E K MOTOR FACTORS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£90K
-91.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+16.2% vs 2024
Employees
190
+4.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+3.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- E K MOTOR FACTORS LIMITED 1998-11-17 → present
- E.K. (BRAKES) LIMITED 1965-02-22 → 1998-11-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-28 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,790,356 | £26,883,659 | |
| Operating profit | £2,071,269 | £2,171,966 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,066,159 | £2,141,943 | |
| Net profit | £1,552,362 | £1,601,783 | |
| Cash | £1,056,252 | £89,654 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,023,522 | £10,581,387 | |
| Net assets | £8,568,058 | £9,953,841 | |
| Equity | £8,568,058 | £9,953,841 | |
| Average employees | 182 | 190 | |
| Wages | £4,771,974 | £5,451,027 |
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 | 2024-02-28 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 8.1% | |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.0% | 20.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.78x | 3.05x | |
| Interest cover | 61.31x | 42.09x |
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
- McDade Roberts Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are of the opinion that it is appropriate to prepare these accounts on a going concern basis as the company's cash resources and financial projections indicate that it can continue to trade within its finance facilities for the foreseeable future. The bank facilities are due for renewal in March 2026. The directors expect the existing facilities to be renewed for a further 12 months.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KITCHEN, Ellen | Secretary | — | — | British |
| KITCHEN, Anthony William | Director | 1999-07-22 | Sep 1958 | British |
| KITCHEN, Ellen | Director | — | Jul 1936 | British |
| KITCHEN, Eric | Director | — | Jan 1933 | British |
| KITCHEN, Tiphanie Hope | Director | 2025-05-16 | Aug 1991 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E K Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-21 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-28
-
Turnover
+4.2%
£25,790,356 £26,883,659
-
Cash
-91.5%
£1,056,252 £89,654
-
Net assets
+16.2%
£8,568,058 £9,953,841
-
Employees
+4.4%
182 190
-
Operating profit
+4.9%
£2,071,269 £2,171,966
-
Profit before tax
+3.7%
£2,066,159 £2,141,943
-
Wages
+14.2%
£4,771,974 £5,451,027
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