E D & F MAN SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£6m
USD 8,092,000
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£436k
USD 586,000
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
104
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3.5m
USD 4,664,000
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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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 Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £73,667,781 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£14,864 | -£248,235 | £3,956,893 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £8,175 | -£384,244 | £3,466,369 | — | |
| Net profit | £0 | -£322,557 | £712,003 | — | |
| Cash | £0 | £743 | £6,014,121 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £46,080 | -£276,477 | £435,526 | — | |
| Equity | £46,080 | -£276,477 | £435,526 | — | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 104 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | £20,598,291 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.743 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 15 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 0.95x | 1.01x | |
| Interest cover | -0.69x | -1.23x | 6.50x |
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 5 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-02-28
- E D & F MAN SERVICES LIMITED 2025-02-28 → present
- AGMAN SERVICES LIMITED 2019-08-19 → 2025-02-28
- E D & F MAN ASSETS MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2017-06-26 → 2019-08-19
- PREMIER MAN LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 2017-06-26
- KEFPOOL LIMITED 1980-11-26 → 1981-12-31
- PREMIER AND MAN LIMITED 1980-11-26 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the forecasts and the support from the parent company, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the going concern period. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 July 2025, the Hartree Group completed the acquisition of the Commodities Group.”
- “The company changed its accounting reference date to align with the financial year end of Hartree Partners Holdings (Jersey) Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASSEY, Gaynor Antigha | Secretary | 2007-09-28 | — | British |
| BADCOCK, Benjamin Edward | Director | 2025-10-27 | Nov 1969 | British |
| MERISON, Jonathan Guy | Director | 2025-10-27 | Jan 1960 | British |
| MURNANE, Phillip Anthony | Director | 2022-07-06 | Mar 1979 | Australian |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUTTILL, Anne Linda | Secretary | 1993-08-17 | 1995-05-10 |
| HUTCHINSON, Katherine Anna | Secretary | 1996-08-16 | 1997-07-25 |
| MACFARLANE, David | Secretary | 1997-07-25 | 1997-11-18 |
| MARCUS, Anthony Herbert Mervyn | Secretary | 1997-11-18 | 2000-03-24 |
| MOORE, Jane Alison | Secretary | 2000-04-07 | 2007-09-28 |
| ROSSI, Anthony Paul | Secretary | — | 1993-08-17 |
| SHARP, Andrew James | Secretary | 1995-05-10 | 1996-08-16 |
| COUGHTRIE, John Alan | Director | 2017-06-26 | 2020-12-17 |
| FORDHAM, Lynn Rosanne | Director | 1999-07-16 | 2000-08-09 |
| GOFF, Joan Amanda | Director | 1998-10-12 | 1999-04-30 |
| HELLER, Jahn Eric | Director | 2007-05-08 | 2011-05-05 |
| KINDER, John Martineau | Director | 1998-12-04 | 1999-08-31 |
| LAING, John Bernard Gordon | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2021-12-31 |
| MITCHELL, Simon John | Director | 2007-10-08 | 2010-06-21 |
| MOORE, Jade Louise | Director | 2022-07-06 | 2024-08-01 |
| MUGUIRO SARTORIUS, Rafael | Director | 1999-07-16 | 2007-05-08 |
| NESBITT, Stephen James | Director | — | 1997-05-20 |
| O'HANLON, Paul Anthony | Director | 1998-10-12 | 1998-12-04 |
| PARNESS, Paul | Director | 2017-06-26 | 2022-07-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Richard John | Director | 1997-05-20 | 1999-07-20 |
| ROSSI, Anthony Paul | Director | — | 1999-07-20 |
| SHAKESPEARE, David | Director | 2024-08-06 | 2025-10-02 |
| SLACK, Thomas William | Director | 2007-05-08 | 2007-10-15 |
| ZAREMBA, Bogdan Mark | Director | 1999-09-27 | 2007-05-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartree Partners Power & Gas Company (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-07-01 | Active |
| E D & F Man Intermediary Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-01-14 | Ceased 2025-07-01 |
| E D & F Man Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-04-15 | Ceased 2021-01-14 |
| E D & F Man Commodities Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-04-15 | Ceased 2020-04-15 |
| Agman Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-04-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 190 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-28 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-07-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-02-28 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-12-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-11-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.