1992-06-10 | 1992-06-10 |
| COCHRAN, Andrew Hannay | Director | 1994-05-03 | 1995-01-31 |
| COCHRAN, Andrew Hannay | Director | 1994-05-03 | 1995-01-31 |
| DE WITTE, Johannes Josephus | Director | 1997-02-18 | 1997-12-31 |
| HICKEY, David Joseph | Director | 1992-07-30 | 1993-10-19 |
| KERR, John Neilson | Director | 1992-06-10 | 1992-06-10 |
| MCCORKELL, John Barry Ernest | Director | 1992-06-10 | 1996-05-23 |
| MURRAY, Hugh Francis | Director | 1992-06-10 | 1995-05-31 |
| RENDLE, John Michael | Director | 1999-07-06 | 2003-04-24 |
| SCOTT, Richard Thorold Maddin | Director | 1996-05-23 | 1997-02-18 |
| SIEVERS, Jurgen Johannes | Director | 1995-11-14 | 1997-12-31 |
| SIMMONDS, Peter Graham William | Director | 1995-11-14 | 2003-04-24 |
| STAM, Hugo Willem | Director | 1999-07-07 | 2013-03-01 |
| STANS, Cornelis | Director | 1999-07-07 | 2006-10-09 |
| VALKEN, Karel Walter | Director | 1997-12-31 | 1999-07-05 |
| VAN DER ZEE, Robert | Director | 2013-12-19 | 2018-11-12 |
| VAN GELDEREN, Remco Marcel | Director | 2006-10-09 | 2018-11-12 |
| VISSCHER, Geert Cornelis Derk | Director | 1997-12-31 | 1998-05-31 |
| VRIENS, Daniel Constantijn | Director | 2012-04-18 | 2018-11-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cefetra Group B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2026-02-25 | Active |
| Baywa Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-02-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 222 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-29 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- 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.