ENSIGN HIGHWAYS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-19 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-05
Watchouts
Cash
£23M
+11.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
+21.9% vs 2023
Employees
8
+14.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+4.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ENSIGN HIGHWAYS LIMITED 2004-06-30 → present
- LANTERNDALE LIMITED 2004-05-20 → 2004-06-30
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 | £33,071,080 | £34,648,420 | |
| Operating profit | £7,553,397 | £6,999,232 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,115,273 | £6,401,615 | |
| Net profit | £4,680,161 | £4,978,945 | |
| Cash | £20,650,086 | £22,995,224 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,415,537 | £41,947,905 | |
| Net assets | £18,136,537 | £22,115,482 | |
| Equity | £18,136,537 | £22,115,482 | |
| Average employees | 7 | 8 | |
| Wages | £425,962 | £488,167 |
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 | 22.8% | 20.2% | |
| Net margin | 14.2% | 14.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.8% | 16.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.05x | 1.70x | |
| Interest cover | 4.11x | 4.36x |
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
- Forvis Mazars 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.”
Significant events
- “The directors do not anticipate any significant impact on the Company's principal activities arising from the events surrounding Russia and Ukraine and the situation will be closely monitored.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIUFU-HAYWARD, Stefan Irinel | Secretary | 2020-11-01 | — | — |
| BRANGIER, Eric | Director | 2015-02-13 | Jan 1962 | French |
| GRESSE, Aurelien | Director | 2025-07-28 | Mar 1979 | French |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAY, Antony Charles | Secretary | 2004-06-30 | 2004-09-14 |
| SOULARD, Didier Charles Francois Michel | Secretary | 2004-09-14 | 2007-11-28 |
| STANTON, Graham Derek | Secretary | 2007-11-28 | 2020-10-31 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-05-20 | 2004-06-30 |
| BIDARD, Francois Bernard | Director | 2014-11-19 | 2025-01-19 |
| BIDARD, Francois | Director | 2005-04-14 | 2009-11-26 |
| BIDARD, Francois | Director | 2004-06-30 | 2004-12-01 |
| BRARD, Emmanuel | Director | 2009-11-26 | 2013-02-14 |
| DUPONT, Denis | Director | 2005-04-14 | 2009-11-26 |
| DUPONT, Denis | Director | 2004-06-30 | 2004-12-01 |
| HICKS, Brian John Alexander | Director | 2004-06-30 | 2015-02-13 |
| LAYTON, Matthew Robert | Nominee Director | 2004-05-20 | 2004-06-30 |
| LEMATRE, Jean-Frederic | Director | 2013-02-14 | 2015-04-23 |
| LLOBREGAT, Raphael Francois-Joseph | Director | 2017-02-17 | 2019-03-27 |
| ORIOL, Gregory | Director | 2009-11-26 | 2017-02-17 |
| OVERTON, Mark David | Director | 2012-02-16 | 2013-02-14 |
| OVERTON, Mark David | Director | 2012-02-16 | 2014-11-19 |
| PUDGE, David John | Nominee Director | 2004-05-20 | 2004-06-30 |
| RENAUD, Geoffroy-Romain | Director | 2021-10-25 | 2025-07-28 |
| RUSHBROOKE, Lee | Director | 2005-01-07 | 2005-04-14 |
| SCHEER, Emmanuel Olivier Kazu-Yuki | Director | 2019-03-27 | 2021-10-25 |
| WEDDLE, Richard John | Director | 2004-06-30 | 2012-02-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensign Highways Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-11-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-11-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-11-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
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Turnover
+4.8%
£33,071,080 £34,648,420
-
Cash
+11.4%
£20,650,086 £22,995,224
-
Net assets
+21.9%
£18,136,537 £22,115,482
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Employees
+14.3%
7 8
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Operating profit
-7.3%
£7,553,397 £6,999,232
-
Profit before tax
+4.7%
£6,115,273 £6,401,615
-
Wages
+14.6%
£425,962 £488,167
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