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ECCO SAFETY GROUP (UK) LIMITED

#00406476 · Active · Incorporated 1946-03-19 (80y 7m) · Last filing 2026-09-28 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 29310 · C Manufacturing · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2027-06-14 (in 8 months) · 1 watchout

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Cash

£1.6m

-7.9% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£38m

+9.7% vs 2024

Employees

107

-10.8% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£8m

+13.7% highest in 3 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £48,965,600£40,845,629£39,720,230 -2.8%
Operating profit £7,338,159£6,346,729£7,957,986 +25.4%
Profit before tax £7,330,543£6,996,134£7,957,986 +13.7%
Net profit £5,570,373£3,530,994£5,286,154 +49.7%
Cash £2,054,170£1,721,961£1,585,498 -7.9%
Total assets less current liabilities £47,845,532£34,831,877£42,876,532 +23.1%
Net assets £47,845,532£34,772,562£38,128,989 +9.7%
Equity £47,845,532£34,772,562£38,128,989 +9.7%
Average employees 130120107 -10.8%
Wages £5,018,036£4,114,271£3,598,593 -12.5%
Directors' remuneration £365,911£412,229£97,777 -76.3%
Directors' pension contributions £18,118£51,130£4,947 -90.3%
Highest paid director £293,411£306,340— —

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 15.0%15.5%20.0%
Net margin 11.4%8.6%13.3%
Return on capital employed 15.3%18.2%18.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 17.8%24.5%31.6%
Current ratio 3.82x2.61x3.13x
Interest cover —43.24x—

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 3 times since incorporation

  1. ECCO SAFETY GROUP (UK) LIMITED 2017-04-04 → present
  2. BRITAX PMG LIMITED 1997-07-01 → 2017-04-04
  3. BRITAX (P.M.G.) LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 1997-07-01
  4. P.M.G.THORPE LIMITED 1946-03-19 → 1977-12-31

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Azets Audit Services Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The company is profitable and generates positive cash flows from operating activities. The company's working capital requirements are met from its operating cash flow and bank deposits”

Group structure

  1. ECCO SAFETY GROUP (UK) LIMITED · parent
    1. LED Autolamps Europe LLP · England and Wales · Dormant

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 56 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
KUPCHELLA, Brian Director 2021-03-31 Apr 1967 American
OLSEN, Brian Lynn Director 2021-03-31 Apr 1969 American
WESSELS, Anton Director 2026-05-29 Nov 1977 South African
WILLING, Robert Director 2021-03-31 Apr 1968 American
Show 56 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BROADHURST, Gayle Secretary 2016-08-09 2018-04-06
LEAVESLEY, Annette Susan Secretary 2011-11-22 2014-03-27
MAZZEI, Thomas Secretary 2014-03-27 2016-08-09
SPAIN, Shawn Secretary 2019-12-10 2021-05-26
PUBLIC SAFETY HOLDINGS LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2007-04-03 2011-11-22
SETON HOUSE INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Secretary — 2007-04-03
AMEY, Brian Leslie Director — 1995-10-31
ARGYROPOULOS, Christos Director 2025-10-20 2026-01-23
BARCLAY, Simon Director 2023-05-19 2025-10-03
BENTLEY, Roderick Joseph Director — 2006-11-30
BETSCH, Marco Gunter Director 2018-09-21 2020-06-30
BROGAN, Bernard Desmond Director 2000-11-08 2005-04-15
BROWN, Roy Frederick Director 2007-04-03 2010-12-31
BUTCHER, Christopher Dennis Director 2010-06-10 2010-12-22
BUTCHER, Christopher Dennis Director 2007-02-12 2009-06-29
CAMPBELL, Robert Director 2015-02-19 2017-06-14
CANNON, Thomas Charles Director — 1993-05-10
DAVIES, Colin Director 2000-03-01 2003-01-09
DONZELLI, Giovanni Director 2018-09-21 2021-03-31
DUFFIELD, Stephen Leslie Director 2005-05-04 2007-04-03
ELLSMORE, Mark Anthony Director 1998-06-09 2002-01-28
EMMETT, Daniel Joseph Director 2018-09-21 2021-03-31
HOULT, David Keith Director 2012-06-18 2015-05-08
JOHNSTON, Robert Scott Director 2010-06-10 2011-07-01
JOHNSTON, Robert Scott Director 1997-05-07 2009-06-29
JONES, Evan Taylor Director 1997-09-01 2001-08-31
MARSHALL, Christopher Edward Director 2014-03-27 2016-07-01
MARTON, Richard Egerton Christopher Director 1993-08-31 2000-11-08
MAZZEI, Thomas Director 2014-03-27 2018-02-09
MCCLARTY, Roy Director 2018-09-21 2021-03-31
MILLINGTON, Anthony Geoffrey Director 2011-07-18 2014-03-27
MILNER, Andrew Rex Director 2011-01-20 2014-03-27
NEWTON, Michael Anthony Director 2002-04-01 2006-01-31
NOON, Rodney Ernest Director — 2005-04-30
NORRIS, Ian William Director 2020-06-30 2022-08-02
PARRY, Trevor John Director — 2008-12-22
PHILLIPS, Douglas Charles Director 2018-09-21 2021-03-31
POWELL, Steven James Director 2024-05-10 2026-05-29
RAINBOW, Derek Arthur Director — 1999-12-31
RAYNER, Michael Director 2005-04-18 2014-07-01
ROBERTSON, Douglas Grant Director 2002-05-16 2007-04-03
RUTHERFORD, Mark Buchanan Director 2010-06-10 2012-08-31
RUTHERFORD, Mark Buchanan Director 2008-09-29 2009-06-29
SINGLETON, Michael Director — 2001-01-31
SMITH, David Colin Director 2005-02-21 2010-08-11
SMITH, Tony Director — 2006-08-31
STABLER, Richard Director 2008-12-22 2012-06-08
STARKEY, Alan Rudolph Director 1995-10-31 1996-05-30
STARKEY, Alan Rudolph Director — 1993-09-30
TENNANT, Bryn James Director 1996-11-29 1998-03-09
TRAIL, David George Director 2006-07-17 2007-10-31
TURNBULL, Peter Director 1996-05-20 1997-07-01
VASSALLO, Enrico Director 2017-06-14 2024-05-10
WELSBY, Glyn Mikal Director 2010-06-10 2014-08-15
WELSBY, Glyn Mikal Director 2006-01-01 2009-06-29
WOLMA, Doug Director 2021-03-31 2023-09-18

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Amy Shapiro Ufberg Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2017-09-12 Ceased 2020-12-21
Public Safety Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2017-05-31 Ceased
Richard Paul Wild Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2017-05-23 Ceased 2020-12-21
Charles Graham Berwind Iii Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2017-05-23 Ceased 2020-12-21
James Dwight Berwind Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2017-05-23 Ceased 2020-12-21
Joanna Berwind Creamer Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2017-05-23 Ceased 2020-12-21
Jessica Berwind Brummett Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2017-05-23 Ceased 2020-12-21
Arthur Solmssen R.G. Jr. Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2017-05-23 Ceased 2017-09-12

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 289 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2026-07-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-07-15 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-06-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-02-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-09-11 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-06-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-06-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-05-02 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-04-28 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-06-25 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-06-25 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-06-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-06-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-02-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-10-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-06-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-05-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
7

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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