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Company No. 07015837 · Incorporated 11 Sep 2009

Centara Ltd

Registered name: CENTARA LTD

Part of Ares Management Corporation group

Centara Ltd made £5.5m revenue and £217k profit in the year to 5 Apr 2026.

Centara Ltd’s revenue fell 3% to £5.5m in the year to 5 Apr 2026, with £217k profit and 78 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Cheshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 71129Other engineering activities
Status
Active
Location
Cheshire, North West
Age
17 yrs · since 2009
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: “RSK Environment Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 5 Apr 2026

Key figures

Revenue
£5.5m
Growth ▼3%
Profit
£217k
Growth ▼60.3%
Profit margin
3.9%
Gross 36.1%
Employees
78
Change ▲6.9%
Profit / employee
£2.8k
Revenue/employee £70.8k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 20246 Apr 20255 Apr 2026
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£4.8m£5.7m£5.5m
Cost of sales£2.7m£3.5m£3.5m
Gross profit£2.1m£2.2m£2m
Profit before tax£692k£758k£287k
Profit after tax£515k£547k£217k
Profit (best available)£515k£547k£217k
Employees (average)697378
Ratios
Profit margin10.8%9.6%3.9%
Gross margin43.7%39.4%36.1%
Revenue per employee£68.8k£78k£70.8k
Profit per employee£7.5k£7.5k£2.8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲19.9%▼3%
Profit growth—▲6.2%▼60.3%
Headcount growth—▲5.8%▲6.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£297k£48.6k£523k
Net assets£666k£681k£898k
Fixed assets£738k£895k£856k
Current assets£3.1m£1.4m£1.7m
Debtors£1m£1.1m£837k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
36.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£70.8k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£2.8k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
15.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
15.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲32%
Now £898k
Cash at bank
▲976%
Now £523k
Headcount
▲7%
Now 78
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▼4%
Now £856k
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Ares Management Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Ares Management Limited75–100%
  3. RSK Environment Limited75–100%
  4. Centara Ltdthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (132)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 5 Apr 2026 (profit £217k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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