EKATERRA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-02 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-19
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£19M
-103.4% vs 2022
Employees
59
-7.8% vs 2022
Profit before tax
-£8M
-601.9% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- EKATERRA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UK LIMITED 2021-09-20 → present
- UNILEVER TEA SERVICE CO UK LIMITED 2021-01-20 → 2021-09-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,109,828 | £25,966,354 | |
| Operating profit | £4,465,619 | -£3,075,447 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,638,698 | -£8,223,864 | |
| Net profit | £488,736 | -£9,632,381 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£4,496,535 | -£14,505,543 | |
| Net assets | -£9,314,930 | -£18,947,311 | |
| Equity | -£9,314,930 | -£18,947,311 | |
| Average employees | 64 | 59 | |
| Wages | £4,718,420 | £5,051,438 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.1% | -11.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | -37.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -99.3% | 21.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 108.5% | 118.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.54x | 0.54x | |
| Interest cover | 1.45x | -0.58x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ballards LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Groups' operations in Russia and Ukraine have been impacted by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and Middle East crisis. Given the evolving situation, there are many unknown factors and events that could impact operations. There is not a direct impact on the Company as it did not have agreements with Russia, Ukraine and affected Middle East countries.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRISCOE, Jonathan | Director | 2025-03-27 | Feb 1984 | British |
| HUGHES, Luke Jonathan | Director | 2024-07-01 | Mar 1987 | British |
| SIDDIQUI, Zohaib Ahmed | Director | 2022-10-01 | Oct 1986 | Pakistani |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EARLEY, James Oliver | Secretary | 2021-01-20 | 2021-11-17 |
| PLATTS, Sophia | Secretary | 2021-11-17 | 2024-07-04 |
| DHARMAN PULINAM PARAMBIL, Poonam | Director | 2021-11-17 | 2024-04-08 |
| LEEK, Robert David | Director | 2021-01-20 | 2021-11-17 |
| LEWICKI, Zbigniew Slawomir | Director | 2021-11-17 | 2023-06-30 |
| MCNAMARA, Liam James | Director | 2024-04-08 | 2024-12-31 |
| SHARMA, Ashima | Director | 2021-01-20 | 2021-11-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekaterra Holdco Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-01-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 35 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-05 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-05-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-07 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
-0.5%
£26,109,828 £25,966,354
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-103.4%
-£9,314,930 -£18,947,311
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Employees
-7.8%
64 59
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Operating profit
-168.9%
£4,465,619 -£3,075,447
-
Profit before tax
-601.9%
£1,638,698 -£8,223,864
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Wages
+7.1%
£4,718,420 £5,051,438
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