EUROPEAN FRICTION INDUSTRIES LIMITED
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Cash
£157k
-69.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4m
-24.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
93
-4.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£818k
-206.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,345,613 | £9,924,191 | £8,474,732 | -14.6% | |
| Operating profit | £586,758 | £768,763 | -£817,666 | -206.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £586,758 | £769,044 | -£817,666 | -206.3% | |
| Net profit | £448,486 | £573,448 | -£786,607 | -237.2% | |
| Cash | £678,795 | £507,998 | £156,882 | -69.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,291,524 | £5,443,681 | £4,095,803 | -24.8% | |
| Net assets | £6,109,677 | £5,303,139 | £3,986,320 | -24.8% | |
| Equity | £6,109,677 | £5,303,139 | £3,986,320 | -24.8% | |
| Average employees | 94 | 97 | 93 | -4.1% | |
| Wages | £2,902,293 | £3,063,582 | £3,109,420 | +1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £45,696 | £86,109 | £93,592 | +8.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £770 | £1,321 | £1,321 | 0% |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 7.7% | -9.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 5.8% | -9.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.3% | 14.1% | -20.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.4% | 23.2% | 28.5% | |
| Current ratio | 5.14x | 4.20x | 3.37x |
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
- EUROPEAN FRICTION INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1986-05-07 → present
- OVAL (244) LIMITED 1986-03-21 → 1986-05-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the entity, the Director has concluded that there is no material uncertainty and that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Post balance sheet events: There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALLETT, James Anthony | Director | 2019-05-31 | Mar 1974 | British |
| ROBERTS, Anthony | Director | 2023-04-01 | Feb 1975 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Leigh Kevin | Secretary | 1999-12-15 | 2003-01-10 |
| PRIDEAUX, Tony Delwyn | Secretary | 2003-01-13 | 2014-03-31 |
| STEPHENS, Janet Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 1999-12-15 |
| ELLIS, Keith Robert John, Dr | Director | 1995-12-13 | 2002-12-19 |
| FREEMAN, Andrew Charles | Director | 2001-10-03 | 2014-03-31 |
| GARVEY, Alan | Director | 1995-12-13 | 2001-08-15 |
| GORTON, Philip Robert | Director | — | 2002-12-19 |
| HALL, Brian Keith | Director | 1994-03-16 | 2001-10-03 |
| HOLLISTER, Brian George | Director | — | 2002-12-19 |
| HOWE, James Rodney | Director | — | 1992-12-02 |
| LAWSON, Lucy Anne | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2018-07-27 |
| MAPPERSON, Christopher Alan | Director | — | 2002-12-19 |
| MARTIN, Leigh Kevin | Director | 1999-12-15 | 2003-01-10 |
| POTHECARY, Peter John | Director | — | 2002-12-19 |
| PRIDEAUX, Tony Delwyn | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2019-06-14 |
| PURNELL, Harold James | Director | — | 1990-09-05 |
| SELBY, Kenneth, Sir | Director | — | 1992-11-09 |
| STEPHENS, Janet Elizabeth | Director | 1993-06-16 | 2002-12-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebc Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-05-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.