EMPOWERING PEOPLE INSPIRING COMMUNITIES LIMITED
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Cash
£1.5m
+8.2% vs 2025
Net assets
£31m
+2.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
34
+3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£753k
-17.7% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
EMPOWERING PEOPLE INSPIRING COMMUNITIES LIMITED·Real Estate median
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EMPOWERING PEOPLE INSPIRING COMMUNITIES LIMITED·Real Estate median
EMPOWERING PEOPLE INSPIRING COMMUNITIES LIMITED·Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £6,170,820 | £6,751,835 | £6,856,741 | +1.6% | |
| Operating profit | £848,929 | £1,386,306 | £1,146,120 | -17.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £342,761 | £914,614 | £752,692 | -17.7% | |
| Net profit | £342,761 | £914,614 | £752,692 | -17.7% | |
| Cash | £2,815,432 | £1,420,005 | £1,535,796 | +8.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,663,948 | £52,920,448 | £52,817,517 | -0.2% | |
| Net assets | £28,811,339 | £29,799,079 | £30,587,773 | +2.6% | |
| Equity | £28,811,339 | £29,799,079 | £30,587,773 | +2.6% | |
| Average employees | 28 | 33 | 34 | +3% | |
| Wages | £1,205,766 | £1,434,117 | £1,533,523 | +6.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £34,400 | £413,894 | £339,398 | -18% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £16,663 | £30,573 | +83.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £95,354 | £95,400 | £95,111 | -0.3% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.8% | 20.5% | 16.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 13.5% | 11.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.6% | 2.6% | 2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.7% | 45.3% | 44.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.69x | 2.85x | 2.26x | |
| Interest cover | 1.65x | 2.74x | 2.37x |
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
- EMPOWERING PEOPLE INSPIRING COMMUNITIES LIMITED 2007-03-27 → present
- BENTILEE COMMUNITY HOUSING LIMITED 1997-03-14 → 2007-03-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Association's financial statements have been prepared on a going-concern basis which assumes an ability to continue operating for the foreseeable future. No significant concerns have been noted, and we consider it appropriate to continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- EMPOWERING PEOPLE INSPIRING COMMUNITIES LIMITED · parent
- EPIC Regeneration Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In July 2025, following a regulatory inspection by the Regulator of Social Housing our Governance rating was upgraded to G1, we received our first grading against the Consumer Standards, C1 and maintained our Viability rating of V2.”
- “During 2025-26 there were six property disposals that generated sales proceeds of £618k and a profit on disposal of £165k.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 106 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAW, Sharon | Secretary | 2024-08-05 | — | — |
| BRAGG, Alun Christian | Director | 2023-04-01 | Jun 1976 | British |
| CHALLINOR, Rachel Heather | Director | 2021-10-28 | Jul 1975 | English |
| DODWELL, Margaret | Director | 2023-04-01 | Jul 1967 | British |
| ELLIOTT, Christopher Alexander | Director | 2026-04-01 | Feb 1964 | British |
| JHAWAR, Amandeep | Director | 2021-11-11 | Jun 1976 | British |
| MOORE, Jonathan David | Director | 2023-04-01 | Sep 1970 | British |
