ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION AGENCY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-15 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£138K
-32.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£168K
+185.9% vs 2023
Employees
4
-20% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
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 | £1,057,890 | £925,576 | |
| Operating profit | £26,560 | £109,273 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £26,560 | £109,273 | |
| Cash | £204,243 | £138,421 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £58,808 | £168,123 | |
| Net assets | £58,808 | £168,123 | |
| Equity | £58,808 | £168,123 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 4 | |
| Wages | £208,697 | £108,238 |
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 | 2.5% | 11.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 11.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 45.2% | 65.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.9% | 8.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.14x | 10.43x |
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
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- UHY Calvert Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the board of directors has a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in existence for the foreseeable future. The directors therefore have continued to adopt the going concern basis of preparation for these financial statements.”
Group structure
- ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION AGENCY LIMITED · parent
- Endangered Species Protection Agency USA Foundation
Significant events
- “ESPA continues to enhance the skills of wildlife rangers and protected area managers, enabling them to develop and implement credible conservation strategies and law enforcement aligned with best practices and international human rights standards.”
- “ESPA has trained twenty rangers to deliver effective conservation law enforcement in Prey Lang Wildlife Reserve.”
- “ESPA continues to investigate the Norwegian whaling industry alongside its supporting partners.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARR, Peter | Director | 2015-02-09 | Nov 1968 | British |
| FREEAR, William Edward | Director | 2015-02-09 | Sep 1961 | British |
| HEWITT, Martin Joseph | Director | 2021-05-12 | Nov 1980 | British |
| SHAW, Barry | Director | 2021-03-15 | Feb 1955 | British |
| TAYLOR, Harold Christopher | Director | 2018-01-01 | Sep 1958 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIDSON, Andrew Edward | Director | 2015-02-09 | 2016-04-05 |
| HEWITT, Martin | Director | 2015-02-09 | 2021-05-12 |
| MCKINNON, Fabian | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| REDLINGER, Charles | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2021-03-15 |
| TAYLOR, Harry | Director | 2015-02-09 | 2016-04-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Barry Shaw | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2021-04-20 | Active |
| Mr Charles Redlinger | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-01 | Ceased 2021-03-15 |
| Mr Harold Taylor | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Peter Carr | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-02-09 | Active |
| Mr Martin Joseph Hewitt | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-02-02 | Active |
| William Edward Freear | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-02-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-21 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
-12.5%
£1,057,890 £925,576
-
Cash
-32.2%
£204,243 £138,421
-
Net assets
+185.9%
£58,808 £168,123
-
Employees
-20%
5 4
-
Operating profit
+311.4%
£26,560 £109,273
-
Wages
-48.1%
£208,697 £108,238
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