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Cash
£9.4m
-16% vs 2024
Net assets
£16m
-11.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
246
-2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£9.8m
+85.2% highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £155,831,000 | £146,173,000 | £149,483,000 | +2.3% | |
| Operating profit | £5,042,000 | £5,398,000 | £9,956,000 | +84.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,048,000 | £5,301,000 | £9,817,000 | +85.2% | |
| Net profit | £3,640,000 | £4,997,000 | £6,722,000 | +34.5% | |
| Cash | £3,712,000 | £11,183,000 | £9,397,000 | -16% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,588,000 | £19,083,000 | £26,561,000 | +39.2% | |
| Net assets | £18,103,000 | £18,348,000 | £16,192,000 | -11.8% | |
| Equity | £18,103,000 | £18,348,000 | £16,192,000 | -11.8% | |
| Average employees | 269 | 251 | 246 | -2% | |
| Wages | £13,615,000 | £12,625,000 | £13,488,000 | +6.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £302,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £208,000 | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 3.7% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 3.4% | 4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.1% | 28.3% | 37.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.8% | 57.5% | 71.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.57x | 1.69x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | — | 55.65x | 66.37x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rödl & Partner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the company's ability to continue as a going concern and have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMON, Alice | Secretary | 2022-11-04 | — | — |
| GUTTERIDGE, Stacy Ann | Director | 2025-06-01 | May 1980 | British |
| LAFLIN, Matthew | Director | 2025-10-01 | Sep 1972 | British |
| SCOTT, Aaron Macdonald | Director | 2026-05-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| SIMON, Alice Wambani | Director | 2025-04-14 | Feb 1968 | French |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BISCHOFF-BROWN, Dominique | Secretary | 2000-07-06 | 2018-12-31 |
| CROCKFORD, Russell Charles | Secretary | — | 2000-07-06 |
| O'BRIEN, Daniel | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | 2022-11-03 |
| STOKES, Tristan Richard Michael | Secretary | 2018-12-31 | 2019-06-30 |
| ARMOUR JR, James | Director | — | 1993-12-17 |
| BENNETT, Marcus, Mr. | Director | 2020-12-31 | 2022-07-01 |
| BEST, Allison Michelle | Director | 2020-12-31 | 2025-01-17 |
| BISCHOFF-BROWN, Dominique | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| BISCHOFF-BROWN, Dominique | Director | 2000-07-06 | 2018-12-31 |
| BROWN, Dominique | Director | — | 1993-12-17 |
| COX, Brian | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2024-05-07 |
| CROCKFORD, Russell Charles | Director | — | 2000-07-06 |
| DEMARTINI, Edward, Mr. | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2025-05-31 |
| JACKSON, Randy | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2018-12-31 |
| LEE-MOHAN, Adrian | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| MCNALLY, Edward | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2018-03-02 |
| MITZMAN, Robert | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| MITZMAN, Robert | Director | — | 1993-12-17 |
| OSTERBERG, Dan | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| QUINN, Pamela | Director | 2024-05-07 | 2025-10-01 |
| SAVARESE, Stephen | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| WHITE, Paul Anthony | Director | 1993-04-01 | 2018-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuehne + Nagel International Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-12-31 | Active |
| Q International Courier, Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-06 | Ceased 2018-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.