BETA CENTAURI LIMITED
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Cash
£35m
-3.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£401m
+8.1% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£37m
+118.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As stated in note 1.4, these events or conditions, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Group and the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,583,000 | £25,197,000 | £24,126,000 | -4.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£113,439,000 | -£187,950,000 | £49,730,000 | +126.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£128,884,000 | -£201,970,000 | £37,085,000 | +118.4% | |
| Net profit | -£94,477,000 | -£150,235,000 | £29,994,000 | +120% | |
| Cash | £33,689,000 | £36,509,000 | £35,263,000 | -3.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,668,385,000 | £1,479,164,000 | £1,529,565,000 | +3.4% | |
| Net assets | £520,793,000 | £370,558,000 | £400,552,000 | +8.1% | |
| Equity | £520,793,000 | £370,558,000 | £400,552,000 | +8.1% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | — | 124.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.8% | -12.7% | 3.3% | |
| Current ratio | 11.01x | 11.18x | 11.97x | |
| Interest cover | -3.96x | -6.44x | 1.70x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As stated in note 1.4, these events or conditions, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Group and the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- BETA CENTAURI LIMITED · parent
- Betelgeuse Limited 100%
- Proxima GR Properties Limited 100%
- Retirement Care (BH) Limited 100%
- Tor Sands Freehold Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 was enacted during 2022 and prohibits the inclusion of a ground rent exceeding a peppercorn on new long residential leases.”
- “On 24 May 2024, the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 received Royal Assent. The aspect of this Act most likely to have a significant financial effect on the Group relates to changes that reduce the premium payable to freeholders when leaseholders exercise their statutory rights to enfranchisement or lease extension.”
- “In October 2025, the High Court issued its judgment dismissing the judicial review brought by industry participants challenging aspects of the Government's leasehold reform measures contained in the 2024 Act.”
- “The Building Safety Act 2022 introduced the responsibility on the freeholder to fund the remediation of certain life-critical fire-safety defects on applicable residential buildings should the original developer or other responsible party not be available to provide funding.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAU, Daniel | Secretary | 2019-07-10 | — | — |
| HALLAM, Paul | Director | 2019-07-10 | Nov 1975 | British |
| MCGILL, Christopher Charles | Director | 2015-05-22 | Apr 1960 | British |
| PROCTER, William Kenneth | Director | 2015-05-22 | May 1953 | British |
| WATSON, Michael David | Director | 2021-02-22 | Dec 1958 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALLAM, Paul | Secretary | 2015-05-22 | 2019-07-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 44 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.