EDSENTIAL COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
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Next accounts due
2026-12-29 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-01 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-18.9% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2M
-6.3% vs 2024
Employees
761
-8.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£25K
-60.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- EDSENTIAL COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY 2015-10-22 → present
- EDSENTIAL LIMITED 2015-04-20 → 2015-10-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,279,000 | £19,141,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£17,000 | -£194,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £63,000 | £25,000 | |
| Net profit | £63,000 | £25,000 | |
| Cash | £1,679,000 | £1,362,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£379,000 | -£150,000 | |
| Net assets | -£2,343,000 | -£2,491,000 | |
| Equity | -£2,343,000 | -£2,491,000 | |
| Average employees | 831 | 761 | |
| Wages | £9,669,000 | £9,818,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.1% | -1.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.5% | 129.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.86x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | -0.26x | -3.96x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- 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.”
Significant events
- “An exceptional item for the forthcoming FY 25/26 will be the end of the Arts Council England contract to provide music services, this will incur one off restructuring charges in that year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Peter Graham | Director | 2024-11-01 | May 1975 | British |
| DICKSON, Philip Michael | Director | 2024-10-02 | Aug 1987 | British |
| KIDWELL, Simon Peter | Director | 2025-09-01 | Nov 1969 | British |
| MCGRADY, Ian Philip | Director | 2015-10-12 | Nov 1969 | British |
| MYERS-WHITTAKER, Samantha-Jane | Director | 2024-10-02 | Nov 1974 | British |
| PARKINSON, Mark | Director | 2015-10-12 | Apr 1959 | British |
| SENN, Sharon Elizabeth | Director | 2021-11-25 | Aug 1961 | British,Swiss |
| THIRLWAY, Salahdin Mallett | Director | 2025-07-21 | Sep 1973 | British |
| WHITELEY, Adrian Francis | Director | 2017-09-01 | Oct 1963 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, David | Director | 2015-10-12 | 2019-06-09 |
| ASHLEY, Alison Jean | Director | 2021-11-25 | 2024-07-19 |
| BACKHOUSE, James Andrew | Director | 2021-08-05 | 2025-12-16 |
| BEER, Joanne Helen | Director | 2019-02-28 | 2021-10-12 |
| BRACKENBURY, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2021-09-16 | 2024-10-24 |
| JONES, Gary | Director | 2015-04-20 | 2015-10-12 |
| MCGUNIGALL, Elaine | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2024-07-19 |
| OWENS, Jane Helen | Director | 2016-08-08 | 2024-07-19 |
| WETTON, Nicola | Director | 2017-09-08 | 2025-09-01 |
| WHITE, Simone | Director | 2019-11-04 | 2021-08-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire West And Chester Borough Council | Legal person | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | Legal person | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-15 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-05-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+4.7%
£18,279,000 £19,141,000
-
Cash
-18.9%
£1,679,000 £1,362,000
-
Net assets
-6.3%
-£2,343,000 -£2,491,000
-
Employees
-8.4%
831 761
-
Operating profit
-1,041.2%
-£17,000 -£194,000
-
Profit before tax
-60.3%
£63,000 £25,000
-
Wages
+1.5%
£9,669,000 £9,818,000
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