ENVIRONMENTAL COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-11 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-27
Watchouts
Cash
£873K
highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£2M
highest in 5 filed years
Employees
36
Average over period
Profit before tax
£29M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Disclaimer of opinion
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £2,841,466 | £3,471,490 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£3,357,102 | £31,404,310 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£4,947,040 | £29,483,144 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£5,167,148 | £29,483,144 | |
| Cash | £679,147 | £167,076 | £313,354 | £96,621 | £873,016 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,024,128 | £2,298,033 | £2,102,607 | £3,195,218 | £2,675,402 | |
| Net assets | -£584,489 | -£11,546,091 | -£15,878,256 | -£26,554,742 | £1,888,402 | |
| Equity | -£584,489 | -£11,546,091 | -£15,878,256 | -£26,554,742 | £1,888,402 | |
| Average employees | 24 | 46 | 54 | 41 | 36 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — |
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 2023-09-30
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -118.1% | — | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -181.8% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -105.1% | 1173.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 4.10x | 4.06x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -2.08x | 16.11x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-10-21
- ENVIRONMENTAL COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 2024-10-21 → present
- MATTHEWS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2015-09-21 → 2024-10-21
- TODAYSURE MATTHEWS LIMITED 2011-12-19 → 2015-09-21
- LUPFAW 329 LIMITED 2011-10-27 → 2011-12-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Buckle Barton Limited
- Audit opinion
- Disclaimer of opinion
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In October 2024 the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Environmental Combustion Technologies (Holdings) Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom. This was part of a management buy out and the company exited the Matthews International group.”
- “As part of the buy out and putting in place the new holding company the former parent company agreed to waive a loan due to it from the company of over £36m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COE, Leslie John | Director | 2024-10-14 | Sep 1951 | British |
| ROSS, Darren Patrick | Director | 2024-10-14 | May 1992 | British |
| WILTSHIRE, Stewart Anthony | Director | 2023-09-14 | Jun 1969 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTOLACCI, Joseph Carlo | Director | 2011-12-30 | 2024-10-14 |
| EMSLEY, Kevin Harry | Director | 2011-10-27 | 2011-12-30 |
| OBEID, Zuheir Sameer | Director | 2021-12-01 | 2023-09-14 |
| RAHILL, Paul | Director | 2011-12-30 | 2020-02-14 |
| ROMANELLI, Pier Luigi | Director | 2011-12-30 | 2024-10-14 |
| SCHOFIELD, John Robert | Director | 2011-12-30 | 2015-07-10 |
| SCHOFIELD, Karen Jayne | Director | 2011-12-30 | 2015-07-10 |
| SMITH, Paul Jason | Director | 2020-02-14 | 2021-12-01 |
| LUPFAW FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2011-10-27 | 2011-12-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Combustion Technologies (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-10-14 | Active |
| Schawk Wace Group | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-09-26 | Ceased 2024-10-14 |
| Matthews Corporation Holding Company (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-21 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-10-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-21 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.