ERM CERTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£657K
USD 877,482
+25.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.8M
USD 5,091,327
+17.5% vs 2024
Employees
38
-9.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£766K
USD 1,022,555
+56.5% vs 2024
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
2-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £5,860,752 | £6,508,723 | +11.1% | |
| Operating profit | £112,058 | £386,628 | +245% | |
| Profit before tax | £489,111 | £765,500 | +56.5% | |
| Net profit | £367,663 | £567,520 | +54.4% | |
| Cash | £523,191 | £656,896 | +25.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,243,924 | £3,811,444 | +17.5% | |
| Net assets | £3,243,924 | £3,811,444 | +17.5% | |
| Equity | £3,243,924 | £3,811,444 | +17.5% | |
| Average employees | 42 | 38 | -9.5% | |
| Wages | £2,805,104 | £2,640,281 | -5.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £147,574 | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.749 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 1.9% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.5% | 10.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.7% | 30.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.24x | 3.26x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- ERM CERTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION SERVICES LIMITED 1996-02-02 → present
- SPEED 5332 LIMITED 1996-01-16 → 1996-02-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors, have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ERM CERTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- ERM Certification & Verification Services Incorporated 100%
- ERM CVS Shanghai Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADSHAW, Jonathan | Secretary | 2024-09-24 | — | — |
| HOEFNAGEL, Sabine | Director | 2024-07-30 | Aug 1970 | Dutch |
| OLIVEIRA PITANGA, Carlos Roberto | Director | 2025-06-20 | Mar 1969 | Brazilian |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHWORTH, Gordon Neville | Secretary | 1996-01-23 | 2001-01-04 |
| COCHRANE, Simon | Secretary | 2007-03-09 | 2007-11-06 |
| GERRARD, Martin Joseph | Secretary | 2007-11-06 | 2017-03-31 |
| GERRARD, Martin Joseph | Secretary | 2005-01-29 | 2005-12-23 |
| HERRING, Serena Glenda | Secretary | 2005-12-23 | 2007-03-09 |
| REED, Catherine Anna | Secretary | 2001-01-14 | 2005-01-28 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-01-16 | 1996-01-23 |
| ASHWORTH, Gordon Neville | Director | 1996-01-23 | 2001-01-04 |
| BIDWELL, Robin | Director | 2001-03-21 | 2001-04-11 |
| CIEUTAT, Barrett | Director | 2018-03-28 | 2021-05-05 |
| CIEUTAT, Barrett | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2014-06-11 |
| JENKINS, Michael David | Director | 2014-06-11 | 2021-05-05 |
| KELLER, Philip Henry | Director | 2001-01-14 | 2006-09-29 |
| KRAUS, Brian | Director | 1996-01-23 | 2007-11-01 |
| LLOYD, Leigh Mary | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| NARASIMHAN, Ramesh | Director | 2024-04-05 | 2025-06-20 |
| SILVERBECK, Andrew David | Director | 2007-03-09 | 2018-03-28 |
| STRAWN, Timothy Mason | Director | 2021-05-05 | 2024-07-30 |
| WILSON, Peter | Director | 2021-05-05 | 2024-04-05 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-01-16 | 1996-01-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erm Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-02-02 | Active |
| Erm-Europe, Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-02-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.