Centurion Signs (U.K.) Limited
Registered name: CENTURION SIGNS (U.K.) LIMITED
Part of Centurion Signs (Holdings) Limited groupCenturion Signs (U.K.) Limited made £1.6m revenue and £69.8k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Centurion Signs (U.K.) Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £1.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £69.8k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in East Kilbride; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- East Kilbride, Scotland
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1971
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £682k | £534k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £990k | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£161k | £78.4k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£183k | £69.8k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£183k | £69.8k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£183k | £69.8k |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 26 | 23 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −10.9% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 59.2% | 66.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £72.7k | £80.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£8k | £3.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | ▼11.5% | ▼13% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £132 | £1.3k | £1.3k | £21k |
| Net assets | £628k | £540k | £476k | £524k |
| Fixed assets | £74.9k | £85.4k | £61.9k | £154k |
| Current assets | £1m | £782k | £801k | £789k |
| Debtors | £401k | £171k | £231k | £258k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £2.5k | £3.8k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £80.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.1%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £524k
- Cash at bank
- ▲1458%
- Now £21k
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▲52%
- Now £3.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▲150%
- Now £154k
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
- Centurion Signs (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Centurion Signs (U.K.) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- National Signs Group LtdFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit £69.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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