Ec English London Limited
Registered name: EC ENGLISH LONDON LIMITED
Ec English London Limited made £7.3m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Ec English London Limited’s revenue grew 46% to £7.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £1.6m profit and 33 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
- 28 yrs · since 1997
- 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) | £1.7m | £5m | £7.3m |
| Cost of sales | £1.6m | £3.4m | £4.8m |
| Gross profit | £77.4k | £1.6m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | −£1.5m | £405k | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | £405k | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.5m | £392k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.5m | £392k | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 32 | 33 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −85.4% | 7.8% | 21.2% |
| Gross margin | 4.5% | 31.7% | 34.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £47.2k | £156k | £222k |
| Profit per employee | −£40.3k | £12.3k | £47k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲194.3% | ▲46.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲295.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.1% | ▲3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £205k | £87.5k | £109k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.7m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £38.4k | £490k | £458k |
| Current assets | £19.3m | £24.1m | £35m |
| Debtors | £89.9k | £40.8k | £202k |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £222k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £47k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 19.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- 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
- ▲57%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲25%
- Now £109k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £458k
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 £1.6m), 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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