ESSEX LEISURE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-03-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-02 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-19
Watchouts
Cash
£267K
-3.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£572K
+103.5% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
98
+12.6% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£426K
+84.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-03-31.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £8,326,664 | £9,651,625 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £527,000 | £776,883 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £230,854 | £425,679 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £157,954 | £290,721 | |
| Cash | £71,255 | £334,059 | £278,208 | — | £277,160 | £266,797 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £880,126 | £1,766,585 | £1,518,552 | — | £3,375,306 | £3,430,520 | |
| Net assets | £181,535 | £324,578 | -£557,332 | — | £280,861 | £571,582 | |
| Equity | £181,535 | £324,578 | -£557,332 | £129,390 | £280,861 | £571,582 | |
| Average employees | 65 | 75 | 87 | — | 87 | 98 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,275,533 | £2,683,184 |
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 6.3% | 8.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 1.9% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 15.6% | 22.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 96.3% | 93.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.28x | 0.26x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 1.78x | 2.21x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Platt Rushton LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ESSEX LEISURE LIMITED · parent
- Wycombe Coin Limited 100%
Significant events
- “At 31st March 2024, the company had total commitments under non-cancellable operating leases over the remaining life of those leases of £987,018 (2023 - £325,527).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAWKINS, Stephen Robert | Director | 1993-10-19 | Feb 1954 | British |
| HAWKINS, Trudy Ann | Director | 2016-03-23 | Nov 1962 | British |
| WOOD, Gregory William | Director | 2016-03-23 | Jul 1985 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWLETT, Michael Peter | Secretary | 1993-10-19 | 1999-10-03 |
| PEGRAM, Robert Michael | Secretary | 1999-10-03 | 2009-01-14 |
| THOMAS, Howard | Nominee Secretary | 1993-10-19 | 1993-10-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Robert Hawkins | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 102 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-02-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-02-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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 2024-03-31 vs 2023-03-31
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Turnover
+15.9%
£8,326,664 £9,651,625
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Cash
-3.7%
£277,160 £266,797
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Net assets
+103.5%
£280,861 £571,582
highest in 5 filed years
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Employees
+12.6%
87 98
highest in 5 filed years
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Operating profit
+47.4%
£527,000 £776,883
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Profit before tax
+84.4%
£230,854 £425,679
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Wages
+17.9%
£2,275,533 £2,683,184
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