ECOTRADE EUROPE LTD
Company number 07094786 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Ecotrade Europe Ltd is a £45.3m-turnover own-brand retailer of luxury hair solutions operating across D2C, salon, and distributor channels as part of the US-based Beauty Industry Group. While the company demonstrates above-market revenue growth (11% vs. a 3-5% sector norm) and improving gross margins (39%), its 10% EBITDA margin sits below the 15-20% range typically targeted by PE-backed consumer brands, suggesting the business remains in an investment phase with margin expansion potential still to be realised. The principal strategic advantages — own-brand positioning, multi-channel diversification, and group-level procurement leverage — are offset by structural FX exposure, rising raw material costs, and an increasing emissions profile that will require attention as ESG scrutiny intensifies across the beauty sector.
Shareholders' funds
£3,051,834
Balance sheet as at 2018-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2009-12-03
- Registered office
- Unit 13 Lawnhurst Trading Estate, Oakhurst Drive, Stockport, Cheshire, England, SK3 0XT
- Postcode
- SK3 0XT
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-11
- Next due by
- 2026-12-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46499 Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) not elsewhere classified
- 47910 Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Officers 6 current · 4 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by CLEOPATRA UK BIDCO LIMITED — since 2019-12-19
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z345927X (Tier 2), registered since 2012.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT D9 STANLEY GREEN BUSINESS PARK, COMMERCIAL AVENUE HANDFORTH, CHEADLE, CHESHIRE, SK8 6QH, UNITED KINGDOM | 2013-07-22 |
| UNIT 1A 3 HAWTHORN LANE, HAWTHORN LANE, WILMSLOW, CHESHIRE, SK9 1AA, UNITED KINGDOM | 2012-10-17 |
| THE LODGE HOUSE WILMSLOW ROAD, MOTTRAM ST ANDREW, SK10 4QT, ENGLAND | 2011-10-18 |
| THE LODGE HOUSE WILMSLOW ROAD, MOTTRAM ST. ANDREW, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE, SK10 4QT, UNITED KINGDOM | 2011-05-25 |
| FLAT 69 WATERLOO WAREHOUSE WATERLOO ROAD, LIVERPOOL, MERSEYSIDE, L3 0BG | 2011-02-08 |
| 2ND FLOOR, 145-157 ST JOHN STREET, LONDON, EC1V 4PY, ENGLAND | 2010-10-19 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 27 similar companies in SK
Trading since 2009.
Competitors Stockport
This company ranks 2 among wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) not elsewhere classified in Stockport.
The class of 2009
22%
of the 254 companies in this sector incorporated in 2009 are still active today; 76% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2025-05-07
- Where
- Greater Manchester
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN455694 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2025-05-07 | — |
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