ENGAGE SERVICES (ESL) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-04 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£126K
-86.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+31.3% vs 2024
Employees
126
+2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+7.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 7 times since incorporation
- ENGAGE SERVICES (ESL) LIMITED 2021-04-07 → present
- MARSTON REGULATED SERVICES LIMITED 2018-10-01 → 2021-04-07
- ENGAGE SERVICES LIMITED 2016-03-18 → 2018-10-01
- CHASE SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED 2014-06-20 → 2016-03-18
- WINTERHILL CHASE SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2013-05-23 → 2014-06-20
- CHASE SOLUTIONS (UK) LTD 2013-01-10 → 2013-05-23
- HIGHLAND SOLUTIONS (UK) LTD 2012-11-08 → 2013-01-10
- CHASE SOLUTIONS (UK) LTD 2010-09-01 → 2012-11-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,294,000 | £24,403,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,949,000 | £2,106,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,949,000 | £2,103,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,848,000 | £2,095,000 | |
| Cash | £955,000 | £126,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,822,000 | £8,925,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,700,000 | £8,795,000 | |
| Equity | £6,700,000 | £8,795,000 | |
| Average employees | 123 | 126 | |
| Wages | £4,233,000 | £4,520,000 |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.4% | 8.6% | |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 8.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.6% | 23.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.6% | 80.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.24x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | 974.50x | 702.00x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. ... As a result, the directors have a reasonable expectation that there are adequate resources, with the support of the wider group, for the Company to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have therefore adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-07-29 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Richard John | Director | 2017-12-18 | Jun 1967 | British |
| BIRKHEAD, Lloyd | Director | 2023-11-01 | Apr 1989 | British |
| DEL MAR, Sam | Director | 2025-07-31 | Apr 1974 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORCORAN, Michael John | Director | 2022-11-04 | 2023-09-15 |
| CRICHTON, John Leslie | Director | 2016-09-15 | 2017-05-30 |
| DUCKWORTH, Neil Gregory | Director | 2013-05-08 | 2014-06-18 |
| EDDLESTON, John Andrew | Director | 2013-05-08 | 2014-06-18 |
| JONES, Gary | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| NORTON, Selima Maria | Director | 2014-06-20 | 2016-07-29 |
| SHEARER, Richard John | Director | 2017-05-30 | 2020-09-04 |
| WATSON, Michael Stuart | Director | 2020-11-13 | 2022-04-06 |
| WATT, George | Director | 2016-09-09 | 2017-01-31 |
| WELDRAKE, John | Director | 2014-06-23 | 2016-07-29 |
| WOLFENDEN, John | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2016-07-29 |
| WOLFENDEN, Michael | Director | 2014-06-20 | 2025-01-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marston (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-04 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+4.8%
£23,294,000 £24,403,000
-
Cash
-86.8%
£955,000 £126,000
-
Net assets
+31.3%
£6,700,000 £8,795,000
-
Employees
+2.4%
123 126
-
Operating profit
+8.1%
£1,949,000 £2,106,000
-
Profit before tax
+7.9%
£1,949,000 £2,103,000
-
Wages
+6.8%
£4,233,000 £4,520,000
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