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Company No. 04897647 · Incorporated 12 Sep 2003

E P E International Limited

Registered name: E P E INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Part of Hamilton Beach Brands UK & EU Group Limited group

E P E International Limited made £12.5m revenue and £165k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2023. read from filing text

E P E International Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £12.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2023, with £165k profit and 40 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, cd's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them)” and is based in Bradford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
23 yrs · since 2003
Type
Private Limited Company

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. From the filing: “The company's ultimate parent company is EPE Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2023

Key figures

Capital-lightDoing more with lessCash flow filed
Revenue
£12.5m
Growth ▲8.5%
Profit
£165k
Growth ▼0.6%
Profit margin
1.3%
Gross 19.7%
Employees
40
Change ▼9.1%
Profit / employee
£4.1k
Revenue/employee £313k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202230 Sep 2023
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£11.5m£12.5m
Cost of sales£9.2m£10.1m
Gross profit£2.3m£2.5m
Operating profit£158k£240k
Profit before tax£126k£192k
Profit after tax£166k£165k
Profit (best available)£166k£165k
Staff costs£1.2m£1.2m
Employees (average)4440
Ratios
Profit margin1.4%1.3%
Gross margin19.9%19.7%
Revenue per employee£262k£313k
Profit per employee£3.8k£4.1k
Cash conversion−573.6%19.2%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲8.5%
Profit growth—▼0.6%
Headcount growth—▼9.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.9m£1.6m
Net assets£2.9m£3m
Fixed assets£234k£247k
Current assets£5m£5.1m
Debtors£1.7m£1.1m
Deferred income£66.4k£233k
Cash from operations−£908k£46k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
19.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£313k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£4.1k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
19.2%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
2%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.9%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
8.6%
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
▲5%
Now £3m
Cash at bank
▼13%
Now £1.6m
Headcount
▼9%
Now 40
Deferred income
▲251%
Now £233k
Fixed assets
▲6%
Now £247k

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. Hamilton Beach Brands UK & EU Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. E P E International Limitedthis company

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

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

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2023 (profit £165k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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