ECCLESIASTICAL PLANNING SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£5.5M
-24.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.3M
+2% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£246K
+221.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials 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 | £5,182,000 | £6,679,000 | £7,191,000 | +7.7% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,079,000 | -£452,000 | £42,000 | +109.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,941,000 | -£203,000 | £246,000 | +221.2% | |
| Net profit | -£1,538,000 | -£209,000 | £125,000 | +159.8% | |
| Cash | £7,947,000 | £7,279,000 | £5,520,000 | -24.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,416,000 | £6,207,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £6,416,000 | £6,207,000 | £6,332,000 | +2% | |
| Equity | £6,416,000 | £6,207,000 | £6,332,000 | +2% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £163,000 | £162,000 | £182,000 | +12.3% |
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 | -40.1% | -6.8% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | -29.7% | -3.1% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -32.4% | -7.3% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 98.9% | 99.0% | 99.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.02x | 0.01x | 0.01x |
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
- ECCLESIASTICAL PLANNING SERVICES LIMITED 2016-01-28 → present
- NAFD SERVICES LIMITED 1991-11-20 → 2016-01-28
- ORDERCHANCE LIMITED 1991-09-11 → 1991-11-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has adequate financial resources and no recourse to external borrowing The Company has sufficient cash resources, which are monitored closely on an actual and prospective basis, and has no concems over the ability to meet its commitments as they fall due over the foreseeable future Given the Company's operations, financial position and outlook, the Direct”
Significant events
- “During the year the Company focused on delivering key technology initiatives aimed at automating core business processes to enhance operational efficiency, alongside sales and marketing activities targeting accelerated business growth”
- “The Group became subject to these rules [OECD BEPS Pillar Two Model Rules] from 1 January 2025”
- “On 20 June 2023, the UK substantively enacted the Pillar Two global mınımum tax rules as part of the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting ("BEPS") initiative”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Rachael Jane | Secretary | 2016-01-27 | — | — |
| CLARK, Christopher Alan Howard | Director | 2016-01-27 | Aug 1960 | British |
| MOORE, David Robert | Director | 2018-09-01 | Feb 1966 | British |
| SEARLE, Graham Steven | Director | 2021-09-01 | Nov 1961 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARDEN, Edward Highton | Secretary | 1991-10-09 | 1991-12-05 |
| MAY, Geoffrey Crampton | Secretary | 1991-12-05 | 1998-03-13 |
| SLATER, Alan | Secretary | 2000-03-07 | 2016-01-27 |
| WILKINSON, Marcus | Secretary | 1998-05-10 | 2000-03-07 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-09-11 | 1991-10-09 |
| CAMPBELL, Ian George | Director | 2016-01-27 | 2018-08-31 |
| COCKREM, Denise Patricia | Director | 2018-12-01 | 2019-12-20 |
| DUCKWORTH, Michael James | Director | 1991-12-05 | 1997-05-13 |
| FIELD, Colin Peter John | Director | 1992-01-16 | 1992-05-21 |
| GOODCHILD, Keith Owen | Director | 1999-05-07 | 2007-03-22 |
| GORNALL, Lionel John | Director | 1991-12-05 | 1993-05-13 |
| HANKS, Christopher Eric | Director | 2020-02-06 | 2021-06-08 |
| HENWOOD, Anthony Bruce | Director | 1992-01-16 | 1993-05-13 |
| HUNNABALL, Trevor Robert | Director | — | 1994-05-12 |
| HUTSBY, Barry | Director | 2006-09-28 | 2016-01-27 |
| KENYON, Michael Vaughan | Director | 1992-07-01 | 1994-05-12 |
| LODGE, John Robert | Director | 1991-10-03 | 1993-05-13 |
| MADDAFORD, Alison | Director | 1993-05-13 | 1994-05-12 |
| NEW, Paul David | Director | 2016-01-27 | 2021-06-07 |
| O'DWYER, Stephen John | Director | 2020-02-06 | 2021-09-01 |
| PARGETTER, Alfred Robert | Director | 1992-01-16 | 1995-05-20 |
| PRICE, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2016-01-27 | 2018-09-26 |
| SOLLY, David | Director | 1993-05-13 | 1994-05-12 |
| STEEL, Iain Harfield | Director | 2006-05-13 | 2016-01-27 |
| SUTCH, Andrew Lang | Director | 1991-10-09 | 1991-12-05 |
| TRUELOVE, Simon Andrew | Director | 1995-05-20 | 2016-01-27 |
| UFLAND, Richard Mark | Director | 1991-10-09 | 1991-12-05 |
| WAITE, Andrew | Director | 1993-05-13 | 1999-03-25 |
| WILKINSON, Marcus | Director | 1996-05-20 | 2016-01-27 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-09-11 | 1991-10-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benefact Broking & Advisory Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-01-03 | Active |
| Benefact Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.