Ecc Tradeco Limited
Registered name: ECC TRADECO LIMITED
Part of Ecc (Topco) Limited groupEcc Tradeco Limited made £13.7m revenue and a £337k loss in the year to 4 May 2025. read from filing text
Ecc Tradeco Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £13.7m in the year to 4 May 2025, with a loss of £337k and 269 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 parent company of the largest and smallest group that includes the company and for which group financial”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 28 Apr 2024 | 4 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13m | £14.4m | £13.7m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £9.5m | £9.4m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £4.8m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | −£966k | −£533k | −£360k |
| Profit before tax | −£980k | −£562k | −£404k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.7m | −£572k | −£337k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.7m | −£572k | −£337k |
| Staff costs | £5.4m | £5.4m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 314 | 304 | 269 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −12.9% | −4% | −2.5% |
| Gross margin | 30.5% | 33.7% | 31.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £41.5k | £47.3k | £51k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.3k | −£1.9k | −£1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.5% | ▼4.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▼11.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £461k | £112k | £168k |
| Net assets | −£1.7m | −£2.3m | −£2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £3.6m | £3.4m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £165k | £56.3k | £136k |
| Deferred income | £440k | £303k | £512k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £51k
- 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
- 24.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1%
- 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 −£2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲51%
- Now £168k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 269
- Deferred income
- ▲69%
- Now £512k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £3.4m
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
- Ecc (Topco) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ecc Tradeco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (7)
- Ecc Holdco LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Neighbourhoodleeds LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Neighbourhoodliv LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Victorsald LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Victorshal LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Victorsnewc LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Victorsoxf LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Ecc Midco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 4 May 2025 (profit −£337k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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