| MORTON, Robert Philip | Director | 2024-02-22 | Jun 1971 | British |
| NEWMARCH, David Arthur | Director | 2021-10-28 | May 1970 | British |
| RICHARDS, Jemma Louise | Director | 2026-04-01 | Jul 1974 | British |
| WILSON, Simon John | Director | 2023-04-01 | Jun 1971 | British |
| WYER, Daniel Robert | Director | 2026-04-01 | Jul 1984 | British |
Show 106 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIBBS, Leonard | Secretary | 1997-04-16 | 2021-06-30 |
| GLASS, Daniel Wilde | Secretary | 2022-07-26 | 2024-08-05 |
| KELLOCK, Susan Mairi | Secretary | 2021-06-30 | 2021-10-12 |
| RANCE, Rebecca | Secretary | 2021-10-12 | 2022-07-26 |
| SECKER, Tonia Edith Dorothy | Secretary | 1997-03-14 | 1997-04-16 |
| ALLEN, Nancy | Director | 2003-11-25 | 2005-05-23 |
| ALLEN, Nancy | Director | 2000-08-10 | 2002-08-29 |
| ASQUITH, Gaynor | Director | 2000-10-13 | 2001-04-19 |
| BAMFORD, Karl Roger | Director | 1999-03-02 | 2005-08-05 |
| BARCROFT, Iris | Director | 1997-04-16 | 2000-07-07 |
| BATKIN, Steven | Director | 2008-07-08 | 2011-05-26 |
| BELL, Joan, Councillor | Director | 2008-08-07 | 2009-09-01 |
| BENTLEY, June Elizabeth | Director | 2009-09-10 | 2011-09-14 |
| BLOOR, Philip, Councillor | Director | 2000-06-26 | 2001-09-27 |
| BOWEN, Idwal Thomas, Councillor | Director | 1997-04-16 | 2000-06-05 |
| BRANDUM, Patricia Elizabeth | Director | 2000-10-13 | 2001-12-31 |
| BRENNAN, Thomas | Director | 1999-06-08 | 2000-06-05 |
| BRINDLEY, John | Director | 2001-09-27 | 2008-08-07 |
| BRINDLEY, John | Director | 1998-01-20 | 1998-12-20 |
| BROWN, Gillian Margaret | Director | 2000-08-10 | 2004-06-22 |
| BROWN, Jacqueline Anne | Director | 2013-03-19 | 2016-01-28 |
| CHARLES, Albert Frederick | Director | 2006-01-31 | 2012-09-13 |
| CLARK, John Wilfred Spencer | Director | 1997-03-14 | 1997-04-16 |
| CONTEH, Randolph | Director | 2015-09-09 | 2016-06-02 |
| CROWE, Terence Frederick | Director | 1997-04-17 | 2000-06-05 |
| DALE, Rita, Councillor | Director | 2009-11-12 | 2011-05-26 |
| DAVIS, John Gilbert | Director | 2008-07-08 | 2011-05-26 |
| DAVIS, John Gilbert | Director | 2002-06-07 | 2006-05-04 |
| DOWNS, Kenneth, Councillor | Director | 2004-08-06 | 2008-05-28 |
| DULSON, Lisa Jayne | Director | 2019-09-10 | 2021-06-14 |
| EMERY, Robert John | Director | 2020-05-20 | 2026-05-19 |
| FENTON, Susan Ann | Director | 2008-02-07 | 2011-09-14 |
| FLOCK, John | Director | 2000-12-13 | 2010-08-29 |
| FUNNELL, Stephen Christopher, Cllr | Director | 2017-04-05 | 2023-03-31 |
| FURY, Alexander James | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2021-06-10 |
| GAMESON, Kenneth Derek | Director | 1997-04-16 | 1997-08-31 |
| GETHING, John Charles | Director | 2010-09-15 | 2019-09-10 |
| GOUDKET, Anna | Director | 2017-04-05 | 2017-08-01 |
| GRIFFITHS, David John | Director | 2008-08-07 | 2010-07-29 |
| HARRIES, Dawn | Director | 2017-07-25 | 2019-10-24 |
| HARVEY, Julie | Director | 2004-03-09 | 2006-12-21 |
| HASSALL, Graham | Director | 1997-04-16 | 1997-08-31 |
| HERBERT, Jenny | Director | 2011-09-14 | 2014-06-04 |
| HOLLAND, Robert Arkell | Director | 2014-02-04 | 2016-06-02 |
| HOLMES, Kirsty Elizabeth May | Director | 2014-06-04 | 2020-02-12 |
| HOLMES, William Barrie | Director | 1997-04-16 | 2000-06-05 |
| HUGHES, Jayne | Director | 1998-01-20 | 1999-12-20 |
| KENT, Robert William | Director | 2020-03-11 | 2022-12-06 |
| KNAPPER, Adrian Mark | Director | 2004-08-06 | 2008-08-07 |
| KNAPPER, Adrian Mark | Director | 2000-06-26 | 2002-06-07 |
