ESH HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-17 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£36M
+111.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£40M
+11.5% vs 2023
Employees
765
+5.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+62.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ESH HOLDINGS LIMITED 1999-09-16 → present
- THE ESH PARTNERSHIP LIMITED 1999-06-24 → 1999-09-16
- SANDCO 610 LIMITED 1999-03-03 → 1999-06-24
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 | £260,577,000 | £265,210,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,905,000 | £5,242,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,092,000 | £5,035,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,424,000 | £4,136,000 | |
| Cash | £16,891,000 | £35,727,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,841,000 | £41,476,000 | |
| Net assets | £35,841,000 | £39,977,000 | |
| Equity | £35,841,000 | £39,977,000 | |
| Average employees | 723 | 765 | |
| Wages | £34,473,000 | £38,914,000 |
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% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.1% | 12.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.20x | 1.26x | |
| Interest cover | 3.47x | 5.29x |
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
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- 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. 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 or 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
- ESH HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- ABC Rental Properties Limited 100%
- Boathouse Lane Projects Limited 100%
- Border Construction (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Border Construction Limited 100%
- David Wilkinson Building Contractors Limited 100%
- Dunelm (Bowburn) Limited 100%
- Dunelm Homes (Seaham) Limited 100%
- Dunelm Homes Limited 100%
- Dunelm National Projects Limited 100%
- Dunelm Property Services Limited 100%
- Esh Acorn Homes Limited 100%
- Esh Construction Limited 100%
- Esh Developments Limited 100%
- Esh EBT Trustee Limited 100%
- Esh Homes Limited 100%
- Esh Remedios Limited 51%
- J Tonks (Transport) Limited 100%
- Lumsden & Carroll Limited 100%
- Remedios Limited 75%
- Stephen Easten Building Limited 100%
- Tonks Recycling Limited 100%
- Tursdale Business Park Limited 53.5%
- Tursdale Recycling Limited 100%
- Wilkinson Facilities Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the first half of the year, the group closed out the vast majority of contracts that had been impacted by the aggressive rise in cost inflation over the previous two years.”
- “On 27th May 2025, the company reduced its share capital by £22,256,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAW, Alistair | Secretary | 2021-01-31 | — | — |
| BROWN, Philip James | Director | 2020-12-03 | Nov 1970 | British |
| CARROLL, Anthony John | Director | 2022-04-25 | Nov 1962 | British |
| HOGAN, Michael Francis | Director | 1999-04-19 | Oct 1944 | British |
| LUMSDEN, John George | Director | 2017-10-26 | Oct 1968 | British |
| RADCLIFFE, Andrew Edward | Director | 2010-10-25 | Dec 1973 | British |
| WILKIE, Stephen Thomas | Director | 2018-07-19 | Jan 1971 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PICKETT, Andrew Russell | Secretary | 1999-04-19 | 2010-10-25 |
| RADCLIFFE, Andrew Edward | Secretary | 2010-10-25 | 2018-01-29 |
| ROGAN, Eileen Theresa | Nominee Secretary | 1999-03-03 | 1999-04-19 |
| SOWERBY, Mark | Secretary | 2018-01-29 | 2021-01-31 |
| CARROLL, Anthony John | Director | 1999-06-14 | 2022-04-25 |
| DAVIES, John Peter | Director | 2011-08-09 | 2019-07-12 |
| DONOHOE, Austin | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2015-04-09 |
| FLETCHER, Alfred Olding | Director | 2006-11-24 | 2012-08-27 |
| HEWITT, Colin Thompson | Director | 1999-03-03 | 1999-04-19 |
| LUMSDEN, John George | Director | 1999-06-14 | 2017-10-26 |
| MANNING, Brian | Director | 1999-04-19 | 2017-04-28 |
| PICKETT, Andrew Russell | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2010-10-25 |
| RAMSBOTHAM, James David Alexander, Colonel The Hon. | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-07-14 |
| ROGAN, Eileen Theresa | Nominee Director | 1999-03-03 | 1999-04-19 |
| SOWERBY, Mark Andrew | Director | 2018-01-17 | 2021-01-31 |
| TAIT, John Mark | Director | 1999-06-14 | 2001-12-31 |
| WALKER, John Robert | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2017-09-30 |
| WATSON, Paul Garth | Director | 2018-07-19 | 2022-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esh Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-03-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 290 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-27 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-05-27 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-21 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-21 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-19 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2025-05-19 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-05-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-15 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-05-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 5
- 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
+1.8%
£260,577,000 £265,210,000
-
Cash
+111.5%
£16,891,000 £35,727,000
-
Net assets
+11.5%
£35,841,000 £39,977,000
-
Employees
+5.8%
723 765
-
Operating profit
+80.4%
£2,905,000 £5,242,000
-
Profit before tax
+62.8%
£3,092,000 £5,035,000
-
Wages
+12.9%
£34,473,000 £38,914,000
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