Filing status
- Accounts due
- 30 September 2027
- Last accounts
- 31 December 2025
- Conf. stmt due
- 15 October 2027
- Last conf. stmt
- 1 October 2026
Ecu Worldwide (UK) Limited
- Incorporated
- 8 October 1993 (33 years)
- Previously known as
- Ecu-Line UK Limited (until 4 May 2016)
- Industry
- Sea and coastal freight water transport (50200)
- Directors
- Owned by
- Shashi Kiran Shetty
- Accounts type
- Full
- Region
- East of England
- Address
- 1st Floor Pheonix PlaceChristopher Martin RoadBasildonSS14 3GQ
Charges
- Total
- 8
- Outstanding
- 5
- Part satisfied
- 0
- Satisfied
- 3
Officers 1 active
Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.
British
Born May 1965 (61)
Officer history (18 former)
30 July 2026
Resigned Bajada, Simon as Director
6 June 2025
Appointed Bajada, Simon as Director
6 June 2025
Resigned Rowe, Laura as Secretary
6 June 2025
Resigned Rowe, Laura as Director
1 May 2021
Resigned Mccarthy, Ian David as Director
11 September 2019
Appointed Rowe, Laura as Secretary
31 December 2018
Resigned Nightingale, Paul as Director
30 June 2017
18 June 2015
Resigned Sivaramakrishnan, Suryanarayanan as Director
18 June 2015
Resigned Chokshi, Jatin Jayantilal as Director
25 November 2014
Appointed Mccarthy, Ian David as Director
25 November 2014
Appointed Rowe, Laura as Director
25 November 2014
Appointed Nightingale, Paul as Director
25 November 2014
19 March 2013
Resigned Shetty, Shashi Kiran as Director
19 March 2013
Appointed Chokshi, Jatin Jayantilal as Director
30 September 2008
Resigned Bansal, Mohinder Pal as Director
30 September 2008
Appointed Sivaramakrishnan, Suryanarayanan as Director
9 April 2008
Resigned Nazir, Saleem Mohamed as Secretary
20 March 2007
Resigned Van Looveren, Marc Ida Joseph as Director
20 March 2007
Resigned Van Achteren, Raymond Michel as Director
30 September 2006
Appointed Bansal, Mohinder Pal as Director
30 September 2006
Appointed Shetty, Shashi Kiran as Director
18 October 2004
18 October 2004
20 June 2002
Appointed Nazir, Saleem Mohamed as Secretary
7 December 2001
Resigned Forfar, Ian Charles as Secretary
25 September 2000
Appointed Forfar, Ian Charles as Secretary
25 September 2000
9 August 1996
Resigned Noyce, Robert John William as Director
16 December 1993
Appointed Van Achteren, Raymond Michel as Director
16 December 1993
Appointed Van Looveren, Marc Ida Joseph as Director
8 October 1993
Appointed Noyce, Robert John William as Director
8 October 1993
8 October 1993
8 October 1993
8 October 1993
Ownership 1 active
People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register
Shashi Kiran Shetty
Individual · Notified 23 April 2021
Owns 50–75% of shares
Holds 50–75% of voting rights
Right to appoint and remove directors
Indian
Born February 1957 (69)
Former controllers (2)
24 April 2021
Ceased Ecu Hold NV — Owns 75–100% of shares
23 April 2021
Ceased Shashi Kiran Shetty — Owns 25–50% of shares
Financials
Figures from 2021 accounts. Newer accounts, made up to 31 December 2025, are filed but not read yet. See them on Companies House
- Net Assets
- £833,515
- down £319,772 (28%)
- Cash
- £100,002
- down £9,332 (9%)
- Turnover
- £71,214,394
- up £42,459,290 (148%)
- Profit Before Tax
- £7,240,551
- up £5,443,954 (303%)
- Employees
- 68
- down 3 (4%)
- Debt Ratio
- 95%
- Current Ratio
- 1.0x
- Profit Margin
- 10%
- Return on Equity
- 702%
Trend
Turnover
Balance sheet detail
| 2021 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed Assets | £59,548 | £86,975 |
| Current Assets | £17,460,967 | £6,361,038 |
| Debtors | £17,360,965 | £6,251,704 |
| Cash | £100,002 | £109,334 |
| Creditors (< 1 year) | £16,677,948 | £5,285,674 |
| Net Current Assets | £783,019 | £1,075,364 |
| Net Assets | £833,515 | £1,153,287 |
| Shareholder Funds | £833,515 | £1,153,287 |
| Turnover | £71,214,394 | £28,755,104 |
| Cost of Sales | £59,047,697 | £24,229,801 |
| Gross Profit | £12,166,697 | £4,525,303 |
| Admin Expenses | £4,947,195 | £2,735,448 |
| Staff Costs | £3,156,916 | £1,942,474 |
| Operating Profit | £7,219,502 | £1,789,855 |
| Profit Before Tax | £7,240,551 | £1,796,597 |
| Tax | £1,388,045 | £343,409 |
| Profit for Period | £5,852,506 | £1,453,188 |
Filings 156
| Date | Description | Made Up To | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 October 2026 | Change of details for a person with significant control | |||
| 16 October 2026 | Cessation of a person with significant control | |||
| 16 October 2026 | Confirmation statement with updates | 1 October 2026 | ||
| 15 October 2026 | Notification of a person with significant control | |||
| 13 October 2026 | Full accounts | 31 December 2025 |
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