The Firmwatch take
Essex County Care Limited (04241958) currently shows: Watch signal detected, based on accounts to 31 December 2024; last refreshed 24 May 2026. Negative working capital plus 1 more cautionary signal — extracted from the latest filed accounts.
Companies House source·Accounts to 31 Dec 2024·Refreshed 24 May 2026·Methodology and caveats
Firmwatch signals are generated from public filings and are not credit ratings or financial advice.
Incorporated
27 June 2001
24 years on the register
Sector
Residential care for the elderly and disabled
SIC 87300
Size
Not classified
Net assets
£2.4m
Top 10% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Insolvency risk
Elevated insolvency risk
The latest public accounts show financial pressure that should be reviewed before relying on the company as a customer, supplier or counterparty.
Negative working capital
Short-term liabilities are higher than short-term assets in the public balance sheet.
Weak current ratio
Current assets are less than 75% of current liabilities.
Sector benchmark · Care Services
How this company compares in 20,546 filers in this sector
Top 10% in sector — Essex County Care Limited shows £2.4m in net assets. Sector median is £2k.
Sector medians are computed annually across all UK companies in this broad sector. Position is approximate — see the Money tab for the full balance sheet.
Money
What the balance sheet says
Net assets
£2.4m
Top 10% in sector · sector median £2k · 20,546 filers in this sector
Cash
Not disclosed
Working cap.
−£1.9m
Median £4k
Current ratio
0.4×
Median 1.4×
Signals · 3
Positive net assets
The latest filed accounts show assets exceeding liabilities.
Negative working capital
Current liabilities exceed current assets in the extracted accounts.
Current ratio below 1.0
Current assets are lower than current liabilities in the extracted accounts.
People
Who runs this company
- VK
VIVE KANANDA, Davie Seeniapen, Dr
director · since 2001
- VS
VIVE-KANANDA, Stuart John Mohan
director · since 2012
Registered office
Address intelligence
15 other companies registered here.
Common for accountants' offices and small business centres.
Address pattern · SS0 7PJ
15 other UK companies registered at this postcode.
Active
14
Dissolved
0
Strike-off action
1
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