ES GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-15 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-45.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
+17.4% vs 2023
Employees
154
+54% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+141.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ES GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED 2013-01-15 → present
- BURKE WATTS LTD 2012-11-23 → 2013-01-15
- WELLSCROWN LIMITED 2012-11-21 → 2012-11-23
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 | £31,558,156 | £104,168,428 | |
| Operating profit | -£6,130,883 | £4,221,675 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,096,655 | £2,921,182 | |
| Net profit | -£6,139,326 | £2,030,829 | |
| Cash | £4,694,287 | £2,546,317 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,922,976 | £17,365,612 | |
| Net assets | £12,109,337 | £14,214,419 | |
| Equity | £12,109,337 | £14,214,419 | |
| Average employees | 100 | 154 | |
| Wages | £5,799,693 | £8,569,075 |
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 | -19.4% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | -19.5% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -41.1% | 24.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.1% | 72.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 0.99x | |
| Interest cover | -8.95x | 4.95x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group reported a profit for the period which reflects a level of activity that was significantly higher than the previous year. Furthermore, at the end of 2024 the Group had a significant amount of contracted revenue to be realised over the next two years, and a pipeline of further opportunities. In summary from the overall Group analysis (including the debt holding companies), the positive unaudited results for 2025 for the Group coupled with the continued support from debt and equity stakeholders provide the basis for preparing the financial statements under the going concern assumption.”
Group structure
- ES GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- ES Global Limited 1%
- Edwin Shirley Staging Limited 1%
- ESG Corporate Trustees Limited 1%
- ES Global Inc. 1%
- ES Global Japan Kabushiki Kaisha 1%
- NES Overlay Limited 1%
- ES Global Pty Limited 1%
- ES Global France SAS 1%
- ES Global Saudi LLC 1%
- ES Global Overlay Pty Limited 0.75%
Significant events
- “Trading performance in 2024 was very strong driven by the success of the progress relating to the four pavilions for the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan.”
- “The Group continued to invest significantly in the development of new products, particularly its modular structures.”
- “During 2024, the Group worked hard in securing a multi-continent tour for a high profile artist and this has successfully been delivered during 2025.”
- “Building on its success in delivering venues for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Group has also secured projects supporting the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and the 2026 Asian Women's Games in Australia.”
- “The Group achieved notable success in securing significant contracts of four pavilions for the 2025 Osaka World Expo, with the governments of the US, UK, Canada and Australia as new clients.”
- “At the end of 2024, the Group had over £50 million of contracted revenue to be realised over the next two years, and a strong pipeline of further opportunities.”
- “A dividend was declared in August 2025 by the Company to its immediate parent company, Project Prestige Bidco Limited to the amount of £5,100,100.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHANAN, Scott Robert | Director | 2026-04-29 | Oct 1972 | Australian |
| BURKE, Jeffrey Richard | Director | 2012-11-22 | Nov 1960 | British |
| WATTS, Oliver Charles | Director | 2012-11-22 | Jun 1961 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANGELOU, Andreas | Secretary | 2021-01-26 | 2023-02-28 |
| HAYLLAR, Nicholas James | Director | 2020-02-20 | 2023-11-16 |
| KAHAN, Barbara | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2012-11-22 |
| SEAR, Hugh Edward | Director | 2013-08-09 | 2021-03-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Prestige Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-22 | Active |
| Mr Jeffrey Richard Burke | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-22 |
| Mr Oliver Charles Watts | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 81 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-17 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-12-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2021-07-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+230.1%
£31,558,156 £104,168,428
-
Cash
-45.8%
£4,694,287 £2,546,317
-
Net assets
+17.4%
£12,109,337 £14,214,419
-
Employees
+54%
100 154
-
Operating profit
+168.9%
-£6,130,883 £4,221,675
-
Profit before tax
+141.2%
-£7,096,655 £2,921,182
-
Wages
+47.8%
£5,799,693 £8,569,075
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