CENTRAL BIDCO LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-04 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
+380.5% vs 2023
Net assets
-£137M
-420.3% vs 2023
Employees
805
+23.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£53M
-28% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£419,000 | -£743,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£41,611,000 | -£53,254,000 | |
| Net profit | -£41,611,000 | -£53,254,000 | |
| Cash | £2,088,000 | £10,033,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £474,889,000 | £500,315,000 | |
| Net assets | -£26,364,000 | -£137,161,000 | |
| Equity | -£26,364,000 | -£137,161,000 | |
| Average employees | 650 | 805 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.1% | -0.1% | |
| Current ratio | 10.82x | 23.33x | |
| Interest cover | -0.01x | -0.01x |
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 Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- 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 about the 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 BIDCO LTD · parent
- A One Acquisitions Ltd 100%
- A One Commercial Insurance Services Ltd 100%
- A One Holdings Ltd 100%
- A One Insurance Services (Blandford) LLP 100%
- A One Insurance Services (Bmth) Ltd 100%
- A One London Risks Services Ltd 100%
- A One Property Insurance Services Ltd 100%
- A One Risk Services Ltd 100%
- A One Southampton Risk Services Ltd 100%
- A.B.A. Services Holdings Limited 100%
- A.B.A. Insurance Services Limited 100%
- Accelerate Underwriting Limited 100%
- Aspire Insurance Services Limited 100%
- Baker Street Consultancy Limited 100%
- BHIB Limited 100%
- Bluestone Insurance Services Limited 100%
- Bradshaw Bennett (Lancashire) Limited 100%
- Brokerbility Holdings Limited 100%
- Brokerbility Information Gateway Limited 100%
- Brokerbility Limited 100%
- Brokertech Limited 100%
- Centor Insurance & Risk Management Limited 100%
- Centor Investments Limited 100%
- Clear Group Ireland Bidco Designated Activity Company 100%
- Clear Group Ireland Midco Designated Activity Company 100%
- Churchill Insurance Consultants Limited 100%
- Clear Insurance Management Limited 100%
- Clear London Markets Limited 100%
- Clear Management Europe GmbH 100%
- Clear Risk Management Limited 100%
- Concorde Risk Services Ltd 100%
- Concorde Insurance Brokers Limited 100%
- Covermarque Limited 100%
- Crouch Brokers Limited* 100%
- David Upshall Insurance Services (Partnership) 100%
- Fowler Penfold Group Ltd 100%
- Fowler Penfold Insurance Brokers Ltd 100%
- Fowler Penfold Scheme Brokers Ltd 100%
- GTS Liquidations Limited 100%
- Heath Crawford & Foster (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Heath Crawford & Foster Limited 100%
- Jackson Insurance Brokers LLP 100%
- IFM Insurance Brokers Ltd 100%
- Lawsure Direct Limited 100%
- Lilley Plummer Holdings Limited 100%
- Lilley Plummer Risks Ltd 100%
- LPR Insurance Brokers Limited (Cyprus) 100%
- Luker Rowe & Company Limited 100%
- Luker Rowe 2019 Limited 100%
- Luker Rowe Holdings Limited 100%
- Marketline Brokers Limited 100%
- Mayor Broking Limited* 100%
- MBC Investments Limited 100%
- McAuliffe Barry & Collins Limited 100%
- Merenda & Company Limited 100%
- Milsom Insurance Brokers LLP 50%
- Minority Venture Partners 4 Limited 100%
- Minority Venture Partners 10 Limited 100%
- One Commercial Specialty Limited 100%
- Peter Hoare & Company (Insurance Brokers) Limited 100%
- PJ Aiken Insurance Services Limited 100%
- Porticus Insurance Consultants Limited 100%
- Preston Insurance Brokers LLP 100%
- ProAktive Holdings Limited 100%
- ProAktive Limited 100%
- ProAktive Risk Group Limited 100%
- Property Wealth Insurance Brokers LLP 100%
- Property Wealth Insurance Services Ltd 100%
- Profile Risk Solutions Limited 100%
- Revolutionary Services Limited 100%
- Richmond Newco Limited 100%
- R.T. Waters Limited 100%
- Thomond Underwriting Limited 50%
- Vision House Holdings Limited 100%
- Vision Insurance Services Limited 100%
- Clear Investments (UK) Limited 100%
- Clear Group (Holdings) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In January 2025 Phelan Caswell Insurances Ltd was acquired, a broker based in Dublin, further enhancing our presence within Ireland Retail.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, Jitendra | Secretary | 2023-02-24 | — | — |
| EDGELEY, Michael David Simon | Director | 2022-11-16 | Oct 1966 | British |
| MONEY, Timothy John | Director | 2022-11-16 | Jan 1967 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Philip John | Director | 2022-11-16 | May 1983 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOURANT GOVERNANCE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-06-21 | 2023-02-24 |
| LAL, Mihir | Director | 2022-06-21 | 2022-12-22 |
| TITI-CAPPELLI, Michele | Director | 2022-06-21 | 2022-12-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Midco Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-11-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 35 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-08-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-28 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-02-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+380.5%
£2,088,000 £10,033,000
-
Net assets
-420.3%
-£26,364,000 -£137,161,000
-
Employees
+23.8%
650 805
-
Operating profit
-77.3%
-£419,000 -£743,000
-
Profit before tax
-28%
-£41,611,000 -£53,254,000
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