E.W.PEPPER LIMITED
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Cash
£1.3M
-21.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£41M
+4.7% vs 2024
Employees
128
+1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.9M
+286.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,773,726 | £10,181,586 | +4.2% | |
| Operating profit | £441,602 | £1,564,376 | +254.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £752,591 | £2,908,315 | +286.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,039,687 | £2,145,304 | +106.3% | |
| Cash | £1,653,870 | £1,291,395 | -21.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,522,488 | £43,155,422 | +1.5% | |
| Net assets | £38,926,977 | £40,772,281 | +4.7% | |
| Equity | £38,926,977 | £40,772,281 | +4.7% | |
| Average employees | 126 | 128 | +1.6% | |
| Wages | £2,234,725 | £2,307,307 | +3.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £230,705 | £239,288 | +3.7% |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 15.4% | |
| Net margin | 10.6% | 21.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.0% | 3.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.26x | 1.97x | |
| Interest cover | 3.80x | 15.13x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Limited trading as Ensors
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In the post year end period, preference dividends of £150,000 have been declared by the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON, Jeremy James Amphlett | Director | — | Aug 1956 | British |
| CLAYTON, Theresa | Director | 2024-08-08 | Apr 1988 | German |
| CLAYTON, William Jeremy James | Director | 2014-11-01 | Sep 1983 | British |
| LARKINS, Ian James | Director | 2007-07-01 | Jul 1971 | British |
| MORRISON, Josceline Jennifer Violet | Director | 2014-11-01 | Nov 1986 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON, Cynthia Ann | Secretary | — | 2001-10-24 |
| CLAYTON, Jennifer Jean | Secretary | 2001-10-24 | 2022-07-13 |
| CLAYTON, Cynthia Ann | Director | — | 2004-02-12 |
| CLAYTON, James Amphlett | Director | — | 1997-03-13 |
| CLAYTON, Jennifer Jean, Mrs. | Director | 1998-08-27 | 2022-07-13 |
| CLAYTON, William Jeremy James | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2009-04-03 |
| COSLETT, David Alan | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| PEPPER, Millie | Director | — | 1994-08-06 |
| STOKES, Timothy Sheldon | Director | 2000-06-29 | 2008-01-31 |
| WARD, Stephen David | Director | 2005-04-13 | 2022-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jeremy James Amphlett Clayton | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-10-14 | Active |
| Mishcon De Reya Trust Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-10-14 | Active |
| Mr William Jeremy James Clayton | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-09-30 | Active |
| Mr Jeremy James Amphlett Clayton | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-08-14 | Ceased 2022-09-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 208 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-21 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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.