CITY & ESSEX LIMITED
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Cash
£4.2M
+78% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£4.4M
+27.4% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
855
+7.5% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.3M
+675.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £9,901,296 | £25,930,917 | £30,154,073 | +16.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £379,567 | £125,023 | £1,245,420 | +896.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £810,107 | £168,387 | £1,306,266 | +675.8% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £714,278 | -£73,070 | £953,497 | +1,404.9% | |
| Cash | £1,849,321 | £2,495,455 | £2,722,661 | £976,242 | £2,366,625 | £4,213,751 | +78% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,334,394 | £3,720,206 | £3,853,457 | £4,181,640 | £3,524,609 | £4,474,237 | +26.9% | |
| Net assets | £3,282,910 | £3,701,900 | £3,840,532 | £4,134,811 | £3,485,424 | £4,438,921 | +27.4% | |
| Equity | £3,282,910 | £3,701,900 | £3,840,533 | £4,134,811 | £3,431,148 | £4,405,750 | +28.4% | |
| Average employees | 398 | 367 | 388 | 468 | 795 | 855 | +7.5% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £6,689,429 | £16,385,017 | £19,179,484 | +17.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £6,000 | £181,001 | £593,006 | +227.6% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 3.8% | 0.5% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 7.2% | -0.3% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 9.1% | 3.5% | 27.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.88x | 2.01x |
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
- CITY & ESSEX LIMITED 1999-08-19 → present
- CITY & ESSEX CLEANING CO. LIMITED 1981-09-18 → 1999-08-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Segrave & Partners LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CITY & ESSEX LIMITED · parent
- Advance Cleaning Services Limited 72%
- City & Essex (London) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “At the beginning of the year, all trading activities of the wholly owned subsidiary, City & Essex (London) Ltd, were successfully integrated into City & Essex Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOOKWAY, Susan Jill | Secretary | 2001-02-28 | — | British |
| HOOKWAY, Ian Richard | Director | — | Dec 1963 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOKWAY, Patricia Mary | Secretary | — | 2000-02-01 |
| WILLSON, Martyn Jamie Stephen | Secretary | 2000-02-01 | 2000-02-19 |
| BENNETT, Andrew William | Director | 1999-12-20 | 2007-07-30 |
| HOOKWAY, Brian William | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| HOOKWAY, Neil John | Director | — | 1998-11-20 |
| HOOKWAY, Patricia Mary | Director | — | 2000-02-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Susan Jill Hookway | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2019-03-22 | Ceased 2022-10-01 |
| Mr Ian Richard Hookway | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2017-02-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-29 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-05-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
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.