ENSCO 1772 LIMITED
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Cash
£8.2M
+16.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+10.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
142
+2.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.7M
-41% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £76,820,204 | £64,660,747 | £62,277,879 | -3.7% | |
| Operating profit | £7,694,628 | £4,320,684 | £3,390,530 | -21.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,575,556 | £2,846,136 | £1,678,222 | -41% | |
| Net profit | £3,869,719 | £2,137,339 | £894,609 | -58.1% | |
| Cash | £10,866,798 | £7,037,803 | £8,186,252 | +16.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,973,891 | £12,092,243 | £20,156,304 | +66.7% | |
| Net assets | £7,983,648 | £10,292,459 | £11,358,071 | +10.4% | |
| Equity | £7,983,648 | £10,292,459 | £11,358,071 | +10.4% | |
| Average employees | 135 | 139 | 142 | +2.2% | |
| Wages | £9,694,004 | £9,292,335 | £9,801,663 | +5.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,518,677 | £977,670 | £1,148,272 | +17.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 6.7% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 3.3% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.6% | 35.7% | 16.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 77.5% | 75.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.09x | 1.47x | |
| Interest cover | 3.63x | 2.62x | 1.93x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis set out above, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of preparation for these financial statements. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- ENSCO 1772 LIMITED · parent
- Ensco 1066 Limited 100%
- Mills CNC Limited 100%
- Mills CNC Finance Limited 100%
- Mills CNC Automation Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 29 January 2026 the group was able to secure additional funding from HSBC UK Bank Plc which along with its own cash reserves enabled it to fully settle the Loan Notes B. The Loan Notes B are shown in Note 18 as creditors amounts falling due after more than one year as their maturity date was in January 2029 despite them now having been fully settled.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GATELEY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-10-08 | — | — |
| DALE, Tony | Director | 2021-10-08 | Mar 1969 | British |
| GILBERT, Kevin Lee | Director | 2021-10-01 | Sep 1957 | British |
| KNIGHT, Andrew John | Director | 2021-09-02 | Apr 1972 | British |
| REDMAN, Heath Andrew | Director | 2021-10-08 | Feb 1967 | British,South African |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GATELEY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-05-14 | 2021-09-02 |
| WARD, Michael James | Director | 2021-05-14 | 2021-09-02 |
| GATELEY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2021-05-14 | 2021-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Cowan | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors (as trust) | 2024-06-20 | Active |
| Thomas George Rush | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2022-11-24 | Ceased 2024-06-20 |
| Mr Kevin Lee Gilbert | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2022-11-24 | Active |
| Mr Thomas Oliver Durrant | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-08 | Ceased 2022-11-24 |
| Gateley Custodian And Nominee Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2021-10-08 | Active |
| Mr Andrew John Knight | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-02 | Ceased 2021-10-08 |
| Gateley Incorporations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-05-14 | Ceased 2021-09-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 42 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-10-29 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-12 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-02 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-29 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2021-10-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.