Essdocs Emea Limited
Registered name: ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
Part of Ice Europe Partners LP groupEssdocs Emea Limited made £123k revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Essdocs Emea Limited’s revenue fell 54% to £123k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.7m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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. From the filing: “The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of essDOCS Limited, a company incorporated and registered in Malta. The ultimate parent company and controlling entity is Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., a co”
Key figures
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.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £267k | £123k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 401.1% | 1418% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼54.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲62.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £18.1k | £11.8k |
| Net assets | −£3.6m | −£1.8m |
| Current assets | £18.8m | £18.8m |
| Debtors | £18.8m | £18.8m |
| Deferred income | £11.5k | £13.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1418%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15309%
- 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
- —
- Now −£1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼35%
- Now £11.8k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲16%
- Now £13.3k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Ice Europe Partners LPultimate parent75–100%
- Ice Europe Parent Limited75–100%
- Aether Ios Limited75–100%
- Exchange Participations Limited75–100%
- Intercontinentalexchange Holdings75–100%
- Essdocs Emea Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- Essdocs Ventures I LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£2.1m
- Ice Clear Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ice Clear UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ice Data Derivatives UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ice Futures Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ice Greentrace LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ice Markets LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ice Trade Vault Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ice Warrants LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nyse Holdings UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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