ESSEX LEISURE LIMITED
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Cash
£302k
+13.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£814k
+42.4% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
104
+6.1% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£372k
-12.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Disclaimer of opinion
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £8,326,664 | £9,651,625 | £10,159,852 | +5.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £527,000 | £776,884 | £673,363 | -13.3% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £230,854 | £425,680 | £372,408 | -12.5% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £157,954 | £290,722 | £242,385 | -16.6% | |
| Cash | £334,059 | £278,208 | £248,520 | £277,160 | £266,797 | £301,719 | +13.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,766,585 | £1,518,552 | £2,750,377 | £3,375,306 | £3,430,521 | £2,649,648 | -22.8% | |
| Net assets | £324,578 | -£557,332 | £12,642 | £280,861 | £571,583 | £813,968 | +42.4% | |
| Equity | £324,578 | -£557,332 | £12,642 | £280,861 | £571,583 | £813,968 | +42.4% | |
| Average employees | 75 | 87 | 83 | 87 | 98 | 104 | +6.1% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,275,533 | £2,683,184 | £2,948,824 | +9.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £156,314 | £199,393 | £191,512 | -4% |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 6.3% | 8.0% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 1.9% | 3.0% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 15.6% | 22.6% | 25.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 96.3% | 93.4% | 89.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.28x | 0.26x | 0.26x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 1.78x | 2.21x | 2.24x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Affinia
- Audit opinion
- Disclaimer of opinion
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors has a reasonable expectation that the has group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements”
Group structure
- ESSEX LEISURE LIMITED · parent
- Wycombe Coin Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In September 2025 two bank loans totalling £257,751 were repaid and a new bank loan advance was received for £415,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAWKINS, Stephen Robert | Director | 1993-10-19 | Feb 1954 | British |
| HAWKINS, Trudy Ann | Director | 2016-03-23 | Nov 1962 | British |
| WOOD, Gregory William | Director | 2016-03-23 | Jul 1985 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWLETT, Michael Peter | Secretary | 1993-10-19 | 1999-10-03 |
| PEGRAM, Robert Michael | Secretary | 1999-10-03 | 2009-01-14 |
| THOMAS, Howard | Nominee Secretary | 1993-10-19 | 1993-10-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Robert Hawkins | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-02-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-02-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.