ENGLISH BRAIDS LIMITED

1. ENGLISH BRAIDS LIMITED 1979-12-31 → present
2. I.ENGLISH BRAIDS LIMITED 1968-05-22 → 1979-12-31

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Ballards LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Based on this assessment the Company and Group retained significant positive cash balances at all times and the Directors considered that it was appropriate to adopt the going concern basis having reviewed any uncertainties that may affect the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least the next 12 months from the date these Financial Statements were approved.”

Group structure

1. ENGLISH BRAIDS LIMITED · parent
   1. Marlow Ropes Limited 100% · Manufacture of ropes and braids
   2. Ibex Ropes Limited 100% · Dormant
   3. Marlow Ropes Inc 100% · USA · Sale of braided cord and rope
   4. Ibex Marina Ropes Limited 100% · Manufacture of ropes and braids
   5. Weblash Limited 50% · Dormant
   6. Ace Supplies UK Limited 100% · Manufacture and supply of plastic products and assemblies

Significant events

• “The company purchased the remaining 50% of the share capital of Ibex Marina Ropes Limited from P R Earp on 9 January 2024 by way of a share for share exchange. As a result, Ibex Marina Ropes Limited is now a wholly owned subsidiary of English Braids Limited and has been consolidated in full into the English Braids Limited financial statements.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +12.3%

  £17,415,548 → £19,555,996

• Cash

  +12.4%

  £32,162,192 → £36,145,144

• Net assets

  +19.5%

  £41,178,324 → £49,221,889

• Employees

  +21.6%

  139 → 169

• Operating profit

  -8%

  £3,038,436 → £2,794,046

• Profit before tax

  -3.3%

  £4,575,973 → £4,426,213

• Wages

  +17.1%

  £5,014,908 → £5,871,384

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