ELLIS PATENTS LIMITED

1. ELLIS PATENTS LIMITED 2003-02-17 → present
2. WALKERN VICTORIA INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1983-02-03 → 2003-02-17
3. WRIGHT DRINKS LIMITED 1977-01-13 → 1983-02-03

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

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

BHP LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have considered all factors, including in the wider economy, as part of their assessment of going concern. Although the current economic climate creates both cashflow and profitability risks for the company, the company continues to trade profitably and is cash generative. Budgets and cashflows have been prepared using assumptions for customer demand and supply chain costs as well as expectations for legal and regulatory environmental impacts. These budgets and cashflows indicate continuing profitability and cash generation, consequently the directors believe on balance that they have sufficiently resources to enable trading to continue for a period of at least one year from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly these financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”

Significant events

• “Sales increased in the financial year by 26.7% following an increase of 6.1% in the previous year.”
• “Gross profit has increased to 46.1% from 39.3% in the previous year.”
• “Cash levels have remained healthy throughout the year.”
• “The company continues to develop new products, explore new market sectors and expand its global reach.”

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

1

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

  +26.7%

  £9,759,010 → £12,363,018

• Cash

  +128%

  £1,109,432 → £2,529,439

  highest in 4 filed years

• Net assets

  +27.6%

  £5,562,629 → £7,096,906

  highest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  +13.5%

  74 → 84

  highest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  +153.1%

  £1,001,218 → £2,534,079

• Profit before tax

  +152.9%

  £1,021,521 → £2,583,526

  highest in 4 filed years

• Wages

  +19.1%

  £2,445,687 → £2,913,930

  highest in 4 filed years

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