Centronic Group Limited
Registered name: CENTRONIC GROUP LIMITED
Part of Exosens Holding UK Limited groupCentronic Group Limited made £512k profit in the year to 4 Jan 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Centronic Group Limited reported £512k profit in the year to 4 Jan 2024, down 68% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 2 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Croydon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Croydon, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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's immediate parent entity is Exosens UK Limited (incorporated in England and Wales), which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Exosens International S.A.S, with the ultimate parent und”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 4 Jan 2022 | 4 Jan 2023 | 4 Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.1m | £9.7m | — |
| Cost of sales | £4.5m | £5.2m | £6.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £4.5m | — |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £2m | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.9m | — |
| Profit after tax | £770k | £1.6m | £512k |
| Profit (best available) | £770k | £1.6m | £512k |
| Staff costs | — | £242k | £273k |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 92 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.5% | 16.8% | — |
| Gross margin | 44.1% | 46.3% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £90.1k | £105k | — |
| Profit per employee | £8.6k | £17.7k | £256k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲110.9% | ▼68.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▼97.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £1.2m | £49.4k |
| Net assets | — | — | £17.6m |
| Fixed assets | — | £3.4m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | — | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £256k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now £17.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼96%
- Now £49.4k
- Headcount
- ▼98%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £3.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Exosens Holding UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Centronic Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Centronic Holdings LimitedRev. £275k · Profit £950k
Sister companies (1)
- Exosens Imaging UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 4 Jan 2024 (profit £512k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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