BURKE AGENCIES LIMITED
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Cash
£18k
-66.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£199k
+17% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
2
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£39k
-1.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Cefetra Limited is reliant on its participation in Cefetra Group B.V.'s centralised borrowing arrangements to fund its operations. Cefetra Limited has disclosed a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on its ability to continue as a going concern, due to the fact that since February 2026 Cefetra Limited participates in Cefetra Group B.V.'s centralised borrowing arrangements which is uncommitted by nature i.e. repayable on demand at the discretion of the lenders. This means that a material uncertainty exists on the level of the Company given its reliance on Cefetra Limited for future trading.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £204,269 | £248,319 | £282,029 | +13.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | £39,853 | £39,319 | -1.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,681 | £39,853 | £39,319 | -1.3% | |
| Net profit | £5,111 | £29,890 | £28,857 | -3.5% | |
| Cash | £17,143 | £53,671 | £17,885 | -66.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £139,981 | £169,871 | £198,728 | +17% | |
| Equity | £139,981 | £169,871 | £198,728 | +17% | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0% | |
| Wages | £60,317 | £62,956 | £72,916 | +15.8% | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 16.0% | 13.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 12.0% | 10.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 86.3% | 85.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.18x | 1.20x |
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
- BURKE AGENCIES LIMITED 1997-01-22 → present
- BURKE SHIPPING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED 1996-10-02 → 1997-01-22
- DMWS 273 LIMITED 1996-04-10 → 1996-10-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Cefetra Limited is reliant on its participation in Cefetra Group B.V.'s centralised borrowing arrangements to fund its operations. Cefetra Limited has disclosed a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on its ability to continue as a going concern, due to the fact that since February 2026 Cefetra Limited participates in Cefetra Group B.V.'s centralised borrowing arrangements which is uncommitted by nature i.e. repayable on demand at the discretion of the lenders. This means that a material uncertainty exists on the level of the Company given its reliance on Cefetra Limited for future trading.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SINCLAIR, Graham Macdonald | Secretary | 1996-10-07 | — | British |
| MACKAY, Andrew Robert Charles | Director | 1996-10-07 | Aug 1961 | British |
| NEILSON, James | Director | 2024-05-14 | Aug 1980 | British |
| SINCLAIR, Graham Macdonald | Director | 2018-11-02 | Jun 1969 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-04-10 | 1996-10-07 |
| BRUCE, Roderick Lawrence | Nominee Director | 1996-04-10 | 1996-10-07 |
| FLEMING, Alistair James | Director | 1997-07-17 | 2006-01-31 |
| MINTO, Bruce Watson | Director | 1996-04-10 | 1996-10-07 |
| POST, Ronald Eduard | Director | 2000-01-11 | 2018-11-02 |
| SINCLAIR, Graham Macdonald | Director | 1996-10-07 | 1997-07-17 |
| STAM, Hugo Willem | Director | 1999-07-07 | 2013-03-01 |
| STANS, Cornelis | Director | 1999-07-07 | 2006-10-09 |
| VAN DER ZEE, Robert | Director | 2013-12-19 | 2018-11-02 |
| VAN GELDEREN, Remco Marcel | Director | 2006-10-06 | 2018-11-02 |
| VRIENS, Daniel Constantijn | Director | 2012-04-18 | 2018-11-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cefetra Group B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2026-02-25 | Active |
| Baywa Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-02-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-14 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2021-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-06 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2020-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.