ECOM AGROTRADE LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2K
USD 3,000
-78.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£114M
USD 152,834,000
+25.4% vs 2024
Employees
85
+9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£31M
USD 40,806,000
+209.1% first positive since 2024
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Our short-form breakdown of ECOM AGROTRADE LIMITED's latest filing
Ecom Agrotrade sees profit double and boardroom pay jump as margins widen. ☕️
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £844,166,791 | £2,328,290,912 | £2,241,601,288 | -3.7% | |
| Operating profit | £61,586,315 | £43,188,352 | £86,592,304 | +100.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £37,503,369 | -£27,996,706 | £30,547,986 | +209.1% | |
| Net profit | £28,585,866 | -£25,555,472 | £23,153,167 | +190.6% | |
| Cash | £10,481 | £10,481 | £2,246 | -78.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £122,671,807 | £96,360,982 | £120,738,883 | +25.3% | |
| Net assets | £116,816,140 | £91,260,668 | £114,413,834 | +25.4% | |
| Equity | £116,816,140 | £91,260,668 | £114,413,834 | +25.4% | |
| Average employees | 66 | 78 | 85 | +9% | |
| Wages | £12,888,906 | £16,896,991 | £16,684,384 | -1.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,896,767 | £2,291,511 | £4,405,600 | +92.3% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.3% | 1.9% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | -1.1% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 50.2% | 44.8% | 71.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.4% | 95.8% | 89.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.12x | — | — | |
| Interest cover | 2.41x | 0.55x | 1.48x |
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
- ECOM AGROTRADE LIMITED 2014-06-10 → present
- ARMAJARO TRADING LIMITED 1998-06-04 → 2014-06-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ECOM AGROTRADE LIMITED · parent
- Agro ECOM Ghana Limited 99.93%
- West Africa Warehouse Co. Ltd 100%
- Unicom Holding B.V 100%
- Armajaro Coffee Limited 100%
- Armajaro Nigeria Limited 100%
- ARL Commodities Limited 100%
- Armajaro Vietnam Limited 100%
- Armajaro Tanzania Limited 99.99%
- Sustainable Management Services Ghana Limited 100%
- Cofco Ghana Limited 100%
- Unicom Commodities Ghana Limited 100%
- Salmon Company Limited 100%
- Sisli Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHOPRA, Imogen | Secretary | 2013-07-22 | — | — |
| FALCONER, Andrew David | Director | 2016-07-14 | May 1967 | British |
| HAYLEY, Alec William | Director | 2025-11-14 | Oct 1962 | British |
| WASSEIGE, Nicolas De | Director | 2014-09-16 | Jan 1969 | Belgian |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BORMANN, Peter Matthias | Secretary | 2008-12-23 | 2012-07-25 |
| LAMBERT, Martin Harold, Mr. | Secretary | 1998-06-04 | 2001-03-01 |
| POLLOCK, Timothy Anthony Hugo | Secretary | 2008-02-07 | 2008-12-23 |
| RYAN, Richard Ignatius | Secretary | 2001-03-01 | 2007-08-31 |
| SPENCER, Timothy David | Secretary | 2007-08-31 | 2008-02-07 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-06-04 | 1998-06-04 |
| AITKEN QUACK, Peter Noel | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2007-08-23 |
| BORMANN, Peter Matthias | Director | 2010-04-29 | 2013-06-14 |
| BRICKELL, Adrian James | Director | 2010-04-29 | 2012-05-11 |
| DEBENHAM, Nicholas Reginald Peter, Mr. | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2013-11-13 |
| DENDLE, Mark | Director | 2013-11-12 | 2016-07-14 |
| GOWER, Richard Ivon Alexander | Director | 2012-10-08 | 2014-05-23 |
| GOWER, Richard Ivon Alexander | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2004-04-22 |
| GRACE, Nigel George William | Director | 2013-06-14 | 2013-07-28 |
| GROEN, Wilhelmus Gerhard Jacobus Johannes, Mr. | Director | 2010-10-14 | 2011-07-19 |
| HAYLEY, Alec William | Director | 2014-06-03 | 2018-07-20 |
| HODGE, Simon | Director | 2018-07-26 | 2023-07-27 |
| HUTCHINSON, Michael John, Mr. | Director | 2011-04-13 | 2013-01-29 |
| LAMBERT, Martin Harold, Mr. | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2001-03-01 |
| MCNOUGHER, Paul David | Director | 2023-01-11 | 2025-10-31 |
| MENU, Carolus Johannes Joseph Marie | Director | 2006-02-08 | 2007-08-23 |
| MONK, Paul Charles | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2010-04-29 |
| PATEMAN, Stephanie | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2013-11-13 |
| PONCELET, Alain Philippe | Director | 2013-11-12 | 2021-01-25 |
| RYAN, Richard Ignatius | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2012-12-05 |
| SINGH, Jasbir | Director | 2008-01-07 | 2011-07-19 |
| SLINGER, Andrew Mark, Mr. | Director | 2011-01-19 | 2011-07-19 |
| SPARLING, Terence James Martin | Director | 2008-09-23 | 2009-09-22 |
| SPENCER, Timothy David | Director | 2007-08-31 | 2008-02-07 |
| STONE, Andrew Jonathan | Director | 2012-07-25 | 2013-07-28 |
| TOLLER, Guy Henry | Director | 2011-03-15 | 2013-11-13 |
| TOLLER, Guy Henry | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2011-02-01 |
| TREGAR, David Paul | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2014-05-23 |
| VEENSTRA, Guido Aris | Director | 2005-01-24 | 2005-10-27 |
| VENABLES, Anthony William Edward, Mr. | Director | 2005-02-28 | 2013-10-08 |
| WARD, Anthony Richard Bangor, Mr. | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2010-04-29 |
| WILKS, Ana Luiza Vohringer | Director | 2008-09-23 | 2012-07-25 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-06-04 | 1998-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecom Agrotrade Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-06-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 423 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-21 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.