CENTRAL TRADE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-11 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-28
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+26% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+16.1% vs 2023
Employees
34
+30.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-39.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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 | £13,492,386 | £13,887,496 | |
| Operating profit | £1,489,789 | £2,034,744 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,522,771 | £2,115,702 | |
| Net profit | £3,308,105 | £1,549,269 | |
| Cash | £3,224,697 | £4,061,703 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,040,127 | £10,436,815 | |
| Net assets | £8,508,202 | £9,879,018 | |
| Equity | £8,508,202 | £9,879,018 | |
| Average employees | 26 | 34 | |
| Wages | £1,512,204 | £1,515,344 |
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 | 11.0% | 14.7% | |
| Net margin | 24.5% | 11.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.5% | 19.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.90x | 3.75x | |
| Interest cover | 1414.80x | 429.63x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Joseph Kahan Associates LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, 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 group's and 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 TRADE LIMITED · parent
- Central Trade Ltd Germany GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “RK Lusk ceased to be a director after 31st December 2024 but prior to the date of this report.”
- “The Directors are looking forward in the medium term, to the strong performance of new brands they have taken on, and the expansion of these into Europe.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUDVIGSEN-LUSK, Susan Diane | Secretary | 1995-09-25 | — | New Zealander |
| LUDVIGSEN-LUSK, Susan Diane | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jan 1955 | New Zealander |
| LUSK, Chester Walter Ludvigsen | Director | 2010-01-02 | Aug 1986 | British |
| LUSK, Lauren Lucy | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jan 1989 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JODY ASSOCIATES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1993-03-19 | 1995-09-25 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | — | 1993-03-19 |
| LUSK, Robert Kellogg | Director | — | 2025-06-09 |
| WHARMBY, Andrea Corinna Fern | Director | — | 2000-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Susan Dianne Lusk | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
| Mr Robert Kellog Lusk | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
| Mr Chester Walter Ludvigsen Lusk | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-25 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2023-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-01-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-12-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2021-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-08-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
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Turnover
+2.9%
£13,492,386 £13,887,496
-
Cash
+26%
£3,224,697 £4,061,703
-
Net assets
+16.1%
£8,508,202 £9,879,018
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Employees
+30.8%
26 34
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Operating profit
+36.6%
£1,489,789 £2,034,744
-
Profit before tax
-39.9%
£3,522,771 £2,115,702
-
Wages
+0.2%
£1,512,204 £1,515,344
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