CERTINI BICYCLE COMPANY LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2027-01-31 (in 8mo)

Last filed for 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-30 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-03-16

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

+24.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£6M

+18% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

-14% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£2M

+128.7% vs 2023

Net assets

5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

CERTINI BICYCLE COMPANY LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-04-30

Latest accounts filed cover 2025-04-30; financial figures currently reflect up to 2024-04-30.

Metric	2020-04-30	2021-04-30	2022-04-30	2023-04-30	2024-04-30
Turnover	—	£17,409,939	£15,582,124	£12,952,261	£15,639,987
Operating profit	—	£3,608,701	£3,068,129	£962,920	£2,159,431
Profit before tax	—	£3,600,198	£3,064,312	£948,982	£2,170,481
Net profit	—	£2,934,559	£2,474,041	£764,575	£1,624,251
Cash	£1,329,933	£3,328,722	£1,471,572	£2,336,305	£2,904,707
Total assets less current liabilities	£2,411,456	£4,707,758	£5,606,532	£5,597,648	£6,511,944
Net assets	£1,878,535	£4,685,094	£5,151,135	£5,165,710	£6,097,361
Equity	£1,878,535	£4,685,094	£5,151,135	£5,165,710	£6,097,361
Average employees	44	42	49	50	43
Wages	—	£967,896	£1,081,226	£1,128,812	£1,114,086

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	2020-04-30	2021-04-30	2022-04-30	2023-04-30	2024-04-30
Operating margin	—	20.7%	19.7%	7.4%	13.8%
Net margin	—	16.9%	15.9%	5.9%	10.4%
Return on capital employed	—	76.7%	54.7%	17.2%	33.2%
Interest cover	—	394.18x	236.03x	51.57x	122.48x

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: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: PKF Francis Clark
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The company is in a strong position due to strong cash reserves and long standing relationships within the industry.”

Significant events

“After the year-end date, the company advanced a loan of £2,500,000 to Certini Properties Limited.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

7 active · 0 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
DARE, Deborah	Secretary	2006-02-28	—	British
CARRON, David Paul	Director	2023-10-26	Dec 1991	British
CARRON, Robert David	Director	2006-02-28	Jan 1962	British
DARE, Anthony	Director	2006-02-28	Dec 1961	British
DARE, Carl Anthony	Director	2023-10-26	Dec 1987	British
DARE, Lee Daniel	Director	2023-10-26	Sep 1989	British
PEARCE, Charlotte	Director	2023-10-26	Dec 1989	British

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Certini (Holdings) Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 65 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2026-02-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-02-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-01-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-03-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-03-01	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-01-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-11-06	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-11-06	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-11-06	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-11-06	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-02-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-12-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-11-03	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2022-03-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-10-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2021-08-16	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2021-06-16	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2021-06-16	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2021-03-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-04-30 vs 2023-04-30

Turnover

+20.8%

£12,952,261 £15,639,987
Cash

+24.3%

£2,336,305 £2,904,707
Net assets

+18%

£5,165,710 £6,097,361

highest in 5 filed years
Employees

-14%

50 43
Operating profit

+124.3%

£962,920 £2,159,431
Profit before tax

+128.7%

£948,982 £2,170,481
Wages

-1.3%

£1,128,812 £1,114,086

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

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