EAE CREATIVE COLOUR LIMITED
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Cash
£143k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2.2m
Equity attributable
Employees
82
Average over period
Profit before tax
£291k
Period ending 2023-09-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,966,298 | — | |
| Operating profit | £411,472 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £291,474 | — | |
| Net profit | £269,755 | — | |
| Cash | £143,369 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,159,184 | — | |
| Net assets | £2,182,664 | — | |
| Equity | £2,182,664 | — | |
| Average employees | 82 | — | |
| Wages | £2,835,443 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £438,857 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | 3.26x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- EAE CREATIVE COLOUR LIMITED 2000-05-08 → present
- EAST ANGLIAN ENGRAVING CO.LIMITED 1965-07-30 → 2000-05-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- EAE CREATIVE COLOUR LIMITED · parent
- Castle Colour Packaging Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, Mark Harry | Secretary | 2024-10-08 | — | — |
| FERGUSON, Mark Harry | Director | 1993-05-18 | Jul 1963 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, Eleanor Agnes Murray | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 2024-10-08 |
| FERGUSON, Mark Harry | Secretary | 1992-06-30 | 1998-10-01 |
| WAYMARK, Doris Irene | Secretary | — | 1992-06-30 |
| FERGUSON, Alexandra Louise | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2005-11-30 |
| FERGUSON, Thomas Thomson | Director | — | 2026-01-26 |
| GARNER, Greeba Elizabeth | Director | — | 2000-09-30 |
| TILBROOK, Simon Anthony | Director | 2003-01-10 | 2004-11-30 |
| WAYMARK, Doris Irene | Director | — | 1992-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Thomas Thomson Ferguson | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-16 |
| Mark Harry Ferguson | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.