List of Essex County Council companies

A list of companies owned by Essex County Council (ECC).

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 Lim​ited​​​

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 Housing Development LLP

Company number: OC433124

Type of organisation and ECC involvement: Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) - constitution is set out in the LLP Agreement between ECC, Seax Trading Limited and Essex Housing Development LLP

Date of incorporation: 26 August 2020

Trading status: active

Main objective of the company: to develop housing, which will deliver economic growth for the benefit of the area or persons resident or present in the Essex area. Following development of the schemes, the LLP will either sell the units on the open market

Lead officer: Ben Finalyson

Board members employed by ECC: Stephanie Mitchener, Councillor Ray Gooding

Essex Housing Development LLP on Companies House

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

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: To be confirmed

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: To be confirmed

Company directors and secretaries employed by ECC: To be confirmed

Seax Trading Limited on Companies House​​

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