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Company No. SC048487 · Incorporated 9 Mar 1971

Centurion Signs (U.K.) Limited

Registered name: CENTURION SIGNS (U.K.) LIMITED

Part of Centurion Signs (Holdings) Limited group

Centurion 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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£1.6m
Growth ▼4%
Profit
£69.8k
Growth —
Profit margin
4.3%
Gross 66.7%
Employees
20
Change ▼13%
Profit / employee
£3.5k
Revenue/employee £80.2k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureNo P&LNo P&LFull P&LFull 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)25262320
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
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

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.
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
▲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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Centurion Signs (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Centurion Signs (U.K.) Limitedthis company

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

Subsidiaries (1)

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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