CENTRESOFT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-13 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-87.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£33M
-45.1% vs 2023
Employees
130
-5.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£25M
+127.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CENTRESOFT LIMITED 1983-04-28 → present
- BAMVILLE LIMITED 1982-10-26 → 1983-04-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £477,042,000 | £403,762,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,753,000 | £24,680,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,007,000 | £25,082,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,640,000 | £19,177,000 | |
| Cash | £44,322,000 | £5,349,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £61,734,000 | £34,521,000 | |
| Net assets | £60,330,000 | £33,136,000 | |
| Equity | £60,330,000 | £33,136,000 | |
| Average employees | 138 | 130 | |
| Wages | £7,020,000 | £5,765,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.3% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.4% | 71.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.8% | 75.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | 40.73x | 43.37x |
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
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the 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
- CENTRESOFT LIMITED · parent
- P.D.Q Distribution Limited 100%
- Advantage Entertainment Distribution Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'SULLIVAN, Damian | Secretary | 2013-01-28 | — | — |
| MADHANI, Sunil Jayantilal | Director | 2024-07-31 | Sep 1966 | British |
| O'SULLIVAN, Damian | Director | 2013-01-28 | Sep 1970 | British |
| SHERRY, Paul Andrew | Director | 2024-05-16 | May 1973 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Norman Cecil | Secretary | — | 2003-04-01 |
| VARNISH, Steven Graham | Secretary | 2011-03-22 | 2013-01-28 |
| WATERHOUSE, Andrew Richard | Secretary | 2003-04-01 | 2011-03-22 |
| BROWN, Geoffrey William | Director | — | 1996-06-28 |
| BROWN, Norman Cecil | Director | 1996-06-28 | 2003-04-30 |
| DEWAR, Robert John | Director | 1997-11-23 | 2000-08-16 |
| DOORNINK, Ronald | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2008-01-01 |
| FITZPATRICK, Anne Veronica | Director | — | 1996-06-28 |
| GOLDBERG, Lawrence | Director | 1997-11-23 | 2003-12-10 |
| HAWKINS, Gary Christopher | Director | 1998-08-19 | 2007-03-30 |
| KELLY, Brian | Director | 1997-11-23 | 2011-10-25 |
| KOMAS, Jay | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2010-04-30 |
| KOTICK, Robert | Director | 1997-11-23 | 2016-09-20 |
| MATTINGLY, Ian Dennis | Director | 2010-04-02 | 2016-09-20 |
| NEAL, David | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2025-10-21 |
| PEARSON, Margaret Ann | Director | 2011-03-22 | 2025-10-21 |
| ROSE, George | Director | 2000-08-16 | 2010-04-30 |
| SAVAGE, Martyn Godfrey | Director | — | 1996-06-28 |
| SHERRY, Paul Andrew | Director | 2001-11-30 | 2009-09-14 |
| STEELE, Richard Andrew | Director | — | 2008-04-30 |
| SWINDELLS, Roger Graham | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2001-11-30 |
| VARNISH, Steven Graham | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2013-01-28 |
| WALTHER, Christopher Brian | Director | 2010-04-02 | 2014-06-17 |
| WATERHOUSE, Andrew Richard | Director | 1996-06-28 | 2011-03-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Distribution Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 212 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-15.4%
£477,042,000 £403,762,000
-
Cash
-87.9%
£44,322,000 £5,349,000
-
Net assets
-45.1%
£60,330,000 £33,136,000
-
Employees
-5.8%
138 130
-
Operating profit
+129.5%
£10,753,000 £24,680,000
-
Profit before tax
+127.9%
£11,007,000 £25,082,000
-
Wages
-17.9%
£7,020,000 £5,765,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers