TRANT ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Cash
£4.4m
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
511
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.8m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £119,181,000 | £142,464,133 | £95,493,574 | — | |
| Operating profit | £623,000 | £1,848,132 | £1,927,559 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £4,567,000 | £1,817,053 | £1,831,068 | — | |
| Net profit | £4,547,000 | £1,172,002 | £1,582,278 | — | |
| Cash | £4,978,000 | £8,054,816 | £4,432,772 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,299,000 | £14,963,170 | £16,493,659 | — | |
| Net assets | £7,909,000 | £9,080,701 | £10,662,979 | — | |
| Equity | £7,909,000 | £9,080,701 | £10,662,979 | — | |
| Average employees | 708 | 625 | 511 | — | |
| Wages | £31,263,000 | £35,719,459 | £25,625,445 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £991,000 | £1,109,894 | £762,265 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 15 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 1.3% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 0.8% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.8% | 12.4% | 11.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.5% | 81.1% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 1.34x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | 12.71x | 22.06x | 19.52x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- TRANT ENGINEERING LIMITED 2014-01-09 → present
- TRANT CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 2001-12-24 → 2014-01-09
- P TRANT LIMITED 1963-07-30 → 2001-12-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- TRANT ENGINEERING LIMITED · parent
- Te-Tech Process Solutions Limited 100%
- Trant Falkland Islands Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Exceptional items of £nil (2024: £2,227,000) included in cost of sales relate to a write back of an accrual for amounts that management initially expected to pay under an agreement. Management have now determined that no repayment will be required, and the obligation no longer exists.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BULLEN, Timothy John | Director | 2015-12-02 | Aug 1967 | British |
| DOWD, Brendan Michael | Director | 2018-01-08 | Jul 1974 | Irish |
| PARKER, Alistair Graeme | Director | 2015-12-02 | Apr 1969 | British |
| TRANT, Patrick Philip | Director | 2025-01-06 | Aug 1996 | British |
| TRANT, Patrick Murray | Director | — | Jan 1953 | British |
| TRANT, Philip Francis | Director | 2015-12-02 | Aug 1981 | Irish |
| TRANT, Timothy | Director | 2023-09-04 | Sep 1994 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORGAN, Robin Brian | Secretary | — | 2017-01-11 |
| DUDMAN, Peter Henry Thomas | Director | 1993-10-01 | 2006-01-31 |
| FLYNN, Eamon Michael | Director | 2003-01-02 | 2014-01-29 |
| HENDERSON, James Alastair | Director | 2018-01-08 | 2023-09-04 |
| JORDAN, Sean Michael | Director | 2011-01-04 | 2025-01-17 |
| LUNDY, Patrick John | Director | — | 1998-10-31 |
| MONAGHAN, Colin John | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2024-07-11 |
| MORIARTY, John Anthony | Director | — | 1990-05-29 |
| PATTEN, John | Director | 1998-02-10 | 2014-12-31 |
| PERRY, David Spencer | Director | 2006-11-22 | 2009-11-25 |
| RAVIZZA, Fran | Director | 2003-01-02 | 2015-12-02 |
| REED, Michael William | Director | 2003-01-02 | 2017-01-11 |
| SOMERS, Gerry | Director | 1998-02-10 | 2025-01-06 |
| STRUDWICK, John Reginald | Director | — | 1998-02-14 |
| SWALLOW, Mark William | Director | 1998-02-10 | 2024-12-31 |
| TRANT, James Paul | Director | — | 2015-12-02 |
| TRANT, Philip Nicholas | Director | — | 2014-12-31 |
| TRANT, Simon | Director | 1998-02-10 | 2021-09-30 |
| TRANT, Timothy | Director | — | 2016-05-24 |
| WALLACE, Kerie Hamish | Director | 2003-01-02 | 2015-11-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trant Holding Company Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.