ESLAND NORTH LIMITED
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Cash
£890k
-6% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.9m
-25.9% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
872
+37.3% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.8m
+5.6% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £21,115,241 | £21,925,754 | £29,491,281 | £34,625,631 | £41,630,919 | +20.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£599,712 | -£1,033,312 | -£1,411,329 | -£1,877,844 | -£1,803,245 | +4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£594,410 | -£1,036,848 | -£1,461,064 | -£1,917,231 | -£1,810,664 | +5.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,332,777 | -£679,853 | -£830,720 | -£1,479,394 | -£1,839,672 | -£1,729,126 | +6% | |
| Cash | £246,997 | £164,328 | £293,917 | £1,587,083 | £946,947 | £889,985 | -6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £10,958,406 | £10,017,290 | £8,516,361 | £6,676,689 | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | £10,826,475 | £9,995,755 | £8,516,361 | £6,676,689 | £4,947,563 | -25.9% | |
| Equity | £11,506,328 | £10,826,475 | £9,995,755 | £8,516,361 | £6,676,689 | £4,947,563 | -25.9% | |
| Average employees | 306 | 402 | 418 | 503 | 635 | 872 | +37.3% | |
| Wages | — | £11,579,511 | £12,182,869 | £16,501,310 | £19,775,971 | £23,198,066 | +17.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £601,888 | £618,608 | £534,311 | £448,753 | £356,838 | £363,036 | +1.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | £15,251 | £13,601 | £14,810 | +8.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | £206,000 | £209,640 | £210,806 | +0.6% |
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 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -2.8% | -4.7% | -4.8% | -5.4% | -4.3% | |
| Net margin | — | -3.2% | -3.8% | -5.0% | -5.3% | -4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -5.5% | -10.3% | -16.6% | -28.1% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 57.1% | 16.9% | 30.0% | 36.8% | 45.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.74x | 2.11x | 1.78x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -28.37x | -47.68x | — |
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
- ESLAND NORTH LIMITED 2014-01-10 → present
- INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION LIMITED 2001-03-19 → 2014-01-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group 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 annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company is bound by an intra-group cross guarantee in respect of bank debt with other members of the group, headed by its parent undertaking at the balance sheet date, Picnic Topco Limited. The amount guaranteed at 30 November 2025 is £67,356,248 (2024 - £60,746,279).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALDERBANK, Mark Jefferson | Director | 2022-10-10 | May 1979 | British |
| PALMER, Jill Frances | Director | 2021-11-08 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BULLER, Abigail Joanna | Secretary | 2016-10-13 | 2019-02-04 |
| FORD, Kerry Louisa | Secretary | 2012-01-18 | 2013-02-15 |
| GRAEME, Dorothy May | Nominee Secretary | 2001-03-19 | 2001-03-19 |
| IMRIE, Colin Alister | Secretary | 2001-03-19 | 2006-12-21 |
| SHARP, Linda Kay | Secretary | 2006-12-21 | 2012-01-18 |
| BARLOW, James | Director | 2020-02-10 | 2023-03-27 |
| BROWNLEES, Elizabeth | Director | 2020-02-10 | 2021-09-10 |
| BULLER, Peter Neil | Director | 2019-02-04 | 2019-09-12 |
| CHESSMAN, Norman | Director | 2012-11-02 | 2014-05-08 |
| FORD, Kerry Louisa | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2013-02-15 |
| GRAEME, Lesley Joyce | Nominee Director | 2001-03-19 | 2001-03-19 |
| IMRIE, Colin Alister | Director | 2001-03-19 | 2006-12-21 |
| JARRETT, Patricia | Director | 2020-01-22 | 2021-08-19 |
| JUSTICE, Kevin Thomas | Director | 2019-05-06 | 2022-10-10 |
| KASHYAP, Charu | Director | 2020-01-22 | 2021-10-20 |
| LEATHERLAND, Kathryn Maria | Director | 2020-02-10 | 2020-09-30 |
| NOWAKIEWICZ, Slawomir Bartlomiej | Director | 2020-10-13 | 2021-03-24 |
| RAI, Surjit Singh | Director | 2013-12-05 | 2017-03-30 |
| REYNOLDS, Simon | Director | 2021-06-18 | 2022-04-01 |
| SHARP, Linda Kay | Director | 2006-12-21 | 2011-03-09 |
| SHARP, Roger William | Director | 2001-03-19 | 2011-07-31 |
| SIM, Lyndsey | Director | 2019-02-04 | 2020-02-04 |
| STAMP, John | Director | 2010-10-25 | 2019-02-04 |
| STAMP, Joshua Reuben | Director | 2016-08-10 | 2019-02-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Esland Group Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.