ETHOS GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£518k
+132.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£150k
-259.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
541
+9.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£466k
+515% first positive since 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
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.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £26,207,857 | £22,127,457 | £25,131,626 | +13.6% | |
| Operating profit | £641,470 | £20,376 | £355,227 | +1,643.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £546,780 | -£112,327 | £466,104 | +515% | |
| Net profit | £400,648 | -£115,176 | £381,021 | +430.8% | |
| Cash | £153,622 | £223,100 | £518,303 | +132.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £343,110 | £392,800 | £195,311 | -50.3% | |
| Net assets | £73,339 | -£41,837 | -£150,434 | -259.6% | |
| Equity | £73,339 | -£41,837 | -£150,434 | -259.6% | |
| Average employees | 610 | 494 | 541 | +9.5% | |
| Wages | £12,417,629 | £10,421,083 | £9,693,270 | -7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £82,931 | £84,919 | £110,671 | +30.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £42,363 | £45,170 | £64,852 | +43.6% |
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 | 2.4% | 0.1% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | -0.5% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 187.0% | 5.2% | 181.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 98.9% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 1.05x | 0.99x | |
| Interest cover | 6.77x | 0.15x | 2.59x |
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 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-11-05
- ETHOS GROUP SERVICES LIMITED 2025-11-05 → present
- ETHOS FACILITIES LIMITED 2018-01-10 → 2025-11-05
- BRYCELAND (SCOTLAND) LIMITED 2018-01-08 → 2018-01-10
- COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED 1997-08-14 → 2018-01-08
- OCEAN SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED 1997-02-14 → 1997-08-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Welsh Walker Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ETHOS GROUP SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Commercial & Industrial Cleaning Supplies Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The Group sold its controlling interest in Digital Managed Print Services Limited during the year, realising a gain of £247,916.”
- “Commercial & Industrial Cleaning Supplies Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary, ceased trading in June 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRYCELAND, Patrick | Director | 2000-02-18 | Oct 1964 | British |
| BRYCELAND, Scott | Director | 1997-02-14 | Aug 1972 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRYCELAND, Patrick | Secretary | 1997-02-14 | 1999-10-14 |
| GRAHAM, Margaret Elizabeth Jane | Secretary | 1999-10-14 | 2011-10-01 |
| OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-02-14 | 1997-02-14 |
| BRYCELAND, Patrick | Director | 1997-02-14 | 2019-03-26 |
| GRAHAM, Margaret Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2000-02-18 | 2011-10-01 |
| LEVY, Michael John | Director | 2018-08-17 | 2019-01-22 |
| OAKLEY, Raymond John | Director | 2000-02-18 | 2011-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Bryceland | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2025-12-23 | Active |
| Scott Bryceland | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-11-01 | Ceased 2025-12-23 |
| Mr Patrick Bryceland | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-11-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 100 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-05 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-09-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-09-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-05 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.