ESSENTIAL ACCESS PLATFORMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-29 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-15
Watchouts
Cash
£218K
+90.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1M
+65.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
47
+34.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
+9.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £11,091,732 | £16,257,102 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,545,924 | £3,101,501 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,530,921 | £1,679,794 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,079,860 | £1,225,507 | |
| Cash | £68,373 | — | £114,345 | £218,003 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £869,420 | — | £10,125,481 | £11,852,993 | |
| Net assets | £91,056 | — | £839,321 | £1,390,493 | |
| Equity | — | — | £839,321 | £1,390,493 | |
| Average employees | 9 | — | 35 | 47 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,146,973 | £1,662,640 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £54,733 | £36,567 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
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Turnover
+46.6%
£11,091,732 £16,257,102
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Cash
+90.7%
£114,345 £218,003
highest in 3 filed years
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Net assets
+65.7%
£839,321 £1,390,493
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+34.3%
35 47
highest in 3 filed years
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Operating profit
+21.8%
£2,545,924 £3,101,501
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Profit before tax
+9.7%
£1,530,921 £1,679,794
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Wages
+45%
£1,146,973 £1,662,640
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 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 23.0% | 19.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 9.7% | 7.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 25.1% | 26.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 94.9% | 94.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.64x | — | 0.50x | 0.40x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 2.51x | 2.16x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors prepared detailed cash flow forecasts covering at least twelve months from approval date, reflecting operations, growth, repayment profiles, and working capital movements. They reviewed the invoice discounting facility and are satisfied the Company will operate within existing facilities with sufficient headroom throughout the going concern period.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year-end, liabilities totalling £5.5 million that were due within one year at the reporting date have either been settled via asset sales or refinanced under longer-term arrangements. These transactions occurred after the reporting date and are non-adjusting events.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Paul Robert | Director | 2021-11-10 | Jul 1979 | British |
| LANG, Christian James | Director | 2021-08-02 | Sep 1987 | British |
| ROGERS, Matthew James | Director | 2022-09-26 | Sep 1988 | British |
| VILLER, Stephanie | Director | 2025-04-30 | Jul 1996 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENNESSEY, Christopher Paul | Director | 2021-08-02 | 2025-03-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential Access Platforms Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-03-20 | Active |
| Mr Christian James Lang | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-08-02 | Ceased 2025-03-20 |
| Mr Paul Robert Armstrong | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-11-10 | Ceased 2025-03-20 |
| Mr Christopher Paul Hennessey | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-02 | Ceased 2021-11-10 |
| Mr Christian James Lang | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-02 | Ceased 2021-11-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 43 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-09-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-28 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-07-26 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2023-07-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-07-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-07-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.