ESH CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-19 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£35M
+112.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£25M
+21.6% vs 2023
Employees
662
+5.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+81.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ESH CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 2011-01-06 → present
- LUMSDEN & CARROLL CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 1990-08-10 → 2011-01-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £247,889,000 | £249,081,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,813,000 | £5,296,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,908,000 | £5,290,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,611,000 | £4,408,000 | |
| Cash | £16,603,000 | £35,310,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,368,000 | £26,275,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,368,000 | £24,776,000 | |
| Equity | £20,368,000 | £24,776,000 | |
| Average employees | 628 | 662 | |
| Wages | £29,575,000 | £32,659,000 |
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 | 1.1% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.8% | 20.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | — | 84.06x |
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
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Board is confident that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and accordingly continues to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ESH CONSTRUCTION LIMITED · parent
- Border Construction (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Board Construction Limited 100%
- David Wilkinson Building Contractors 100%
- Dunelm National Projects Limited 100%
- Dunelm Property Services Limited 100%
- Esh Stantec Limited 50%
- Lumsden & Carroll Limited 100%
- Stephen Easten Building Limited 100%
- Wilkinson Facilities Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company entered the year with a backdrop of ongoing uncertainty. Geopolitical events continued to weigh on broader economic as well as construction industry sentiment.”
- “cost inflation had subsided quite markedly towards the end of 2023”
- “the company delivered a near doubling of last year's operating profit to £5.3m on the back of gross margin expansion of over 1.7 percentage points.”
- “the company ended the year with its highest level of liquidity in its history. Net cash of £35m was reported at year end”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAW, Alistair | Secretary | 2021-01-31 | — | — |
| LAW, Alistair | Director | 2006-10-01 | Mar 1971 | British |
| RADCLIFFE, Andrew Edward | Director | 2010-10-25 | Dec 1973 | British |
| WILKIE, Stephen Thomas | Director | 2004-07-01 | Jan 1971 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASS, John Stephen | Secretary | 1991-09-01 | 1995-01-01 |
| LUMSDEN, John George | Secretary | — | 1991-09-01 |
| PICKETT, Andrew Russell | Secretary | 1995-01-01 | 2010-10-25 |
| RADCLIFFE, Andrew Edward | Secretary | 2010-10-25 | 2018-01-29 |
| SOWERBY, Mark | Secretary | 2018-01-29 | 2021-01-31 |
| BASS, John Stephen | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| CARROLL, Anthony John | Director | — | 2012-05-17 |
| CONN, Steven | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2012-05-17 |
| DAVIES, John Peter, Mr | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2019-07-12 |
| DOBSON, Jack | Director | 1991-12-01 | 1996-08-31 |
| GAWTHORPE, Andrew Laurence Joseph | Director | 2014-08-21 | 2016-09-30 |
| GRESSMAN, Frederick Charles | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| HALFACRE, David John | Director | 2012-05-17 | 2017-08-01 |
| HAYTON, John | Director | — | 1996-07-20 |
| HENDERSON, Michael Philip | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2012-05-17 |
| HOGAN, Michael Francis | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2012-05-17 |
| LAVERICK, Martin John | Director | 2007-11-20 | 2012-05-17 |
| LEADBITTER, Stephen | Director | 2012-05-17 | 2019-12-17 |
| LUMSDEN, John George | Director | — | 2012-05-17 |
| MANNING, Brian | Director | — | 2017-04-28 |
| MC CAFFERTY, William Robert | Director | 2006-03-31 | 2012-05-17 |
| MORGAN, Graham Anthony | Director | 2012-05-17 | 2018-05-11 |
| PHILLIPS, Simon David | Director | 2014-08-21 | 2018-05-24 |
| PICKETT, Andrew Russell | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2010-10-25 |
| PRATT, David | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2012-05-17 |
| SOWERBY, Mark Andrew | Director | 2018-01-29 | 2021-01-31 |
| THOMPSON, David | Director | 1998-02-12 | 2016-07-18 |
| WALKER, Christopher | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2015-10-16 |
| WATSON, Paul | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2022-04-30 |
| YOUNG, Philip John | Director | 1998-02-12 | 2006-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esh Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-08-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 227 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-02-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-02-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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
+0.5%
£247,889,000 £249,081,000
-
Cash
+112.7%
£16,603,000 £35,310,000
-
Net assets
+21.6%
£20,368,000 £24,776,000
-
Employees
+5.4%
628 662
-
Operating profit
+88.3%
£2,813,000 £5,296,000
-
Profit before tax
+81.9%
£2,908,000 £5,290,000
-
Wages
+10.4%
£29,575,000 £32,659,000
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