E P E International Limited
Registered name: E P E INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Hamilton Beach Brands UK & EU Group Limited groupE 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.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 44 | 40 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 19.9% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hamilton Beach Brands UK & EU Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- 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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