EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-17 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£24K
-10% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
+6.6% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
43
+2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£274K
+39% first positive since 2021
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,747,187 | £11,616,134 | — | — | £9,527,287 | £11,757,125 | |
| Operating profit | £386,736 | -£395,573 | — | — | £286,652 | £362,012 | |
| Profit before tax | £357,886 | -£401,506 | £306,155 | £624,068 | £197,298 | £274,174 | |
| Net profit | £278,949 | -£332,818 | £234,855 | £503,013 | £141,861 | £184,252 | |
| Cash | £3,294 | £244,981 | £173,083 | £18,559 | £26,681 | £24,002 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,060,068 | £1,486,470 | £1,397,250 | £1,527,284 | £1,231,744 | £1,132,295 | |
| Net assets | £1,040,589 | £554,991 | £647,406 | £1,002,746 | £1,060,407 | £1,129,866 | |
| Equity | £1,040,589 | £554,991 | £647,406 | £1,002,746 | £1,060,407 | £1,129,866 | |
| Average employees | 65 | 65 | 64 | 74 | 42 | 43 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £3,354,769 | £4,026,042 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £75,172 | £120,933 | £116,050 | £112,699 | £141,981 | £162,646 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+23.4%
£9,527,287 £11,757,125
-
Cash
-10%
£26,681 £24,002
-
Net assets
+6.6%
£1,060,407 £1,129,866
highest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
+2.4%
42 43
-
Operating profit
+26.3%
£286,652 £362,012
first positive since 2021
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Profit before tax
+39%
£197,298 £274,174
first positive since 2021
-
Wages
+20%
£3,354,769 £4,026,042
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | -3.4% | — | — | 3.0% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | -2.9% | — | — | 1.5% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.5% | -26.6% | — | — | 23.3% | 32.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.60x | 1.46x | |
| Interest cover | 13.32x | -65.90x | — | — | 3.17x | 4.09x |
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
- EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2014-04-11 → present
- FIRST LOGISTICS LTD 1998-02-03 → 2014-04-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Despite the challenges caused by these issues, the directors remain confident the company has adequate financial resources to continue trading and do not consider that they have caused a material uncertainty over the company's ability to remain a going concern.”
Significant events
- “With effect from the 1st April 2023 the main two trading divisions of Employment Solutions Limited were de-merged, with the nuclear and defence steel erection business, ES Steel, now trading within its own legal entity, ES Steel Limited (company number 05891246).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTIE, David James | Secretary | 2023-12-08 | — | — |
| DAVIES, Neil Phillip | Director | 2007-08-16 | Feb 1974 | British |
| FRODSHAM, Carolyn | Director | 2007-08-16 | Jun 1963 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANCUM, Craig Gareth | Secretary | 2018-12-01 | 2022-01-07 |
| LEA, Christopher Andrew | Secretary | 2022-12-20 | 2023-12-08 |
| LEA, Christopher Andrew | Secretary | 2022-01-07 | 2022-01-07 |
| PILKINGTON, Ian | Secretary | 1998-02-06 | 2018-11-19 |
| SILVERSTONE, Alexandra | Nominee Secretary | 1998-02-03 | 1998-02-03 |
| GOODFELLOW, Alexander | Director | 2004-07-16 | 2007-08-16 |
| HALLIWELL, Krista | Director | 2007-08-16 | 2008-09-02 |
| HYLAND, Sarie | Director | 2007-08-16 | 2008-09-02 |
| MANNERS FENTON, Maureen | Director | 1998-02-06 | 2005-09-12 |
| PILKINGTON, Ian | Director | 2007-08-16 | 2018-01-15 |
| SILVERSTONE, Michael Sheldon | Nominee Director | 1998-02-03 | 1998-02-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Carolyn Frodsham | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-05 |
| Mr Neil Phillip Davies | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-05 |
| Mr Ian Pilkington | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-15 |
| Employment Solutions (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-17 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-17 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.