NATIONAL TYRE SERVICE LIMITED
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Cash
£800K
0% vs 2024
Net assets
-£21M
-77.1% vs 2024
Employees
1,337
+8.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£9M
+51.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £171,800,000 | £172,500,000 | +0.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£16,200,000 | -£5,900,000 | +63.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£18,400,000 | -£9,000,000 | +51.1% | |
| Net profit | -£17,800,000 | -£9,100,000 | +48.9% | |
| Cash | £800,000 | £800,000 | 0% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,800,000 | -£7,200,000 | -117.6% | |
| Net assets | -£11,800,000 | -£20,900,000 | -77.1% | |
| Equity | -£11,800,000 | -£20,900,000 | -77.1% | |
| Average employees | 1,233 | 1,337 | +8.4% | |
| Wages | £40,600,000 | £44,600,000 | +9.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -9.4% | -3.4% | |
| Net margin | -10.4% | -5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -39.7% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 113.5% | 128.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.52x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | -7.36x | -1.90x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis, having undertaken an assessment of the financial forecasts for the 12 month period from the date of approval of these financial statements. ... They do not consider there to be a material uncertainty relating to the Group's and the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “On 15 April 2025, it was announced that Graham Stapleton had stepped down as Group Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect and that Henry Birch had been appointed as his replacement, this has no impact on the financial statements for the period ended 28 March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'GORMAN, Timothy Joseph Gerard | Secretary | 2021-12-09 | — | — |
| BIRCH, Henry Benedict | Director | 2025-04-16 | Feb 1969 | British |
| HARTLEY, Johanna Ruth | Director | 2022-10-04 | Mar 1975 | British |
| O'HARA, Paul David | Director | 2022-01-21 | Apr 1978 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AINSWORTH, Robert David | Secretary | — | 1997-04-30 |
| CARLISLE, Christopher Arthur | Secretary | 1998-07-13 | 2000-02-29 |
| DAVIES, Ian Gerard | Secretary | 1997-04-30 | 1997-09-30 |
| EGAN, Anthony Trevor | Secretary | 1997-10-01 | 1998-07-10 |
| KEMP, John | Secretary | 2003-02-21 | 2007-10-20 |
| LYNAM, Zaneta Joy | Secretary | 2000-03-31 | 2003-02-21 |
| TAYLOR, John Alexander | Secretary | 2007-11-09 | 2021-12-09 |
| AINSWORTH, Robert David | Director | — | 1997-04-30 |
| ALLSOP, Shaun Kevin | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2000-08-31 |
| BRADSHAW, Stephen James | Director | 1995-02-01 | 1997-02-19 |
| BRANDT, Hans-Joachim | Director | 1997-03-04 | 1999-04-01 |
| CALDWELL, John Irvine | Director | 2002-01-04 | 2021-12-09 |
| CALDWELL, John Irvine | Director | 2002-01-04 | 2007-10-20 |
| DAGG, Thomas Russell | Director | — | 1992-07-31 |
| DUNLEAVY, Adrian James | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2001-08-31 |
| GIESELMANN, Helmut | Director | 1996-06-03 | 1996-09-06 |
| JONES, Richard Franklyn | Director | — | 1992-09-10 |
| KEMP, John | Director | 2001-12-28 | 2007-10-20 |
| MARSHALL, Crichton | Director | 1994-09-22 | 1996-04-14 |
| MOONEY, Alan Donal | Director | 1997-03-04 | 2000-07-31 |
| MUIR, James Michael | Director | — | 1992-01-31 |
| PARKER, Richardallan Platts | Director | — | 2001-12-20 |
| PICKEN, Finlay Ferguson | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| RANDALL, Andrew John | Director | 2021-12-09 | 2022-10-07 |
| REVIE, Alan Livingstone | Director | 2001-12-28 | 2021-12-09 |
| RILEY, Roy | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
| SCHINDLER, Wolfram August Josef | Director | — | 1994-07-04 |
| SIMON, Rainer, Dr | Director | 1994-09-22 | 1995-12-31 |
| STAPLETON, Graham Barry | Director | 2021-12-09 | 2025-04-15 |
| SUTTMEYER, Johannes | Director | 2001-12-20 | 2001-12-28 |
| TAYLOR, John Alexander | Director | 2002-01-04 | 2021-12-09 |
| WIPER, Robert | Director | 1992-08-07 | 1994-09-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axle Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 245 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-30 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2021-12-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.