CES POWER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£114K
-71.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
-5.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
78
+34.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£3.4M
-227.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,666,000 | £21,794,000 | £14,865,000 | -31.8% | |
| Operating profit | £3,202,000 | -£859,000 | -£2,862,000 | -233.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,037,000 | -£1,033,000 | -£3,380,000 | -227.2% | |
| Net profit | £2,790,000 | -£1,344,000 | -£3,174,000 | -136.2% | |
| Cash | — | £405,000 | £114,000 | -71.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £15,926,000 | £14,337,000 | -10% | |
| Net assets | — | £13,095,000 | £12,379,000 | -5.5% | |
| Equity | £14,439,000 | £13,095,000 | £12,379,000 | -5.5% | |
| Average employees | 56 | 58 | 78 | +34.5% | |
| Wages | £2,151,000 | £2,313,000 | £3,160,000 | +36.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,201,000 | £745,000 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.6% | -3.9% | -19.3% | |
| Net margin | 10.1% | -6.2% | -21.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -5.4% | -20.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 60.8% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.18x | 0.62x | |
| Interest cover | 18.40x | -4.21x | -5.10x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-04-28
- CES POWER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2025-04-28 → present
- ABIRD LIMITED 1990-12-14 → 2025-04-28
- MERITPIKE LIMITED 1990-11-16 → 1990-12-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on their enquiries, the directors have concluded that no material uncertainty exists in this regard. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- CES POWER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Apex Generators Limited
Significant events
- “On 7 March 2024, the company was sold along with its sibling, Apex Generators Limited and their parent, CES Power Holding Limited, to CES Global Blocker LLC.”
- “On 1 July 2024, the Company acquired the trade and assets of APEX Generators Limited, another wholly-owned subsidiary within the group. This transfer was effected through an intercompany Business Transfer Agreement, whereby the Company acquired all assets, liabilities and operations of the Apex Generation power-generation hire business as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LANDA, Gregory Scott | Director | 2024-03-06 | Sep 1968 | American |
| RICH, Alexander | Director | 2024-07-12 | Sep 1991 | American |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARTREY, Patrick Mark | Secretary | 2012-10-31 | 2017-01-27 |
| HOWCROFT, Daphne Joyce | Secretary | — | 2005-11-22 |
| JOLL, Daniel James, Mr. | Secretary | 2017-01-27 | 2024-03-06 |
| THURGATE, Clive | Secretary | 2005-11-22 | 2012-10-31 |
| ANSPACK, Christopher James, Dr | Director | 2002-04-06 | 2014-07-07 |
| ASHMORE, Stephen, Mr. | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2024-03-06 |
| ASHTON, Robert Dudley | Director | — | 1998-03-11 |
| BIRD, Jill Virginia | Director | — | 2012-10-31 |
| BIRD, John Richard Angliss | Director | — | 2012-10-31 |
| DAVIES, John Christopher | Director | 2012-10-31 | 2015-09-28 |
| GILL, John Bruce | Director | 2012-10-31 | 2017-05-23 |
| LORD, Phillip Duane | Director | 2025-01-22 | 2026-03-30 |
| PERRIN, Fiona Joanne | Director | 2016-05-11 | 2017-01-23 |
| PONTIUS, Philip Hoffman | Director | 2024-03-06 | 2024-07-12 |
| QUESTED, Paul David | Director | 2016-08-22 | 2024-03-06 |
| TROWBRIDGE, Stephen Neil | Director | 2014-06-16 | 2016-04-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ces Power Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-28 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-28 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.