FIRST CENTRAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
515
+10.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+63.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FIRST CENTRAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED 2018-08-22 → present
- FIRST CENTRAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED 2006-08-02 → 2018-08-22
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £156,510,000 | £205,810,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,923,000 | £6,413,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,892,000 | £4,727,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,025,000 | £3,591,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | — | — | |
| Average employees | 466 | 515 | |
| Wages | £32,899,000 | £41,827,000 |
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 | 1.9% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 1.7% | |
| Interest cover | 94.29x | 3.80x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGGS, Kirsten Ann | Secretary | 2025-09-29 | — | — |
| LITT, Jody Jonin | Director | 2023-04-18 | Jul 1976 | British |
| MCGOWAN, Joanna Susan | Director | 2019-02-18 | Mar 1984 | British |
| PATEL, Jignash | Director | 2025-06-25 | Aug 1989 | British |
| PRIESTLEY, Paul Anthony James | Director | 2024-02-15 | Sep 1980 | British |
| TACEY, Andrew John | Director | 2026-05-01 | Jan 1977 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, Suzanne | Secretary | 2006-08-02 | 2006-08-04 |
| DEBAES, Suzanne | Secretary | 2013-06-28 | 2025-09-26 |
| DOWLEN, Mitchell Lawrence Edward | Secretary | 2012-02-17 | 2013-06-28 |
| LEONARD, Michael James | Secretary | 2009-04-30 | 2012-02-17 |
| HUMPHREY CONSULTING LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-08-04 | 2008-11-30 |
| WEALDEN TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-11-30 | 2009-04-30 |
| ACOTT, Thomas David | Director | 2006-10-27 | 2021-05-13 |
| BREWER, Kevin Michael | Director | 2006-08-02 | 2006-08-04 |
| CHARGE, Andrew | Director | 2022-11-29 | 2026-03-23 |
| CLARK, Sarah Louise | Director | 2021-05-13 | 2023-10-11 |
| COWLAND, Anne Barbara | Director | 2009-02-25 | 2025-12-02 |
| CREED, Peter Winston John | Director | 2006-08-04 | 2017-03-24 |
| DAVISON, John Paul | Director | 2018-11-14 | 2023-04-18 |
| KENNEDY, John | Director | 2018-11-14 | 2021-05-31 |
| LEONARD, Michael James | Director | 2009-02-25 | 2018-05-11 |
| MORTON, Craig Euan | Director | 2021-06-01 | 2023-01-31 |
| SAMPSON, Roy Leonard | Director | 2018-11-14 | 2022-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Patrick Anthony Tilley | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2018-08-01 | Ceased 2025-06-30 |
| Mr Kenneth John Acott | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2018-08-01 | Ceased 2025-01-07 |
| First Central Insurance Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-14 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-07-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+31.5%
£156,510,000 £205,810,000
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
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Employees
+10.5%
466 515
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Operating profit
+119.4%
£2,923,000 £6,413,000
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Profit before tax
+63.5%
£2,892,000 £4,727,000
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Wages
+27.1%
£32,899,000 £41,827,000
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