EHV UK LIMITED
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Cash
£640k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£9.3m
-93.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
117
-43.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£188m
+474.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £327,232,000 | £328,658,000 | £222,149,000 | -32.4% | |
| Operating profit | £27,427,000 | £24,608,000 | £15,731,000 | -36.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £33,983,000 | £32,785,000 | £188,418,000 | +474.7% | |
| Net profit | £27,153,000 | £25,152,000 | £182,709,000 | +626.4% | |
| Cash | £22,000 | — | £640,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £128,441,000 | £153,593,000 | £9,302,000 | -93.9% | |
| Net assets | £128,441,000 | £153,593,000 | £9,302,000 | -93.9% | |
| Equity | £128,441,000 | £153,593,000 | £9,302,000 | -93.9% | |
| Average employees | 210 | 206 | 117 | -43.2% | |
| Wages | £15,292,000 | £16,739,000 | £9,052,000 | -45.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £846,000 | £848,000 | £300,000 | -64.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £452,000 | £498,000 | £247,000 | -50.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.4% | 7.5% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 7.7% | 82.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.4% | 16.0% | 169.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.5% | 34.5% | 83.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.60x | 2.90x | 1.20x |
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
- EHV UK LIMITED 2026-07-20 → present
- RB UK HYGIENE HOME COMMERCIAL LIMITED 2018-03-29 → 2026-07-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the assessment and the forecasts prepared, the directors believe that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence without significant curtailment of its operations for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of approval of this report. Accordingly, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company undertook certain transactions as part of a wider Reckitt group restructuring undertaken in preparation for the disposal of the Company by the Reckitt Group to the Vestacy Group on 31 December 2025.”
- “On 11 April 2025, the Company paid a cash dividend of £130,000k to Reckitt Benckiser (Hygiene Home) Holdings Limited, the Company's former parent undertaking.”
- “On the same date, the Company has transferred its 100% investment in RB Hygiene Home Austria GmbH to Reckitt Benckiser (Hygiene Home) Holdings limited in form of dividend in specie.”
- “On 18 November 2025, the Company paid a further cash dividend of £197,000k to Essential Holdings Limited, the Company's new parent undertaking.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEENAN, Cathryn Lucy | Secretary | 2025-12-31 | — | — |
| MOORE, Alice Elizabeth | Director | 2025-12-31 | Nov 1977 | British |
| SARGENT, John Anthony, Mr. | Director | 2026-01-30 | Dec 1979 | British |
| SKARDON, Hannah Marie | Director | 2025-12-31 | Apr 1987 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODGES, James Edward | Secretary | 2020-06-08 | 2025-02-08 |
| KENWARD, Sally | Secretary | 2025-02-08 | 2025-12-31 |
| LOGAN, Christine Anne-Marie | Secretary | 2018-03-29 | 2020-06-08 |
| BICAK, Serra | Director | 2020-09-11 | 2022-05-27 |
| CHANDARANA, Rohit | Director | 2018-03-29 | 2021-06-21 |
| GILLIOT, Eric | Director | 2018-03-29 | 2020-09-11 |
| GUILLERMARD, Karine | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2026-01-30 |
| LILLEY, Stephanie Emma | Director | 2022-05-27 | 2025-02-18 |
| MARTINEZ, Luis Felipe Zafra | Director | 2021-06-21 | 2023-02-01 |
| TAYLOR, Russell James Gordon | Director | 2025-02-05 | 2025-12-31 |
| TOTH, Tamas | Director | 2025-02-05 | 2025-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavender Uk Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-12-31 | Active |
| Reckitt Benckiser (Hygiene Home) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-29 | Ceased 2025-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-20 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-20 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-07-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-05-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-05-19 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-22 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2025-03-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.