EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-01 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+26.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+23.2% vs 2024
Employees
2
+100% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£433K
+78.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,772,164 | £1,908,916 | |
| Operating profit | £242,526 | £433,434 | |
| Profit before tax | £242,526 | £433,434 | |
| Net profit | £242,526 | £433,434 | |
| Cash | £2,639,760 | £3,343,443 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,869,430 | £2,302,863 | |
| Net assets | £1,869,430 | £2,302,863 | |
| Equity | £1,869,430 | £2,302,863 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 2 | |
| Wages | £93,365 | £160,777 |
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 | 13.7% | 22.7% | |
| Net margin | 13.7% | 22.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.0% | 18.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.16x | 2.19x |
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
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS · parent
- ESTS Trading Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 8th May 2024 Daniel Snowdon joined ESTS as Executive Director, succeeding Susan Hesford as Executive Director following over 20 years of service.”
- “From January 2025, a full-time staff member was appointed on a contractual basis from Kenes.”
- “Kenes International were chosen to replace VECI as the PCO for ESTS annual meetings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIGNER, Clemens, Dr | Director | 2025-05-26 | Aug 1974 | Austrian |
| BATIREL, Hasan | Director | 2024-05-27 | Aug 1970 | Turkish |
| BERTANI, Alessandro, Dr | Director | 2024-05-27 | Apr 1973 | Italian |
| BOLUKBAS, Servet, Prof Dr | Director | 2024-05-27 | Jul 1975 | German |
| D'JOURNO, Xavier Benoit, Dr | Director | 2025-11-09 | Mar 1976 | French |
| EMBUN, Raul, Dr | Director | 2025-05-26 | Jul 1976 | Spanish |
| FALCOZ, Pierre-Emmanuel, Dr | Director | 2017-03-13 | Nov 1969 | French |
| FURAK, Jozsef, Dr | Director | 2023-06-05 | Jul 1965 | Hungarian |
| NOVOA, Nuria, Dr | Director | 2018-05-29 | Jan 1965 | Spanish |
| PETERSEN, Rene, Dr | Director | 2017-05-30 | Jan 1967 | Danish |
| POMPILI, Cecilia, Dr | Director | 2025-05-26 | Nov 1982 | British,Italian |
| STILES, Brendon, Dr | Director | 2023-06-05 | Aug 1972 | American |
| WELCKER, Katrin, Dr | Director | 2022-06-20 | Oct 1965 | German |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUNELLI, Alessandro | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2024-07-10 |
| KUZDZAL, Jaroslaw | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2023-09-23 |
| PAPAGIANNOPOULOS, Konstantinos | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2024-07-10 |
| SCHMITT-OPITZ, Isabelle Annemarie Beatrix | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2025-05-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 44 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-09 CC05 Change constitution enactment
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-22 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-09 | CC05 | change-of-constitution | Change constitution enactment |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+7.7%
£1,772,164 £1,908,916
-
Cash
+26.7%
£2,639,760 £3,343,443
-
Net assets
+23.2%
£1,869,430 £2,302,863
-
Employees
+100%
1 2
-
Operating profit
+78.7%
£242,526 £433,434
-
Profit before tax
+78.7%
£242,526 £433,434
-
Wages
+72.2%
£93,365 £160,777
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