EUROPA TOOL COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-21 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£318K
-36% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-4.4% vs 2023
Employees
26
+18.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£131K
-25.7% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | — | — | — | — | — | £5,248,913 | £5,085,558 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£90,224 | -£108,962 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£104,451 | -£131,261 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£104,451 | -£131,261 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £496,251 | £317,750 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £3,228,681 | £3,127,300 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £3,015,113 | £2,883,852 | |
| Equity | £1,336,234 | £3,520,200 | £2,680,774 | £2,853,261 | £3,119,564 | £3,015,113 | £2,883,852 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 26 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £736,556 | £942,804 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £84,421 | £88,006 |
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
-3.1%
£5,248,913 £5,085,558
-
Cash
-36%
£496,251 £317,750
-
Net assets
-4.4%
£3,015,113 £2,883,852
-
Employees
+18.2%
22 26
-
Operating profit
-20.8%
-£90,224 -£108,962
-
Profit before tax
-25.7%
-£104,451 -£131,261
-
Wages
+28%
£736,556 £942,804
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 | — | — | — | — | — | -1.7% | -2.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -2.0% | -2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -2.8% | -3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 46.0% | 49.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.22x | 2.04x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -6.17x | -4.83x |
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
- EUROPA TOOL COMPANY LIMITED 1996-03-07 → present
- GLASILAN LIMITED 1996-02-07 → 1996-03-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Leigh Christou Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the 7th February 2025 Troy (UK) Limited; a buying group representing a proportion of the Company's customers went into administration. A provision for irrecoverable debts has been included in the financial statements amounting to £217,314. Management have proactively taken appropriate steps to mitigate any future effects on long term revenue by opening direct accounts with the customers, independent of the buying group, who still require the goods to be supplied. In the opinion of the director the new arrangements help to diversify the Company's exposure to risk, and future credit losses. On the basis above, and with continued group support, the Director is of the opinion that it is reasonable to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- EUROPA TOOL COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- YG-1 UK Holdings Limited 100%
- Clarkson Osborn International Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 7th February 2025, Troy (UK) Limited; a buying group representing a proportion of the Company's customers went into administration. A provision for irrecoverable debts has been included in the financial statements amounting to £217,314.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LILLICRAPP, Peter | Secretary | 2005-03-15 | — | — |
| LILLICRAPP, Peter | Director | 2020-01-09 | Mar 1961 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Tony | Secretary | 1996-02-07 | 2005-03-15 |
| SONG, Ho-Keun | Director | 1996-02-07 | 2003-02-13 |
| YOU, Chris | Director | 2003-02-05 | 2012-07-09 |
| YU, Yunkyun | Director | 2012-07-09 | 2020-01-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yg1 Co Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-12-16 | Active |
| Yg-1 Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-01-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-01-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
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.