Ekco Birmingham Limited
Registered name: EKCO BIRMINGHAM LIMITED
Part of Ekco UK Holdings Limited groupEkco Birmingham Limited made £445k revenue and £13.4k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Ekco Birmingham Limited’s revenue fell 26% to £445k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £13.4k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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: “Ekco UK Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £624k | £603k | £445k |
| Cost of sales | £310k | £251k | £178k |
| Gross profit | £314k | £352k | £267k |
| Profit before tax | £18.7k | £18.1k | £13.4k |
| Profit after tax | £18.7k | £18.1k | £13.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £18.7k | £18.1k | £13.4k |
| Staff costs | £142k | £164k | £160k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 50.3% | 58.3% | 60.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £56.7k | £60.3k | £44.5k |
| Profit per employee | £1.7k | £1.8k | £1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.3% | ▼26.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼3.3% | ▼26.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £86k | £56.9k | £62.3k |
| Net assets | £64.9k | £83k | £96.3k |
| Fixed assets | £21.3k | £27.1k | £21.8k |
| Current assets | £244k | £357k | £514k |
| Debtors | £49.5k | £62.2k | £48.7k |
| Cash from operations | £24.7k | −£16.6k | £8.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £44.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £96.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £62.3k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £21.8k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ekco UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ekco Birmingham Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (12)
- Ekco Cloud and Security LimitedRev. £13.6m · Profit £421k
- Frontier Technology LtdRev. £4.2m · Profit £123k
- Transit Networks LtdRev. £1.5m · Profit £44.8k
- Xten LtdRev. £1.5m · Profit £42.6k
- Ekco Reading LimitedRev. £793k · Profit £20.8k
- Ekco Bournemouth LimitedRev. £375k · Profit £13.7k
- Ekco Nottingham LimitedRev. £89.2k · Profit £2k
- Securevirtual Holdings LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£3.3k
- Bluecube Group LimitedRev. — · Profit −£6.1k
- Coro Holdings LtdRev. — · Profit −£3.2k
- Predatech LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ralston Enterprises 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 £13.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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