Centrum Pile Limited
Registered name: CENTRUM PILE LIMITED
Part of Per Aarsleff A/S groupCentrum Pile Limited made £14.9m revenue and £405k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Centrum Pile Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £14.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £405k profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Newark; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newark, East Midlands
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aarsleff Ground Engineering Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.1m | £22.3m | £15.5m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | £17.1m | £16.6m | £11.4m | £11.5m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £5.6m | £4.1m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2.8m | £862k | £650k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £2.8m | £804k | £473k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £2.2m | £594k | £405k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £2.2m | £594k | £405k |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.3m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 68 | 57 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.7% | 9.9% | 3.8% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 19% | 25.4% | 26.3% | 22.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £297k | £327k | £272k | £276k |
| Profit per employee | £17.1k | £32.3k | £10.4k | £7.5k |
| Cash conversion | −30.9% | −32% | −152.7% | −195.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.5% | ▼30.2% | ▼4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲81.2% | ▼72.9% | ▼31.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▼16.2% | ▼5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £5.6m | £7.8m | £8.4m | £8.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £3.2m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £7.9m | £9.2m | £8.3m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £404k | £353k | £722k |
| Cash from operations | −£508k | −£906k | −£1.3m | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £276k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −195.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- 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 £8.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Per Aarsleff A/S (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Aarsleff Ground Engineering Limited75–100%
- Centrum Pile Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Avoncross LimitedRev. £22.2m · Profit £86k
- Cannon Piling 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £405k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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