ECI VENTURES LIMITED
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Cash
£3.7M
+4.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.2M
-16.7% vs 2024
Employees
29
+3.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£523K
-29.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,677,135 | £13,839,958 | +18.5% | |
| Operating profit | £463,055 | £559,992 | +20.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £743,234 | £523,089 | -29.6% | |
| Net profit | £669,360 | -£240,699 | -136% | |
| Cash | £3,582,292 | £3,736,969 | +4.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,437,607 | £1,196,908 | -16.7% | |
| Net assets | £1,437,607 | £1,196,908 | -16.7% | |
| Equity | £1,437,607 | £1,196,908 | -16.7% | |
| Average employees | 28 | 29 | +3.6% | |
| Wages | £3,643,999 | £4,551,599 | +24.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | -1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.2% | 46.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x | 0.93x | |
| Interest cover | 33.32x | 20.23x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- ECI VENTURES LIMITED 1989-09-04 → present
- ECI SERVICES LIMITED 1987-10-21 → 1989-09-04
- PEARSPON LIMITED 1987-09-10 → 1987-10-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors consider that the activities of the Company will remain unchanged for the foreseeable future and for 12 months from the date of this report. The Financial Statements are prepared on the going concern basis as the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and has sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities for the next 12 months.”
Group structure
- ECI VENTURES LIMITED · parent
- ECI Ventures Nominees Limited 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFITH, Christopher Neal | Secretary | 2025-10-13 | — | — |
| GRIFFITH, Christopher Neal | Director | 2025-10-13 | Mar 1986 | British |
| ECI PARTNERS LLP | Corporate Director | 2014-07-08 | — | — |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHUTTLEWORTH, Philip | Secretary | 1999-12-20 | 2026-01-31 |
| THOMPSON, Edward Frederick Sloan | Secretary | — | 1999-11-24 |
| BAKER, Jonathan Peter | Director | — | 2000-06-30 |
| BANHAM, John Michael Middlecott, Sir | Director | 1992-07-01 | 1996-10-25 |
| BENDEL, David Neil | Director | 1995-09-06 | 1997-09-01 |
| BROOKS, Janet Kim | Director | 1994-11-01 | 2007-09-30 |
| DAWSON, Stephen John Rodgers | Director | — | 2003-08-05 |
| HANDLEY, John Martin | Director | 1996-11-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| HAY, Roger Owen | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| JOBSON, Andrew Paul | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| LANDSBERG, Kenneth William | Director | — | 2014-03-31 |
| MAKEY, Martin | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| POLLARD, James Simon | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2003-07-31 |
| RAFFLE, Timothy David | Director | 1993-11-01 | 2014-07-14 |
| SALKELD, Ian | Director | — | 1994-02-04 |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, Philip | Director | 1999-12-20 | 2026-01-31 |
| STEWART, James | Director | 2001-07-24 | 2003-02-28 |
| THOMAS, Paul Scott | Director | — | 2003-02-28 |
| THOMPSON, Edward Frederick Sloan | Director | — | 1999-11-24 |
| TUDGE, Stephen John | Director | 2003-08-05 | 2014-07-14 |
| TUDGE, Stephen John | Director | 1998-05-14 | 2003-02-28 |
| WANSBROUGH, David George Rawdon | Director | — | 1998-08-03 |
| WHELAN, Sean Patrick | Director | 2008-02-19 | 2013-07-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eci Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-07-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-18 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-07-05 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.