Ec English Manchester Limited
Registered name: EC ENGLISH MANCHESTER LIMITED
Ec English Manchester Limited made £2.9m revenue and £441k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Ec English Manchester Limited’s revenue grew 54% to £2.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £441k profit and 16 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2012
- 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: “EC English 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1m | £1.9m | £2.9m |
| Cost of sales | £668k | £1.2m | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | £345k | £749k | £982k |
| Operating profit | £40.6k | £211k | £449k |
| Profit before tax | — | £211k | £442k |
| Profit after tax | £41.7k | £210k | £441k |
| Profit (best available) | £41.7k | £210k | £441k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 15 | 16 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 11.1% | 15.1% |
| Gross margin | 34% | 39.4% | 33.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £67.5k | £127k | £182k |
| Profit per employee | £2.8k | £14k | £27.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲87.8% | ▲53.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲403.8% | ▲109.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £86 | £442 | £460 |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £127k | £77k | £46.6k |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £4.5m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £101k | £336k | £524k |
| Deferred income | £345k | £511k | £684k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £182k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £27.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 23.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £460
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- ▲34%
- Now £684k
- Fixed assets
- ▼40%
- Now £46.6k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £441k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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