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EBC HOLDINGS LIMITED

#03106172 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1995-09-25 (30y 8m) · Last filing 2025-10-06 (7mo ago)
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Next accounts due

2026-07-31 (in 2mo)

Last filed for 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-09 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-09-25

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

-46.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£39M

-9.2% vs 2023

Employees

245

+2.5% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£9M

+4.7% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. EBC HOLDINGS LIMITED 2015-11-06 → present
  2. A C FREEMAN INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2013-01-10 → 2015-11-06
  3. EBC INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1995-09-25 → 2013-01-10

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31

Metric Trend 2023-10-312024-10-31
Turnover £43,326,400£44,458,310
Operating profit £8,875,160£9,285,956
Profit before tax £8,875,160£9,292,398
Net profit £7,193,998£6,965,560
Cash £6,301,350£3,382,640
Total assets less current liabilities £43,208,234£39,213,037
Net assets £43,208,234£39,213,037
Equity £43,208,234£39,213,037
Average employees 239245
Wages £7,167,119£7,576,909

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 2023-10-312024-10-31
Operating margin 20.5%20.9%
Net margin 16.6%15.7%
Return on capital employed 20.5%23.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 13.3%14.8%
Current ratio 4.67x4.19x
Interest cover —11147.61x

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
MHA Audit Services LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“After reviewing the Group's forecasts and projections, the Director has a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. EBC HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
    1. Freeman Automotive (UK) Limited 100% · UK · wholesale distribution of brake components and systems for the Automotive, Motorcycle, Bus, Mountain bike and Railway Industries
    2. European Friction Industries Limited 100% · UK · wholesale distribution of brake components and systems for the Automotive, Motorcycle, Bus, Mountain bike and Railway Industries
    3. EBC Brakes Direct Limited 100% · UK · wholesale distribution of brake components and systems for the Automotive, Motorcycle, Bus, Mountain bike and Railway Industries
    4. A C Freeman Investments Limited 100% · UK · wholesale distribution of brake components and systems for the Automotive, Motorcycle, Bus, Mountain bike and Railway Industries
    5. Perfect Brakes, Inc. 100% · US · wholesale distribution of brake components and systems for the Automotive, Motorcycle, Bus, Mountain bike and Railway Industries
    6. EBC Brakes USA, Inc. 100% · US · wholesale distribution of brake components and systems for the Automotive, Motorcycle, Bus, Mountain bike and Railway Industries

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

People

1 active · 7 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
HALLETT, James Anthony Director 2015-10-15 Mar 1974 British
Show 7 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
FREEMAN, Andrew Charles Secretary 1995-09-25 2004-09-09
LAWSON, Lucy Secretary 2010-12-17 2018-07-27
MCCRICKARD, Mary Margaret Secretary 2004-09-09 2010-12-17
RM REGISTRARS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1995-09-25 1995-09-25
FREEMAN, Andrew Charles Director 1995-09-25 2014-03-31
LAWSON, Lucy Anne Director 2013-12-19 2018-07-27
RM NOMINEES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1995-09-25 1995-09-25

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Andrew Charles Freeman Individual Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 90 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-10-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-10-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-10-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-09-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-07-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-09-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-04-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-09-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-07-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-04-22 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2019-09-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-04-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2018-10-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2018-07-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2018-07-27 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2018-07-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2017-10-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

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.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31

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

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