EI GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£1m
-50% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£846m
-7.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£65m
-30% lowest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of EI GROUP LIMITED's latest filing
Ei Group pulled in over £320m in revenue and grew operating profits — but below the line, it’s a completely different story. 🍺📈
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-24 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £322,000,000 | £311,000,000 | £321,000,000 | +3.2% | |
| Operating profit | £91,000,000 | £76,000,000 | £90,000,000 | +18.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,000,000 | -£50,000,000 | -£65,000,000 | -30% | |
| Net profit | £37,000,000 | -£36,000,000 | -£51,000,000 | -41.7% | |
| Cash | £3,000,000 | £2,000,000 | £1,000,000 | -50% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,461,000,000 | £2,423,000,000 | £2,364,000,000 | -2.4% | |
| Net assets | £913,000,000 | £918,000,000 | £846,000,000 | -7.8% | |
| Equity | £913,000,000 | £918,000,000 | £846,000,000 | -7.8% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £249,000 | £176,000 | £156,000 | -11.4% |
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 | 2023-09-24 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 28.3% | 24.4% | 28.0% | |
| Net margin | 11.5% | -11.6% | -15.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.7% | 3.1% | 3.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.7% | 67.2% | 70.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.27x | 2.23x | 1.82x | |
| Interest cover | 0.75x | 0.62x | 0.59x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- EI GROUP LIMITED 2020-03-03 → present
- EI GROUP PLC 2017-02-09 → 2020-03-03
- ENTERPRISE INNS PLC 1991-07-22 → 2017-02-09
- MIDCOUNTIES INNS LIMITED 1991-03-21 → 1991-07-22
- LEGISLATOR 1115 LIMITED 1990-11-27 → 1991-03-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- EI GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Enterprise Managed Investments Limited 100%
- Unique Pubs Limited 100%
- Ei Publican Services Limited 100%
- Bestplace Limited 74%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCDOWALL, David | Director | 2023-02-24 | Sep 1978 | British |
| ROSS, David Andrew | Director | 2020-03-03 | Apr 1973 | British |
| WILKINSON, Daniel | Director | 2026-02-19 | Dec 1979 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE, David Colbron | Secretary | — | 2009-10-01 |
| POOLE, James Andrew | Secretary | 2009-10-01 | 2013-02-01 |
| TOGHER, Loretta Anne | Secretary | 2013-02-01 | 2020-05-29 |
| BAGULEY, Peter Jeffrey | Director | 2013-01-31 | 2020-03-03 |
| BEDNALL, Jane | Director | 2018-07-02 | 2020-03-03 |
| CASSONI, Maria Luisa | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2020-03-03 |
| CLARKE, David | Director | — | 1993-07-07 |
| COTTRELL, Michael Noel Francis | Director | — | 1996-10-29 |
| DALE, Manjit | Director | 2020-03-03 | 2022-08-08 |
| DONALD, Sidney Milne | Director | — | 1995-10-24 |
| FOWLE, Adam Peter | Director | 2014-02-06 | 2020-03-03 |
| GARNER, Michael Frederick | Director | 1995-09-29 | 2005-01-20 |
| GEORGE, David Colbron | Director | — | 2011-01-20 |
| HARDING, David Alan | Director | 2003-11-06 | 2013-01-31 |
| HARRISON, Gordon William | Director | 1994-10-20 | 2006-09-30 |
| KEMP, Charles Richard Foster | Director | — | 1995-04-20 |
| LONGBOTTOM, Simon David | Director | 2020-03-03 | 2023-02-24 |
| MAGNUS, Brian Jonathan | Director | 2020-03-03 | 2022-08-08 |
| MALONEY, David Ossian | Director | 2008-07-10 | 2018-07-05 |
| MARDON, John Gale | Director | — | 1995-10-24 |
| MILLAR, Keith Malcolm Hedley | Director | 1995-09-29 | 2002-01-24 |
| MOSS, Nigel Patrick Stringer | Director | — | 1994-08-31 |
| MURRAY, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2004-11-03 | 2014-02-06 |
| PAYNE, Ian Timothy | Director | 2020-03-03 | 2024-01-26 |
| PITT, Christopher James | Director | — | 1997-01-21 |
| REID, Hubert Valentine | Director | 1997-01-21 | 2012-03-31 |
| SMITH, Neil Reynolds | Director | 2011-01-20 | 2020-03-03 |
| STEWART, Alexander Jonathan | Director | 2001-05-29 | 2011-01-20 |
| TOWNSEND, William Simon | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2020-03-03 |
| TUPPEN, Graham Edward | Director | — | 2014-02-06 |
| WALKER, Robert Malcolm | Director | 2012-02-09 | 2020-03-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leased And Tenanted Pubs 1 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-03-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1426 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-20 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-10-10 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-20 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-08-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-29 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-04-29 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-04-29 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-04-29 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-04-29 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-04-29 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-04-29 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-02-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.