THE EMPIRE HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-28 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-05 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-21
Watchouts
Cash
£94K
+133.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5M
-3.1% vs 2023
Employees
45
-15.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3K
+99.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Adverse
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £5,186,405 | £5,628,568 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£145,578 | £558,856 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£525,264 | -£3,266 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £277,137 | — | — | -£475,224 | -£37,239 | |
| Cash | — | — | £5,783 | — | — | £40,431 | £94,363 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £7,031,522 | — | — | £5,826,913 | £5,627,895 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £2,452,951 | — | — | £5,453,610 | £5,282,030 | |
| Equity | -£104,099 | £2,436,964 | £2,452,951 | £2,397,202 | £1,434,865 | £5,453,610 | £5,282,030 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 53 | 45 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £2,703,956 | £2,395,230 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | £11,066 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+8.5%
£5,186,405 £5,628,568
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Cash
+133.4%
£40,431 £94,363
highest in 3 filed years
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Net assets
-3.1%
£5,453,610 £5,282,030
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Employees
-15.1%
53 45
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Operating profit
+483.9%
-£145,578 £558,856
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Profit before tax
+99.4%
-£525,264 -£3,266
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Wages
-11.4%
£2,703,956 £2,395,230
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -2.8% | 9.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -9.2% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -2.5% | 9.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.00x | 0.59x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -0.37x | 0.96x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Brebners
- Audit opinion
- Adverse
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of the above, and after making enquires and taking into account the combination of the circumstances outlined above, the director believes he has a reasonable expectation that both the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the director continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE EMPIRE HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- The Empire Design Company Limited 98%
- Empire Digital Limited 98%
- Empire New York Corporation Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Included within other debtors are unsecured interest-free amounts due from entities under common control totalling £2,589,915 (2023 - £6,805,165), and investments in the same entities amounting to £4,000,000 (2023 - £Nil), which, based on conditions at the year end and prior year end respectively, we considered to be impaired.”
- “Subsequent to the year end, there were payments to non-controlling interests amounting to £108,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURDGE, Stephen Charles | Director | 2002-06-21 | Oct 1967 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLIGHT, David Robert | Secretary | 2002-06-21 | 2023-08-18 |
| THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-06-21 | 2002-06-21 |
| LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-06-21 | 2002-06-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Charles Burdge | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-23 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-03-12 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-09-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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.