CENTRO PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-04 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£756K
+39.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+1.6% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
57
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£185K
+13.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CENTRO PLC 1997-06-19 → present
- CORE PROPERTY PLC 1988-10-20 → 1997-06-19
- STARTBALANCE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1988-06-17 → 1988-10-20
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £4,701,903 | £4,708,946 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£29,950 | -£22,782 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £163,512 | £185,253 | |
| Net profit | — | -£476,786 | -£572,028 | £52,206 | £142,075 | |
| Cash | — | £484,193 | £822,823 | £541,248 | £756,463 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,630,094 | £3,244,620 | £13,938,475 | £13,958,917 | |
| Net assets | — | £499,812 | -£72,216 | £8,645,380 | £8,787,455 | |
| Equity | £976,598 | £499,812 | -£72,216 | £8,645,380 | £8,787,455 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 57 | 57 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,525,538 | £2,603,170 |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -0.6% | -0.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 1.1% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -0.2% | -0.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 45.0% | 45.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.80x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -0.11x | -0.08x |
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
- Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied that the group has sufficient resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the group's financial statements.”
Group structure
- CENTRO PLC · parent
- Centro Services Limited 75%
- Centro Group Limited 76%
- Centro Commercial Limited 75.8%
- Centro Residential Sales and Lettings Limited 100%
- Centro Property Services Limited 100%
- Centro Security Limited 83%
- Centro Commercial Property Consultants Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end the company's loan agreement with its bankers disclosed in note 23 was novated and the parties entered into a new agreement for a lesser sum than the outstanding loan amount at the year end for an initial one year term ending in 2026 to enable the intentions of renewing this with a new 5-year agreement from 2026 onwards.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, Doreen Evelyn, M/S | Secretary | — | — | British |
| HARWOOD, Paul Raymond | Director | 1997-04-01 | Aug 1965 | British |
| HARWOOD, Raymond Philip | Director | — | Jun 1939 | British |
| TANG, Seng Teng | Director | 2024-05-07 | Oct 1975 | Malaysian |
| WALKER, Doreen Evelyn, M/S | Director | — | Jan 1937 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARWOOD, James Philip | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2012-04-11 |
| MACAINSH, Paul | Director | 2015-01-30 | 2019-07-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Raymond Philip Harwood | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-07-05 | AA03 | auditors | Auditors resignation limited company | |
| 2018-01-05 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+0.1%
£4,701,903 £4,708,946
-
Cash
+39.8%
£541,248 £756,463
-
Net assets
+1.6%
£8,645,380 £8,787,455
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
0%
57 57
-
Operating profit
+23.9%
-£29,950 -£22,782
-
Profit before tax
+13.3%
£163,512 £185,253
-
Wages
+3.1%
£2,525,538 £2,603,170
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