EMS GROUP SOLUTIONS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-19 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+71.2% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£11M
-15.3% vs 2023
Employees
130
-13.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-119.1% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £17,673,618 | £15,552,383 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,848,133 | -£859,846 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £9,926,254 | -£1,898,188 | |
| Net profit | — | £0 | £3,441,918 | £10,098,803 | -£2,065,080 | |
| Cash | — | £0 | £1,768,446 | £1,075,518 | £1,841,082 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £26,965,460 | £27,432,352 | |
| Net assets | — | £400 | £3,442,318 | £13,541,121 | £11,476,041 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £13,541,121 | £11,476,041 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 105 | 150 | 130 | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 | £2,958,453 | £3,186,270 | £3,467,791 | |
| 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 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-12%
£17,673,618 £15,552,383
-
Cash
+71.2%
£1,075,518 £1,841,082
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-15.3%
£13,541,121 £11,476,041
-
Employees
-13.3%
150 130
-
Operating profit
-146.5%
£1,848,133 -£859,846
-
Profit before tax
-119.1%
£9,926,254 -£1,898,188
-
Wages
+8.8%
£3,186,270 £3,467,791
highest in 5 filed years
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 10.5% | -5.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 57.1% | -13.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 6.9% | -3.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.12x | 1.48x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 2.00x | -0.82x |
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
- DSG Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group 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. A private equity investment by Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) on 25th January 2022 and the subsequent refinancing with Lloyds Banking Group has provided the group with cash and the ability to borrow to fund its growth plan. This is further supported by the group having several long-term contracts that will continue to generate revenue and there is visibility in the sales pipeline of new contracts into the future. The group will continue to maintain a sound financial plan and continue to monitor key financial indicators, to identify and address any potential risks. A cross company guarantee exists across group companies. Based on the above, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- EMS GROUP SOLUTIONS LTD · parent
- EMS EMEA Limited 100%
- EMS Production Limited 100%
- EMS Healthcare Limited 100%
- Event Marketing Solutions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In March 2025, the group launched its first-ever Social Impact Report at The Houses of Parliament. The launch coincided with the group's 25th anniversary, demonstrates how the group has been breaking down barriers to healthcare and accelerating clinical research, ensuring that location, mobility, or circumstance never stand in the way of receiving quality care or participating in vital studies.”
- “Restructuring and reorganisation charges include staff redundancy costs, costs of refinancing and other associated costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTIN, Keith Harrison | Director | 2021-03-30 | Jul 1964 | British |
| GRACE, Clare Angela, Dr | Director | 2024-02-05 | Jul 1973 | British |
| HESBERT, Christophe | Director | 2021-03-30 | Jul 1982 | French |
| JOHNSTON, Iain Barrie | Director | 2021-03-30 | Jan 1966 | British |
| KENDREW, Cassie Anne | Director | 2021-03-30 | May 1980 | British |
| STEPHENS, Alexander Edward | Director | 2022-10-19 | Sep 1976 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEGG, David Jason | Secretary | 2021-03-30 | 2022-03-17 |
| LEGG, David Jason | Director | 2021-03-30 | 2022-03-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ems Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-01-25 | Active |
| Mr Keith Harrison Austin | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-06-16 | Ceased 2022-01-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- 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.