ECOM AGROTRADE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-21 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
£90M
-21.9% vs 2023
Employees
78
+18.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£28M
-174.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ECOM AGROTRADE LIMITED 2014-06-10 → present
- ARMAJARO TRADING LIMITED 1998-06-04 → 2014-06-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £835,906,597 | £2,305,508,525 | |
| Operating profit | £60,983,692 | £42,765,752 | |
| Profit before tax | £37,136,397 | -£27,722,758 | |
| Net profit | £28,306,153 | -£25,305,411 | |
| Cash | £10,378 | £10,378 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £121,471,460 | £95,418,087 | |
| Net assets | £115,673,091 | £90,367,680 | |
| Equity | £115,673,091 | £90,367,680 | |
| Average employees | 66 | 78 | |
| Wages | £12,762,787 | £16,731,653 |
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 | 7.3% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | -1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 50.2% | 44.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.4% | 95.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.12x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | 2.41x | 0.55x |
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
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- 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.”
Group structure
- ECOM AGROTRADE LIMITED · parent
- Agro ECOM Ghana Limited 99.93%
- West Africa Warehouse Co. Ltd 100%
- Unicom Holding B.V 100%
- Armajaro Coffee Limited 100%
- Armajaro Nigeria Limited 100%
- ARL Commodities Limited 100%
- Armajaro Vietnam Limited 100%
- Armajaro Tanzania Limited 100%
- Sustainable Management Services Ghana Limited 100%
- Cofco Ghana Limited 100%
- Unicom Commodities Ghana Limited 100%
- Source Trust 100%
- Source Trust Ghana 100%
- Armajaro Cote D'Ivoire S.A 99.13%
- Salmon Company Limited 100%
- Sisli Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 7 January 2025, Armajaro Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of the Company, declared a dividend of $2,835,800 payable to the Company. This has since been received by the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHOPRA, Imogen | Secretary | 2013-07-22 | — | — |
| FALCONER, Andrew David | Director | 2016-07-14 | May 1967 | British |
| HAYLEY, Alec William | Director | 2025-11-14 | Oct 1962 | British |
| WASSEIGE, Nicolas De | Director | 2014-09-16 | Jan 1969 | Belgian |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BORMANN, Peter Matthias | Secretary | 2008-12-23 | 2012-07-25 |
| LAMBERT, Martin Harold, Mr. | Secretary | 1998-06-04 | 2001-03-01 |
| POLLOCK, Timothy Anthony Hugo | Secretary | 2008-02-07 | 2008-12-23 |
| RYAN, Richard Ignatius | Secretary | 2001-03-01 | 2007-08-31 |
| SPENCER, Timothy David | Secretary | 2007-08-31 | 2008-02-07 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-06-04 | 1998-06-04 |
| AITKEN QUACK, Peter Noel | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2007-08-23 |
| BORMANN, Peter Matthias | Director | 2010-04-29 | 2013-06-14 |
| BRICKELL, Adrian James | Director | 2010-04-29 | 2012-05-11 |
| DEBENHAM, Nicholas Reginald Peter, Mr. | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2013-11-13 |
| DENDLE, Mark | Director | 2013-11-12 | 2016-07-14 |
| GOWER, Richard Ivon Alexander | Director | 2012-10-08 | 2014-05-23 |
| GOWER, Richard Ivon Alexander | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2004-04-22 |
| GRACE, Nigel George William | Director | 2013-06-14 | 2013-07-28 |
| GROEN, Wilhelmus Gerhard Jacobus Johannes, Mr. | Director | 2010-10-14 | 2011-07-19 |
| HAYLEY, Alec William | Director | 2014-06-03 | 2018-07-20 |
| HODGE, Simon | Director | 2018-07-26 | 2023-07-27 |
| HUTCHINSON, Michael John, Mr. | Director | 2011-04-13 | 2013-01-29 |
| LAMBERT, Martin Harold, Mr. | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2001-03-01 |
| MCNOUGHER, Paul David | Director | 2023-01-11 | 2025-10-31 |
| MENU, Carolus Johannes Joseph Marie | Director | 2006-02-08 | 2007-08-23 |
| MONK, Paul Charles | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2010-04-29 |
| PATEMAN, Stephanie | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2013-11-13 |
| PONCELET, Alain Philippe | Director | 2013-11-12 | 2021-01-25 |
| RYAN, Richard Ignatius | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2012-12-05 |
| SINGH, Jasbir | Director | 2008-01-07 | 2011-07-19 |
| SLINGER, Andrew Mark, Mr. | Director | 2011-01-19 | 2011-07-19 |
| SPARLING, Terence James Martin | Director | 2008-09-23 | 2009-09-22 |
| SPENCER, Timothy David | Director | 2007-08-31 | 2008-02-07 |
| STONE, Andrew Jonathan | Director | 2012-07-25 | 2013-07-28 |
| TOLLER, Guy Henry | Director | 2011-03-15 | 2013-11-13 |
| TOLLER, Guy Henry | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2011-02-01 |
| TREGAR, David Paul | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2014-05-23 |
| VEENSTRA, Guido Aris | Director | 2005-01-24 | 2005-10-27 |
| VENABLES, Anthony William Edward, Mr. | Director | 2005-02-28 | 2013-10-08 |
| WARD, Anthony Richard Bangor, Mr. | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2010-04-29 |
| WILKS, Ana Luiza Vohringer | Director | 2008-09-23 | 2012-07-25 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-06-04 | 1998-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecom Agrotrade Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-06-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 422 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-21 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+175.8%
£835,906,597 £2,305,508,525
-
Cash
0%
£10,378 £10,378
-
Net assets
-21.9%
£115,673,091 £90,367,680
-
Employees
+18.2%
66 78
-
Operating profit
-29.9%
£60,983,692 £42,765,752
-
Profit before tax
-174.7%
£37,136,397 -£27,722,758
-
Wages
+31.1%
£12,762,787 £16,731,653
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