Esi Controls Limited
Registered name: ESI CONTROLS LIMITED
Part of Addtech Ab (Publ) groupEsi Controls Limited made £9.6m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Esi Controls Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £9.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.5m profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies” and is based in Buckingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Buckingham, South East
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.4m | £10.6m | £9.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.2m | £5.9m | £5.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.2m | £4.7m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2m | £2.4m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.6m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.6m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 15.5% | 17.8% | 15.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 40% | 44.4% | 44.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £547k | £560k | £459k |
| Profit per employee | — | £84.9k | £99.8k | £72.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | −123.8% | −81% | −174.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲2.4% | ▼9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲17.4% | ▼19.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £821k | £339k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £6.7m | £4.5m | £4.4m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £180k | £76.3k | £45.3k | £31.6k |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £5.6m | £5.4m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2.7m | £2.4m | £1.6m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£2.6m | −£2m | −£3.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £459k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £72.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −174.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17%
- 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
- ▼15%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲233%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼30%
- Now £31.6k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Addtech Ab (Publ) (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Esi Controls Limitedthis 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 Mar 2026 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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