ESSENTIAL CONTROL LIMITED
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Cash
£69K
+45.3% vs 2024
Net assets
-£520K
-191.1% vs 2024
Employees
0
-100% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£585K
-28.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £758,748 | £539,171 | -28.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£409,679 | -£506,083 | -23.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£456,809 | -£585,445 | -28.2% | |
| Net profit | -£415,012 | -£341,139 | +17.8% | |
| Cash | £47,407 | £68,861 | +45.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £572,668 | £732,463 | +27.9% | |
| Net assets | -£178,477 | -£519,616 | -191.1% | |
| Equity | -£178,477 | -£519,616 | -191.1% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 0 | -100% | |
| Wages | £188,719 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £40,928 | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -54.0% | -93.9% | |
| Net margin | -54.7% | -63.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -71.5% | -69.1% | |
| Current ratio | 5.99x | 7.35x | |
| Interest cover | -8.69x | -6.31x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- ESSENTIAL CONTROL LIMITED 2016-10-19 → present
- ENER.G CONTROLS LIMITED 2004-04-07 → 2016-10-19
- SMARTKONTROLS LIMITED 2001-02-02 → 2004-04-07
- SEACHANGE CONTROLS LIMITED 1995-09-21 → 2001-02-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future, and so they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.”
Significant events
- “On 18th November 2025, Atari Limited, a Company registered in Jersey became the immediate and ultimate parent undertaking of Ylem Group Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, Peter William | Director | 2015-04-01 | May 1968 | British |
| HULL, Christopher John | Director | 2018-05-14 | Jul 1966 | British |
| SCOTT, Timothy Hays | Director | 2000-12-29 | Mar 1950 | British |
| WARD, Anthony Peter Roy | Director | 2016-09-12 | Jul 1978 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Andrew John | Secretary | 2005-01-31 | 2012-01-26 |
| FRYER, David William | Secretary | 2002-05-23 | 2005-01-31 |
| ROBINSON, David James | Secretary | 1995-09-21 | 2002-05-23 |
| WARDNER, Richard | Secretary | 2012-01-26 | 2018-06-28 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-09-21 | 1995-09-21 |
| BURLEY, Paul Stephen | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2016-10-25 |
| CASEY, Terence | Director | 1995-09-21 | 2001-03-26 |
| DE ATH, Mervyn | Director | 2001-10-31 | 2004-05-24 |
| DUFFILL, Derek John | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2013-05-30 |
| EVANS, Andrew John | Director | 2007-07-04 | 2010-02-01 |
| HAMBLYN, Paul Jonathan | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2006-03-17 |
| LAW, Peter | Director | 2013-06-06 | 2016-06-09 |
| MACLELLAN, Andrew Ian | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| MELLOR, David Roy | Director | 2006-03-17 | 2009-09-15 |
| O'BRIEN, Paul | Director | 2005-11-17 | 2008-07-22 |
| ROBINSON, David James | Director | 1995-09-21 | 2004-05-24 |
| RODRIGUES, Cedric Matthew, Dr | Director | 2008-07-15 | 2012-03-12 |
| SCOTT, Samantha Jane | Director | 2016-09-12 | 2020-06-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ylem Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.