ERCOL FURNITURE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-07 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-23 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£165K
+25% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-3.9% vs 2023
Employees
129
-0.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£161K
+74.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ERCOL FURNITURE LIMITED 1984-01-30 → present
- FURNITURE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1920-01-26 → 1984-01-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,868,000 | £19,185,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£238,000 | £231,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£631,000 | -£161,000 | |
| Net profit | -£631,000 | -£161,000 | |
| Cash | £132,000 | £165,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,215,000 | £2,568,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,541,000 | £1,481,000 | |
| Equity | £1,541,000 | £1,481,000 | |
| Average employees | 130 | 129 | |
| Wages | £4,276,000 | £4,493,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.3% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | -3.3% | -0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.4% | 9.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.1% | 80.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.20x | 1.13x | |
| Interest cover | -0.59x | 0.58x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has continued to make a loss during 2024. It's parent company, Ercol (Holdings) Limited, will continue to provide financial support for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements and as such the financial statements will be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINCH, David Matthew | Director | 2016-08-30 | Aug 1982 | British |
| KOCH, Arno Eduard | Director | 2020-02-17 | Jun 1977 | South African |
| PEERS, Ian | Director | 2010-11-01 | May 1968 | British |
| TADROS, Henry | Director | 2018-07-02 | May 1987 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOODWIN, Geoffrey Robert | Secretary | — | 2001-09-14 |
| LAWRENCE, Mark | Secretary | 2002-01-07 | 2016-05-13 |
| TADROS, Edward Randolph | Secretary | 2001-09-14 | 2002-01-07 |
| COATES, Eric Nigel | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2005-02-16 |
| COWLING, John Philip | Director | 1993-02-01 | 2006-09-11 |
| DEAN, Thomas William | Director | — | 1997-06-25 |
| ERCOLANI, Lucia Elizabeth | Director | 1993-02-01 | 2004-12-31 |
| ERCOLANI, Lucian Brett | Director | — | 1993-02-01 |
| EVANS, Michael Frederick | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| GALBRAITH, Rachel Lydia | Director | 2014-01-13 | 2024-02-14 |
| GARRATT, Nicholas Mark | Director | 2005-04-12 | 2018-09-05 |
| GOLDRING, Timothy John | Director | — | 1993-04-09 |
| GOODWIN, Geoffrey Robert | Director | — | 2001-09-14 |
| GREEN, Stuart Francis | Director | 1999-05-17 | 2001-12-31 |
| LAWRENCE, Mark | Director | 2002-01-07 | 2016-05-13 |
| MASKREY, Antony Charles | Director | 2018-09-03 | 2020-11-13 |
| MORRISON CLARKE, Matthew Roy | Director | 2006-08-14 | 2007-10-02 |
| PEDEL, Donald Raymond | Director | — | 1993-05-25 |
| PLUMB, Peter James | Director | 2004-11-15 | 2006-05-03 |
| SIMPSON, Keppel Moore | Director | — | 1997-06-25 |
| SPADEMAN, Philip | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2017-11-30 |
| SUGRUE, Daniel Christopher | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2019-11-18 |
| TADROS, Edward Randolph | Director | — | 2022-12-31 |
| VAN DEN BROECKE, Jaak Floris, Professor | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2005-11-30 |
| WASSERMANN, Naomi Ruth | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2013-09-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ercol (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-09 | 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+1.7%
£18,868,000 £19,185,000
-
Cash
+25%
£132,000 £165,000
-
Net assets
-3.9%
£1,541,000 £1,481,000
-
Employees
-0.8%
130 129
-
Operating profit
+197.1%
-£238,000 £231,000
-
Profit before tax
+74.5%
-£631,000 -£161,000
-
Wages
+5.1%
£4,276,000 £4,493,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers