Ecg Hire Ltd
Registered name: ECG HIRE LTD
Part of Qubic Trustees Ltd groupEcg Hire Ltd made £251k revenue and a £2.3k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ecg Hire Ltd’s revenue fell 51% to £251k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.3k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Ascot; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ascot, South East
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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.
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £517k | £251k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £336k | £159k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£40.8k | −£2.3k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£40.8k | −£2.3k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £137k | £42.1k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −7.9% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 65% | 63% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £129k | £126k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£10.2k | −£1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼51.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £2.7k | £616 | — |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £391k | £595k | £708k | £471k |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | — | £1.6m | £1.6m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 63%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £126k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 187.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼50%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼34%
- Now £471k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Qubic Trustees Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Qubic Associate Group Limited75–100%
- Qubic Trustees Ltd75–100%
- Euro-City Holdings Limited75–100%
- Euro-City Group Limited75–100%
- Ecg Hire Ltdthis 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£2.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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