| LEGGETT, Nicholas William Michael, Rev | Director | 2020-03-11 | 2025-12-09 |
| LEONARD, Dawn Clare | Director | 1997-04-16 | 2000-04-12 |
| LEWIS, Maurice | Director | 2004-06-22 | 2005-08-05 |
| LEWIS, Maurice | Director | 1998-03-25 | 1999-06-08 |
| LOWE, Geoffrey | Director | 2002-08-29 | 2003-07-28 |
| LOWE, Geoffrey | Director | 1997-04-16 | 2000-08-10 |
| LUNIO, Peter | Director | 2018-01-30 | 2023-09-21 |
| MASLEN, Nicholas Edmund John | Director | 1997-04-16 | 2000-06-12 |
| MASTERS, Julie Ann | Director | 2006-01-31 | 2007-11-26 |
| MATHAROO, Darshan Singh | Director | 2016-09-14 | 2020-11-18 |
| MAYER, Jean | Director | 2002-06-07 | 2004-08-06 |
| MCLAREN, Charles, Councillor | Director | 2001-09-27 | 2002-06-07 |
| MILROY, Andrew | Director | 2020-11-18 | 2022-09-06 |
| MILROY, Andrew | Director | 2018-10-30 | 2020-03-31 |
| MORREY, David Charles | Director | 1997-04-16 | 1998-04-06 |
| MOSS, Beatrice Eleanor | Director | 2008-08-07 | 2011-06-06 |
| NEVIN, Brendan | Director | 2000-08-10 | 2001-01-28 |
| PALMER, Jane Lesley | Director | 2005-05-23 | 2006-12-21 |
| PERRY, Robert Bruce Corbett | Director | 2000-08-10 | 2000-09-23 |
| PITT, Sheila Grace, Councillor | Director | 2011-05-26 | 2012-08-02 |
| PITT, Sheila Grace, Councillor | Director | 2005-08-05 | 2006-06-05 |
| POOLE, Dennis Thomas, Councillor | Director | 1997-04-16 | 1999-06-08 |
| POTTS, Kathleen Mary | Director | 2011-09-14 | 2014-02-04 |
| POTTS, Kathleen Mary | Director | 2003-05-20 | 2008-12-17 |
| POVEY, Donald Edwin | Director | 2002-06-07 | 2005-07-04 |
| POWELL, Juliet | Director | 2020-11-18 | 2022-09-06 |
| POYSER, Lorraine | Director | 2011-02-09 | 2017-04-05 |
| PROCTER, Elsie | Director | 2003-11-25 | 2006-07-12 |
| PROCTER, Elsie | Director | 1999-06-08 | 2002-08-29 |
| PROCTER, Elsie | Director | 1997-04-17 | 1997-09-22 |
| ROBB, Victoria | Director | 2018-09-04 | 2021-06-22 |
| SALMON, David John | Director | 2002-01-29 | 2004-10-21 |
| SALT, Doreen | Director | 1998-01-20 | 2002-02-11 |
| SEAMAN, Jacqueline Jean | Director | 2005-08-05 | 2014-09-10 |
| SECKER, Tonia Edith Dorothy | Director | 1997-03-14 | 1997-04-16 |
| SHAW, Pauline Ann | Director | 1999-06-08 | 2002-05-08 |
| SMALL, Colin Francis | Director | 2021-11-11 | 2024-09-30 |
| SMITH, Lee Darren | Director | 2014-06-04 | 2017-04-05 |
| SMITH, Mervin | Director | 2008-08-07 | 2010-07-29 |
| SORO, Moses Simon | Director | 2006-01-31 | 2006-08-09 |
| STEELE, John | Director | 1999-06-08 | 2000-08-10 |
| STONE, Andrew | Director | 2016-06-02 | 2021-09-21 |
| THOMPSON, Matthew | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2018-01-30 |
| TINSLEY, Brian, Councillor | Director | 2000-06-26 | 2002-05-03 |
| TOMKINSON, Mary Erica | Director | 2002-03-05 | 2008-05-28 |
| TURNER, Joan | Director | 2000-08-10 | 2005-02-28 |
| TURNER, Joan | Director | 1997-04-16 | 1999-06-08 |
| TURNER, Peter Robert | Director | 2019-11-27 | 2021-05-18 |
| TURNER, Peter | Director | 2017-07-25 | 2018-09-18 |
| VAUGHAN, Paul | Director | 2004-11-04 | 2013-03-19 |
| WALLACE, Graham | Director | 2000-06-26 | 2002-05-03 |
| WALTERS, Albert Henry | Director | 2002-08-29 | 2003-05-01 |
| WARD, Barrington | Director | 1997-04-16 | 1997-08-31 |
| WEDGWOOD, Alison Ruth | Director | 2012-08-02 | 2015-06-04 |
| WHITE, Andrew Jonathan Huston | Director | 1997-04-16 | 2000-07-04 |
| WOODS, Robert | Director | 2009-02-03 | 2014-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 323 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.