CENTURION UK RENTALS & SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£645K
-13.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£56M
+26.9% vs 2023
Employees
236
+11.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£15M
-9.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CENTURION UK RENTALS & SERVICES LIMITED 2022-07-13 → present
- RENTAIR LIMITED 1996-01-05 → 2022-07-13
- SPOTLIGHT SOLUTIONS LIMITED 1995-12-04 → 1996-01-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £68,707,000 | £68,925,000 | |
| Operating profit | £16,431,000 | £14,962,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £16,091,000 | £14,545,000 | |
| Net profit | £15,259,000 | £11,828,000 | |
| Cash | £744,000 | £645,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £48,516,000 | £59,715,000 | |
| Net assets | £44,161,000 | £56,052,000 | |
| Equity | £44,161,000 | £56,052,000 | |
| Average employees | 211 | 236 | |
| Wages | £10,868,000 | £12,119,000 |
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 | 23.9% | 21.7% | |
| Net margin | 22.2% | 17.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.9% | 25.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.6% | 41.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.77x | 0.69x | |
| Interest cover | 57.86x | 59.37x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is in a net current liability position of £11,042k, however, having assessed the financial position, the trading prospects and liquidity position for the Group, including possible downside scenarios as a result of a potential global economic slowdown, through the going concern period, being 12 months subsequent to the approval of these financial statements, the directors have developed a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “Successfully completing the divestment of SITE in May'24;”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKWOOD PARTNERS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2013-12-20 | — | — |
| HART, Adrian Scott | Director | 2025-06-25 | Sep 1977 | British |
| LEASK, Euan Alexander Edmondston | Director | 2016-09-06 | Dec 1972 | British |
| STARK, Jennifer Anne | Director | 2025-02-20 | Sep 1988 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Jonathan Robert | Secretary | 1995-12-08 | 1995-12-16 |
| DICKINSON, Antony John | Secretary | 2003-06-25 | 2005-01-21 |
| HELDSINGER, Paul Ronald | Secretary | 2000-06-23 | 2003-06-25 |
| JOWETT, James | Secretary | 1995-12-16 | 2000-06-30 |
| MACLEOD, Alan Neil | Secretary | 2011-09-12 | 2013-12-20 |
| SMITH, Alistair Livingstone | Secretary | 2009-05-01 | 2011-08-12 |
| TAYLOR, Donald | Secretary | 2005-01-21 | 2009-01-29 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-12-04 | 1995-12-08 |
| AINSWORTH, Leigh | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2013-12-20 |
| BLAIR, Jonathan James | Director | 2019-08-16 | 2020-03-16 |
| BOULTON, William | Director | 1996-03-05 | 2001-07-31 |
| BRENNAN, Anne Bernadette | Director | 2008-04-18 | 2009-10-13 |
| BROWN, James Allan | Director | 1999-03-05 | 2003-06-25 |
| BURGESS, Michael | Director | 1995-12-16 | 1999-07-12 |
| DEVLIN, Stephen | Director | 1995-12-08 | 1995-12-16 |
| DICKINSON, Antony John | Director | 2003-06-25 | 2005-01-21 |
| DONNELLEY, Stephen Sherwood | Director | 2008-01-24 | 2008-04-18 |
| FARDELL, Geoffrey | Director | 2003-06-25 | 2008-01-25 |
| HELDSINGER, Paul Ronald | Director | 2000-06-23 | 2003-06-25 |
| JACKMAN, Malcolm Geoffrey | Director | 2003-06-25 | 2008-07-10 |
| JOWETT, James | Director | 1995-12-16 | 2000-06-30 |
| MACLEOD, Alan Neil | Director | 2016-07-12 | 2016-11-16 |
| MOORHOUSE, Keith | Director | 2022-01-21 | 2025-06-25 |
| MOORHOUSE, Keith | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2019-08-16 |
| POWELL, John Michael | Director | 1999-07-19 | 2003-06-25 |
| SMITH, Alistair Livingstone | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2011-08-12 |
| STUART, Peter John | Director | 2013-12-20 | 2016-09-06 |
| TAYLOR, Donald | Director | 2005-01-21 | 2009-01-29 |
| WALKER, John Laurence | Director | 1996-01-04 | 1999-03-04 |
| WEBB, Andrew Francis | Director | 2004-08-10 | 2009-03-01 |
| WHITE, Kieran Patrick | Director | 2009-03-01 | 2016-01-08 |
| WHITE, Kieran Patrick | Director | 2000-02-10 | 2004-08-10 |
| WOODS, Garry John | Director | 1999-03-05 | 2003-06-25 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-12-04 | 1995-12-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centurion Uk Rentals & Services Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-02-01 | Active |
| Centurion Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-12-01 | Ceased 2022-02-01 |
| Rentair Offshore Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 247 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-13 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-13 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-
Turnover
+0.3%
£68,707,000 £68,925,000
-
Cash
-13.3%
£744,000 £645,000
-
Net assets
+26.9%
£44,161,000 £56,052,000
-
Employees
+11.8%
211 236
-
Operating profit
-8.9%
£16,431,000 £14,962,000
-
Profit before tax
-9.6%
£16,091,000 £14,545,000
-
Wages
+11.5%
£10,868,000 £12,119,000
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