Central Filling Station Limited
Registered name: CENTRAL FILLING STATION LIMITED
Central Filling Station Limited made £23m revenue and £573k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Central Filling Station Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £23m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £573k profit and 154 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in Newry; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newry, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.2m | £23m |
| Cost of sales | £16m | £17.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £938k | £988k |
| Profit before tax | £738k | £799k |
| Profit after tax | £452k | £573k |
| Profit (best available) | £452k | £573k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 154 | 154 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 24.3% | 25.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £137k | £149k |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £3.7k |
| Cash conversion | 126.2% | 121.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲26.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £7.6m | £7.5m |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £141k | £135k |
| Deferred income | £103k | £142k |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £149k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 121.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 32.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 154
- Deferred income
- ▲38%
- Now £142k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £7.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £573k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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