E.C. WIRE LIMITED

Company number 03239930 ·

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Executive summary

E.C. Wire Limited is a profitable, cash-generative business with nearly 30 years of trading history, but it faces significant short-term liquidity pressure following the reclassification of £558k from long-term to current liabilities, which halved its working capital and pushed the quick ratio below 1.0. The immediate priority is understanding and addressing this debt maturity shift, while maintaining the strong cash generation that has seen reserves grow from £111k to £498k over five years.

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Shareholders' funds

£582,957

Balance sheet as at 2024-08-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company is sale of wire products

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1996-08-20
Employees
6 (2025 accounts)
Registered office
Saxon House Haywood Drive, Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk, England, CO10 9LE
Postcode
CO10 9LE
Capital
100 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-08-31
Next due by
2027-05-31
Financial year end
31 August

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-08-20
Next due by
2027-09-03
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified

Officers 3 current · 4 resigned

Appointed 2017-05-20
Appointed 2003-01-10
COPPER WIRE SALES Appointed 1996-08-20

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Group structure

Controlled by XTREME SERVICES LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Contact details

Website
http://www.ecwire.co.uk

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
UNIT 4, OLYMPIA WORKS, CHURCH STREET, OSSETT WF5 9DG1997-06-17
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, 31 CHURCH ROAD HENDON, LONDON, NW4 4EB1996-09-05

Among its peers

Top 10%

by shareholders' funds, of 899 similar companies in CO

Among the biggest employers among its local peers (6 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1996.

Competitors Colchester

This company ranks 69 among other business support service activities not elsewhere classified in Colchester.

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The class of 1996

33%

of the 2,496 companies in this sector incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 66% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 1 title

Leasehold
1
Most recent registration
1999-08-18
Price paid, where recorded
£20,500
Where
West Yorkshire
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
WYK353219 West Yorkshire Leasehold 1999-08-18 £20,500

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