EGBERT H. TAYLOR & COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-19 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£80K
-57.7% vs 2023
Net assets
-£654K
+28.5% vs 2023
Employees
48
-2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£350K
+242.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- EGBERT H. TAYLOR & COMPANY LIMITED 1991-03-01 → present
- MIDLAND CONTAINER LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 1991-03-01
- MIDLAND CONTAINER AND PALLETT COMPANY LIMITED 1962-03-20 → 1980-12-31
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £7,574,166 | £9,209,478 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £180,763 | £389,295 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £102,071 | £349,684 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £71,203 | £260,861 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £190,199 | £80,375 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £2,297,547 | £2,789,954 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | -£914,646 | -£653,785 | |
| Equity | -£1,567,373 | -£1,575,824 | -£1,350,970 | -£985,849 | — | -£653,785 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 49 | 48 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,411,102 | £1,252,653 |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 2.4% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 0.9% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 7.9% | 14.0% | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 2.06x | 8.83x |
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
- Clement Rabjohns Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis with the support received from its parent organisation and wider UK group.”
Significant events
- “2024 was another successful year with the company achieving £636K in EBITDA. Turnover has bounced back to £9.2m from £7.5m in 2023 as new customer contracts have been won outside of council work with budgets still contrained across the UK.”
- “2025 is expecting further improvement with group expansion increasing opportunities and contracts won at the end of 2024 creating more work in the next year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BULL, Lisa Rebecca | Secretary | 2019-04-01 | — | — |
| BULL, Lisa Rebecca | Director | 2019-07-22 | Jun 1969 | British |
| DICKSON, Peter Barnaby | Director | 2024-10-01 | Nov 1973 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHATWIN, Alastair Roy Cameron | Secretary | 2012-09-28 | 2013-06-24 |
| COLLINS, Barry David | Secretary | 2013-11-28 | 2014-02-07 |
| LEWIS, Colin John | Secretary | 2005-06-03 | 2012-09-28 |
| RATIGAN, Paul Andrew | Secretary | 2014-03-27 | 2016-11-01 |
| TAYLOR, Adair Egbert Avon Lloyd | Secretary | — | 2005-06-03 |
| ALLEN, Hunter | Director | 2021-11-04 | 2023-03-23 |
| BRADDOCK, Michael James | Director | 2023-10-02 | 2024-01-26 |
| CHATWIN, Alastair Roy Cameron | Director | 2012-09-28 | 2013-06-24 |
| DAVIES, Andrew | Director | 2014-11-17 | 2018-05-11 |
| GALLAGHER, Clive David | Director | 2013-06-24 | 2013-12-18 |
| GAYLOR, Julian Howard | Director | 2012-03-31 | 2015-05-31 |
| GILLETT, David Alan, Dr | Director | 2006-04-24 | 2010-12-31 |
| KEEGAN, Nicholas Francis | Director | 2013-12-04 | 2014-09-30 |
| LEWIS, Colin John | Director | 2005-06-03 | 2012-09-28 |
| MURPHY, Brendan Francis | Director | 2014-12-06 | 2023-12-21 |
| PAWLEY, Craig Robert | Director | 2018-05-10 | 2019-03-31 |
| SANDERS, Richard Barry | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2017-11-20 |
| SELKIRK, Peter Ericson | Director | 2005-06-03 | 2012-03-31 |
| TAYLOR, Adair Egbert Avon Lloyd | Director | — | 2005-06-03 |
| TAYLOR, Alden Egbert Fenton | Director | 2005-06-03 | 2007-06-30 |
| TAYLOR, Alston Val Garfield Carlton | Director | — | 2005-06-03 |
| TAYLOR, Anton Kenneth Lynn Royd | Director | — | 2005-06-03 |
| WILLIAMS, David John | Director | 2024-01-26 | 2024-09-30 |
| WILLIAMS, David John | Director | 2007-02-21 | 2014-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egbert Taylor Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-11-20 | Active |
| Mr Brendan Francis Murphy | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-05 | Ceased 2017-07-13 |
| Egbert Taylor Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-11-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-22 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-03-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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
+21.6%
£7,574,166 £9,209,478
-
Cash
-57.7%
£190,199 £80,375
-
Net assets
+28.5%
-£914,646 -£653,785
-
Employees
-2%
49 48
-
Operating profit
+115.4%
£180,763 £389,295
-
Profit before tax
+242.6%
£102,071 £349,684
-
Wages
-11.2%
£1,411,102 £1,252,653
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers