This is a list of all companies Essex County Council (ECC) owns.
There is separate information about how ECC companies are run.
Active Essex Foundation
Charity number: 1166665
Type of organisation and ECC involvement: charitable incorporated organisation. ECC is a subscriber, entitled to appoint one director
Date of incorporation: 21 April 2016
Trading status: active
Main objective of the company: to make sport and physical activity accessible to all Essex residents
Lead officer: Jason Fergus
Company directors and secretaries employed by ECC: Cllr Ray Gooding
Active Essex Foundation on Companies House
ECL Trading Limited
Company number: 08884360
Type of organisation and ECC involvement: private limited company. Wholly owned subsidiary of Essex Cares Ltd
Date of incorporation: 10 February 2014
Trading status: active
Main objective of the company: to carry on business as a general commercial company
Lead officer: Nicole Wood
Company directors and secretaries employed by ECC: Keir Lynch and Michael McDonagh
ECL Trading Limited on Companies House
Essex Cares Limited
Company number: 06723149
Type of organisation and ECC involvement: private limited company. ECC is the only shareholder
Date of incorporation: 14 October 2008
Trading status: active
Main objective of the company: to deliver high quality community support services to vulnerable, disabled, disadvantaged and elderly people in the community to help them live independent lives
Lead officer: Nicole Wood
Company directors and secretaries employed by ECC: Stephen Thomas Bennett, Joseph Terence Coogan, Cllr Ian Grundy, Kier Lynch, Vineeta Manchanda, Michael McDouagh, Bruce Moore and Claire Shuter
Essex Cares Limited on Companies House
Essex Community Support Limited
Company number: 06725268
Type of organisation and ECC involvement: private limited company. Wholly owned subsidiary of Essex Cares Ltd
Date of incorporation: 16 October 2008
Trading status: active
Main objective of the company: other social work activities without accommodation
Lead officer: Nicole Wood
Company directors and secretaries employed by ECC: Kier Lynch
Essex Community Support Limited on Companies House
Essex Employment and Inclusion Limited
Company number: 06725306
Type of organisation and ECC involvement: private limited company. Wholly owned subsidiary of Essex Cares Ltd
Date of incorporation: 16 October 2008
Trading status: active
Main objective of the company: offers a fully supported employment service to assist working age adults to secure paid employment
Lead officer: Nicole Wood
Company directors and secretaries employed by ECC: Kier Lynch
Essex Employment and Inclusion Limited on Companies House
Essex Equipment Services Limited
Company number: 06725227
Type of organisation and ECC involvement: private limited company. Wholly owned subsidiary of Essex Cares Ltd
Date of incorporation: 16 October 2008
Trading status: active
Main objective of the company: offers equipment, aids to daily living, adaptations and telecare that aim to support mobility and safety to people in their own homes
Lead officer: Nicole Wood
Company directors and secretaries employed by ECC: Kier Lynch
Essex Equipment Services Limited on Companies House
Essex Legal Services Limited
Company number: 07094589
Type of organisation and ECC involvement: private limited company by shares. ECC is the only shareholder
Date of incorporation: 3 December 2009
Trading status: active
Main objective of the company: to provide legal services
Lead officer: Laura Edwards
Company directors and secretaries employed by ECC: Katie Whall, Joanna Gent and Susan Moussa
Essex Legal Services Limited on Companies House
Exwaste Limited
Company number: 02633517
Type of organisation and ECC involvement: private limited company by shares. ECC is a shareholder
Date of incorporation: 30 July 1991
Trading status: dormant
Main objective of the company: to be a vehicle for waste disposal
Lead officer: Jason Searles
Company directors and secretaries employed by ECC: Samantha Kennedy
Exwaste Limited on Companies House
Freeport East Limited
Company number: 14525587
Type of organisation and ECC involvement: private limited company limited by guarantee
Date of incorporation: 6 December 2022
Trading status: active
Main objective of the company: to facilitate and support the running of Freeport East
Lead officer: Steve Evison
Company directors and secretaries employed by ECC: Cllr Lesley Wagland
Freeport East Limited on Companies House
Medtech Accelerator Limited
Company number: 10249998
Type of organisation and ECC involvement: private limited company. ECC is a shareholder
Date of incorporation: 24 June 2016
Trading status: active
Main objective of the company: the Medtech Accelerator will provide initial proof of concept support funding to NHS organisations with the aim of developing commercial companies to deliver innovative clinical products to market
Lead officer: Christine Golding
Company directors and secretaries employed by ECC: Nicole Wood
Medtech Accelerator Limited on Companies House
Seax Trading Limited
Company number: 10556206
Type of organisation and ECC involvement: private limited company. ECC is the only shareholder
Date of incorporation: 10 January 2017
Trading status: active
Main objective of the company: environmental consulting
Lead officer: Tina French
Company directors and secretaries employed by ECC: Tina French
Seax Trading Limited on Companies House