CENTAUR SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-24 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-23.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£53M
-6.4% vs 2024
Employees
502
+4.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5M
-660.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £457,944,000 | £499,331,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,439,000 | -£2,607,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £970,000 | -£5,436,000 | |
| Net profit | £728,000 | -£3,988,000 | |
| Cash | £3,751,000 | £2,868,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £58,883,000 | £53,157,000 | |
| Net assets | £56,705,000 | £53,075,000 | |
| Equity | £56,705,000 | £53,075,000 | |
| Average employees | 482 | 502 | |
| Wages | £19,835,000 | £22,037,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.8% | -0.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | -0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.8% | -4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.4% | 73.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.33x | 1.26x | |
| Interest cover | 1.39x | -0.92x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Albert Goodman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the company's forecasts the Directors have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. No material uncertainties that cast significant doubt on the ability of the company to continue as a going concern have been identified by the Directors, based on the ongoing business performance which is forecasted to continue the trend of revenue growth and profitability.”
Significant events
- “Since the year end, Cencora Inc ultimate parent company, undertook a strategic review of its business to ensure alignment with its growth priorities and strategic drivers. As a result of this review, MWI Animal Health is now classified as Other for which Cencora has begun to explore strategic alternatives.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, Lisa | Secretary | 2025-08-28 | — | — |
| CLEARY JR, James F | Director | 2010-02-08 | Jul 1963 | American |
| GOSNEY, Leana | Director | 2025-06-20 | Oct 1983 | British |
| SHELL, Steven Daniel | Director | 2022-06-29 | May 1960 | American |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURLEY, Graham John | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | 2024-10-14 |
| DERBY, Stephen Joseph | Secretary | — | 2002-06-30 |
| GREAVES, Leslie | Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2009-10-09 |
| PAULL, Andrew Denis | Secretary | 2015-06-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| TOPPER, Brian | Secretary | 2018-11-30 | 2019-07-01 |
| WEBB, Samantha | Secretary | 2024-10-14 | 2025-08-28 |
| BUCKLEY, David | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2008-08-18 |
| BURLEY, Graham John | Director | 2024-10-14 | 2025-06-20 |
| CHOU, John Gardner | Director | 2019-01-14 | 2022-07-01 |
| COOPER, George Magnus | Director | 1995-09-13 | 2002-10-31 |
| FOSTER, Sidney Jack | Director | 1992-09-17 | 2008-08-18 |
| FOSTER, Sidney Jack | Director | 1992-09-17 | 1993-09-20 |
| FRANKS, Phillip Howard | Director | 1991-12-05 | 2003-08-31 |
| GERRING, Paul Robert | Director | 2003-09-17 | 2011-04-05 |
| GERRING, Paul Robert | Director | 2003-09-02 | 2003-09-17 |
| GREAVES, Leslie | Director | 2005-02-16 | 2010-02-28 |
| GRIPPER, John Norman | Director | — | 1995-09-13 |
| GUNN, Sidney Dixon | Director | — | 1997-09-04 |
| LAWRENCE, Charles Anthony | Director | 2005-02-16 | 2008-08-18 |
| LITTLE, Geoffrey Peter | Director | — | 2005-10-01 |
| LOPIANO, Kathleen Mcgovern | Director | 2009-11-16 | 2010-02-08 |
| MCGINN, Colm | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2015-09-15 |
| MCNAB, Ian | Director | — | 2002-09-18 |
| NAGELE, Michael John | Director | — | 2003-09-17 |
| PAULL, Nichola Jane | Director | 1997-09-04 | 2006-08-30 |
| PRAILL, Andrew Francis | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2008-08-18 |
| RILETT, Peter John | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2008-08-18 |
| SHAW, Mark Jeffrey | Director | 2018-10-26 | 2021-12-01 |
| THOMPSON, Mary Patricia | Director | 2010-02-08 | 2018-10-26 |
| TINSLEY, David John | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2024-10-14 |
| TOPPER, Brian | Director | 2013-04-12 | 2019-07-01 |
| VIVIAN, Martin | Director | — | 2005-10-01 |
| WADSWORTH, David Fenton | Director | — | 2005-02-16 |
| WAINSCOTT, Boyd Douglas | Director | 2008-08-08 | 2010-02-08 |
| WALSBY, Jack Brian | Director | — | 1992-09-17 |
| WISZNIEWSKI, Adam Tomasz | Director | 2010-09-22 | 2013-04-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mwi Supply (Uk Acquisition) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 322 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+9%
£457,944,000 £499,331,000
-
Cash
-23.5%
£3,751,000 £2,868,000
-
Net assets
-6.4%
£56,705,000 £53,075,000
-
Employees
+4.1%
482 502
-
Operating profit
-175.8%
£3,439,000 -£2,607,000
-
Profit before tax
-660.4%
£970,000 -£5,436,000
-
Wages
+11.1%
£19,835,000 £22,037,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers