ESRI (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£54m
+30.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£18m
+32.3% vs 2024
Employees
431
+8.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£46m
+4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology 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 | £105,584,432 | £120,706,534 | £138,726,377 | +14.9% | |
| Operating profit | £28,208,618 | £37,699,468 | £39,348,376 | +4.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £34,287,812 | £44,556,988 | £46,346,187 | +4% | |
| Net profit | £27,059,678 | £34,418,231 | £35,954,130 | +4.5% | |
| Cash | £50,106,173 | £41,170,443 | £53,603,859 | +30.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,355,396 | £13,773,627 | £18,227,757 | +32.3% | |
| Net assets | £21,355,396 | £13,773,627 | £18,227,757 | +32.3% | |
| Equity | £21,355,396 | £13,773,627 | £18,227,757 | +32.3% | |
| Average employees | 372 | 396 | 431 | +8.8% | |
| Wages | £26,454,265 | £28,362,697 | £30,556,191 | +7.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,537,292 | £1,898,890 | £2,007,700 | +5.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £58,718 | £76,379 | £79,510 | +4.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £518,577 | £548,713 | £580,034 | +5.7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 26.7% | 31.2% | 28.4% | |
| Net margin | 25.6% | 28.5% | 25.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 132.1% | 273.7% | 215.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.8% | 80.9% | 78.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.36x | 1.22x | 1.27x |
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
- ESRI (UK) LIMITED 1994-03-18 → present
- DORIC GAINES LIMITED 1976-11-29 → 1994-03-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Directors consider the company has adequate resources to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of signing the accounts. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements”
Group structure
- ESRI (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Environmental Systems Research Institute Ireland Limited 100%
- ESRI (UK) Services Limited 100%
- ESRI (UK) Cambridge Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A dividend of £19,000,000 was proposed and paid in June 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BONTHRONE, Stuart Richard | Director | 2012-09-12 | Jul 1965 | British |
| DAVIES, Gareth Huw | Director | 2015-07-01 | Nov 1967 | British |
| KENNELLY, Charles Joseph | Director | 2008-09-08 | Feb 1965 | British |
| MAUGHAN BROWN, Anthony Michael | Director | 2021-07-01 | Jun 1976 | British,South African |
| WELCH, Timothy Luke | Director | 2018-06-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
| WILKINSON, Peter James | Director | 2021-07-01 | Feb 1974 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAISLEY, Peter | Secretary | — | 1997-02-01 |
| RYAN, John Thomas Norbert | Secretary | 1997-02-01 | 2011-06-06 |
| CHAPALLAZ, Nicholas | Director | 2007-06-13 | 2010-10-18 |
| COOTE, Andrew Maurice | Director | 1995-06-30 | 2007-12-31 |
| DUFF, Andrew Richard | Director | 1998-01-22 | 2007-09-12 |
| GREENHALGH, Paul | Director | — | 2007-06-12 |
| KEEGAN, Andrew | Director | 2003-06-09 | 2014-01-31 |
| LAMING, Roy | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2006-11-08 |
| LYON, Peter | Director | 2010-04-12 | 2015-06-12 |
| MAGUIRE, David John, Dr | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| PAISLEY, Peter | Director | — | 2007-06-12 |
| PECK, Jeremy | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2011-08-31 |
| PLEWS, Mark Vallance | Director | 2007-06-13 | 2010-10-18 |
| RIGBY, Robert Nicholas | Director | 2007-09-03 | 2014-11-30 |
| WAITE, Anthony Richard | Director | 2005-06-21 | 2016-08-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esri Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.