ELECTRONIC THEATRE CONTROLS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
-29.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.2m
+19% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
52
-3.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.1m
+18.5% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £37,855,305 | £30,923,542 | £27,078,170 | -12.4% | |
| Operating profit | £1,084,210 | £1,413,717 | £1,715,748 | +21.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,084,210 | £957,349 | £1,134,184 | +18.5% | |
| Net profit | £818,809 | £639,357 | £833,260 | +30.3% | |
| Cash | £1,223,379 | £2,278,954 | £1,611,658 | -29.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,436,947 | £15,198,057 | £14,644,366 | -3.6% | |
| Net assets | £3,753,480 | £4,392,837 | £5,226,097 | +19% | |
| Equity | £3,753,480 | £4,392,837 | £5,226,097 | +19% | |
| Average employees | 48 | 54 | 52 | -3.7% | |
| Wages | £2,779,876 | £3,608,332 | £3,749,076 | +3.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £146,898 | £147,008 | £149,909 | +2% |
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 | 2.9% | 4.6% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 2.1% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.9% | 9.3% | 11.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 78.1% | 71.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.07x | — | — | |
| Interest cover | — | 3.10x | 2.95x |
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
- ELECTRONIC THEATRE CONTROLS LIMITED 2005-03-30 → present
- ELECTRONIC THEATRE CONTROLS EUROPE, LIMITED 1996-03-18 → 2005-03-30
- ELECTRONIC THEATRE CONTROLS, LIMITED 1995-05-12 → 1996-03-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes the Company will have sufficient working capital to enable it to continue in business according to accounting standards for at least 12 months from the date of approving the financial statements. In reaching this conclusion the Directors have considered different scenarios for future cash flows and net working capital of the Company and have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in business for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- ELECTRONIC THEATRE CONTROLS LIMITED · parent
- Electronic Theatre Controls Srl 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'GRADY, Gerard | Secretary | 1998-05-28 | — | Irish |
| CYMBALAK, Julianne, Director | Director | 2017-09-05 | Feb 1965 | American |
| EVERTS, Corey Dale | Director | 2026-03-05 | Dec 1975 | American |
| FOSTER, James Raymond | Director | 2025-03-03 | Jun 1991 | American |
| O'GRADY, Gerard | Director | 1998-05-28 | Jun 1961 | Irish |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-05-12 | 1998-05-28 |
| ACKER, Margaret | Director | 1995-05-12 | 2005-01-16 |
| BENNETTE, Adam Charles | Director | 1995-05-12 | 2022-02-01 |
| CATTERALL, David | Director | 1998-05-28 | 1999-01-05 |
| DOWNS, Steve | Director | 2004-05-07 | 2017-09-05 |
| ED, Peter Bernhard | Director | 2000-04-06 | 2001-10-18 |
| FOSTER, Fred | Director | 1995-05-12 | 2015-07-13 |
| GALLINGHOUSE, William | Director | 1996-05-15 | 1998-02-16 |
| LOWE, Michael George | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2001-03-27 |
| STOKHOLM, Tim | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2000-05-31 |
| TITUS, Richard | Director | 1995-05-12 | 2026-03-05 |
| VANDEN BURGT, Robert | Director | 1995-05-12 | 2004-04-30 |
| LEA YEAT LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-05-12 | 1995-05-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Foster | Individual | Significant influence | 2026-03-05 | Active |
| Mr Richard Titus | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-05 |
| Fred Raynond Foster | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.