EFRONT LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-20 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+37.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+17.8% vs 2023
Employees
37
-17.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-39.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- EFRONT LTD 2000-04-27 → present
- IPAQ LIMITED 1998-10-15 → 2000-04-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,632,000 | £28,652,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,945,000 | £1,723,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,989,000 | £1,798,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,871,000 | £1,693,000 | |
| Cash | £6,231,000 | £8,589,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £8,768,000 | £10,327,000 | |
| Equity | £8,768,000 | £10,327,000 | |
| Average employees | 45 | 37 | |
| Wages | £7,365,000 | £6,564,000 |
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 | 10.3% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 5.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.8% | 52.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 1.25x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully. After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being 12 months from the date of this report. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- EFRONT LTD · parent
- eFront (Jersey) Limited 100%
- eFront Hong Kong Limited 100%
- Beijing eFront Company Limited 100%
- eFront FZ LLC 100%
- eFront Singapore Pte Limited 100%
- eFront KK 100%
Significant events
- “In August 2025, the Company capitalised the intercompany receivable balances from eFront KK of £252k to eliminate the deficit in the net assets of eFront KK.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHOUMAN, Tarek | Director | 2018-06-06 | Oct 1971 | French |
| FERRAZ, Melissa Anne | Director | 2022-04-05 | Apr 1979 | British,American |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAGLEY, Matthews Thomas | Secretary | 2014-07-27 | 2019-10-31 |
| BELL, Timothy David | Secretary | 2005-10-07 | 2007-06-21 |
| BILGER, Alexander Albert Joseph | Secretary | 1998-10-15 | 2005-10-07 |
| PLESSIS, Mathieu | Secretary | 2007-07-01 | 2014-07-27 |
| THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-10-15 | 1998-10-15 |
| BAGLEY, Matthew Thomas | Director | 2014-07-27 | 2019-10-31 |
| BELL, Timothy David | Director | 1998-10-15 | 2005-10-07 |
| DELLENBACH, Oliver Pierre | Director | 2005-09-30 | 2018-06-06 |
| KEELER, Stuart | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2013-03-23 |
| PLESSIS, Mathieu, Director | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2014-07-27 |
| VANEK, Kathryn White | Director | 2019-10-31 | 2022-03-31 |
| WHEELER, Paul Michael | Director | 2014-01-13 | 2015-02-28 |
| THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-10-15 | 1998-10-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock Uk Holdco 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-05-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-04 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-24 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2022-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
+0.1%
£28,632,000 £28,652,000
-
Cash
+37.8%
£6,231,000 £8,589,000
-
Net assets
+17.8%
£8,768,000 £10,327,000
-
Employees
-17.8%
45 37
-
Operating profit
-41.5%
£2,945,000 £1,723,000
-
Profit before tax
-39.8%
£2,989,000 £1,798,000
-
Wages
-10.9%
£7,365,000 £6,564,000
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