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Company No. 00657354 · Incorporated 26 Apr 1960

Earliba Finance Co. Limited

Registered name: EARLIBA FINANCE CO. LIMITED

Part of William Pears Group Limited group

Earliba Finance Co. Limited made £796k revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.

Earliba Finance Co. Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £796k in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £3.1m profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection L · Real estate activitiesSIC 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
66 yrs · since 1960
Type
Private Limited Company

Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2025

Key figures

Small team
Revenue
£796k
Growth ▼5.9%
Profit
£3.1m
Growth ▲39%
Profit margin
394.5%
Gross 80.2%
Employees
3
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£1m
Revenue/employee £265k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Apr 202230 Apr 202330 Apr 202430 Apr 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£1.2m£1.1m£846k£796k
Cost of sales£414k£348k£265k£158k
Gross profit£810k£748k£581k£638k
Operating profit−£2.9m£2.4m£1.2m£1.8m
Profit before tax−£2.9m£2.6m£2m£2.7m
Profit after tax−£3.3m£2.1m£2.3m£3.1m
Profit (best available)−£3.3m£2.1m£2.3m£3.1m
Employees (average)3333
Ratios
Profit margin−273.7%192.5%266.9%394.5%
Gross margin66.2%68.2%68.7%80.2%
Revenue per employee£408k£365k£282k£265k
Profit per employee−£1.1m£703k£753k£1m
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼10.4%▼22.8%▼5.9%
Profit growth——▲7.1%▲39%
Headcount growth—0%0%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£4.7k£2.9k£115k£50.4k
Net assets£20.4m£22.5m£24.8m£23.9m
Fixed assets£19m£16.9m£14.3m£13.4m
Current assets£5.6m£9.9m£14.5m£14m
Debtors£5.6m£9.9m£14.4m£14m
Deferred income£475k£89.4k£79.4k£71k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
394.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
80.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£265k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£1m
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1688%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
8.9%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
1759%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

Balance-sheet signals

Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.

Net assets
▼3%
Now £23.9m
Cash at bank
▼56%
Now £50.4k
Headcount
0%
Now 3
Deferred income
▼11%
Now £71k
Fixed assets
▼6%
Now £13.4m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. William Pears Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. William Pears Group Investments Limited75–100%
  3. William Pears Group of Companies Limited(The)75–100%
  4. Earliba Finance Co. Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (30)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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