East West Connect Limited
Registered name: EAST WEST CONNECT LIMITED
Part of East West Group Limited groupEast West Connect Limited made £52.4m revenue and £4.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
East West Connect Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £52.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £4.1m profit and 129 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1988
- 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: “In this year and the preceding financial period, the immediate and ultimate parent undertaking is East West Group Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. Consolidated financial statement”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.2m | £28.6m | £50.4m | £50.3m | £52.4m |
| Cost of sales | £22.9m | £24.3m | £44.3m | £43.1m | £40.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £4.3m | £6.1m | £7.2m | £11.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.9m | £5.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.5m | £3m | £5.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £4.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £4.1m |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £4.7m | £7m | £7.7m | £9m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 99 | 109 | 119 | 129 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 5.6% | 5.7% | 3.6% | 4.5% | 7.9% |
| Gross margin | 15.8% | 15% | 12.1% | 14.3% | 22.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £298k | £289k | £462k | £422k | £406k |
| Profit per employee | £16.7k | £16.4k | £16.5k | £18.8k | £32.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼0.2% | ▲4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲24.8% | ▲84.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲9.2% | ▲8.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £4.6m | £3.4m | £6.6m | £7.2m |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £5.1m | £5.9m | £6.9m | £7.5m |
| Fixed assets | £161k | £177k | £139k | £180k | £214k |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £11.6m | £13.1m | £19.2m | £15.7m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.3m | £5.4m | £7.1m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £2.3m | £3m | £6.8m | £4.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £406k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £7.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £7.2m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 129
- Deferred income
- ▼38%
- Now £4.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £214k
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
- East West Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- East West Connect Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- East West Compass 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 Mar 2026 (profit £4.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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