E D & F MAN COMMODITIES FINCO LIMITED
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Cash
£79k
USD 106,000
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£18m
USD -23,992,000
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£15m
USD 20,768,000
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.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials 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 | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£19,545,002 | -£10,732,070 | £15,435,154 | — | |
| Net profit | -£19,543,144 | -£8,092,159 | £14,301,003 | — | |
| Cash | — | £117,428 | £78,781 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £248,016,351 | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£24,040,505 | -£32,132,293 | -£17,831,289 | — | |
| Equity | -£24,040,505 | -£32,132,293 | -£17,831,289 | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 110.7% | 112.8% | 108.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.03x | 0.92x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young 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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 1 July 2025, the Hartree Group completed the acquisition of the Commodities Group.”
- “On 25 July 2025, the Commodities Group entered into a new Borrowing Base Facility Agreement, replacing the existing Revolving Credit, Borrowing Base and Trade Finance Facilities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BADCOCK, Benjamin Edward | Director | 2025-10-27 | Nov 1969 | British |
| MERISON, Jonathan Guy | Director | 2025-10-27 | Jan 1960 | British,American |
| MURNANE, Phillip Anthony | Director | 2022-01-26 | Mar 1979 | Australian |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASKEW, Richard John Aldis | Secretary | 2022-01-26 | 2022-10-21 |
| PATTISON, Caroline Denise | Secretary | 2022-10-21 | 2025-08-13 |
| MOOLENBURGH, Marinus Adriaan | Director | 2024-08-06 | 2025-10-17 |
| MOORE, Jade Louise | Director | 2022-01-26 | 2024-08-01 |
| PARNESS, Paul | Director | 2022-01-26 | 2022-07-25 |
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 | Significant influence | 2022-01-26 | Ceased 2025-07-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 40 total filings
| 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 | |
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-05-15 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.