Centurion Safety Products Ltd
Registered name: CENTURION SAFETY PRODUCTS LTD
Centurion Safety Products Ltd made £11.4m revenue and a £343k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Centurion Safety Products Ltd’s revenue fell 8% to £11.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £343k and 94 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Thetford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Thetford, East of England
- Age
- 147 yrs · since 1879
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.5m | £12.3m | £11.4m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £7.3m | £6.2m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £5m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £13k | −£646k | −£309k |
| Profit before tax | £60k | −£598k | −£343k |
| Profit after tax | £376k | −£598k | −£343k |
| Profit (best available) | £376k | −£598k | −£343k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £4.5m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 101 | 100 | 94 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | −4.9% | −3% |
| Gross margin | 36.9% | 40.7% | 45.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £134k | £123k | £121k |
| Profit per employee | £3.7k | −£6k | −£3.6k |
| Cash conversion | −3038% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.1% | ▼7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼259% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1% | ▼6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £7.8m | £7m | £6.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £3.4m | £3.6m |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £6.3m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £820k | £899k | £618k |
| Cash from operations | −£395k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £121k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 31.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.8%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼5%
- Now £6.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 94
- Deferred income
- ▼31%
- Now £618k
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £3.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Thetford Moulded Products LtdFigures not disclosed
- Thetford Moulded Products Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£343k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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