MICHEL HUREL TRANSPORT U.K. LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8m
-4.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.6m
+13.9% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
13
-7.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£763k
+31.9% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £14,105,770 | £17,376,673 | £15,765,157 | -9.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,520,190 | £544,017 | £833,368 | +53.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,450,331 | £578,248 | £762,795 | +31.9% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,080,826 | £357,985 | £526,273 | +47% | |
| Cash | £883,908 | £417,371 | £1,838,252 | £1,923,163 | £1,835,035 | -4.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,204,278 | £2,890,965 | £4,159,599 | £4,059,077 | £4,623,626 | +13.9% | |
| Net assets | £2,199,228 | £2,890,965 | £4,159,599 | £4,059,077 | £4,623,626 | +13.9% | |
| Equity | — | — | £4,159,599 | £4,059,077 | £4,623,626 | +13.9% | |
| Average employees | 12 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 | -7.1% | |
| Wages | — | — | £905,727 | £1,489,070 | £1,394,766 | -6.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £293,562 | £730,110 | £507,038 | -30.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £4,082 | £4,082 | £4,082 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £122,124 | £203,458 | £183,198 | -10% |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 10.8% | 3.1% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 7.7% | 2.1% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 36.5% | 13.4% | 18.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.3% | 33.6% | — | — | 38.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.52x | 2.34x | 2.52x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 21.76x | 28.17x | 7.57x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- MICHEL HUREL TRANSPORT U.K. LIMITED 1986-04-08 → present
- LANCEGALA LIMITED 1986-02-27 → 1986-04-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- UHY Ross Brooke
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts are prepared on the going concern basis. The company has contracts and client relationships and therefore the Directors conclude that the going concern basis is appropriate.”
Group structure
- MICHEL HUREL TRANSPORT U.K. LIMITED · parent
- MHT Forwarding SAS 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Group disposed of its 30% investment in MH Transport LLC.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRATLEY, Andrew Jonathan | Secretary | 1998-05-01 | — | British |
| BEVERIDGE, Alistair | Director | 2007-09-18 | Apr 1976 | British |
| HALLO, Basile Francois | Director | 2004-11-22 | Apr 1976 | French |
| PRATLEY, Andrew Jonathan | Director | 2004-11-22 | Mar 1969 | British |
| LÉON VINCENT | Corporate Director | 2021-12-13 | — | — |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALLO, Bertrand Guy Paul | Secretary | — | 1998-05-01 |
| HALLO, Benjamin Charles Alexandre | Director | 2004-11-22 | 2011-04-01 |
| HALLO, Bertrand Guy Paul | Director | — | 2004-05-28 |
| HALLO, Christine Marie Noelle | Director | 2004-11-22 | 2021-12-13 |
| HUREL, Michel Emile | Director | — | 1998-01-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stéphane Perriquet | Individual | Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2021-12-13 | Ceased 2022-05-17 |
| Mr François Barbier | Individual | Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2021-12-13 | Ceased 2022-05-17 |
| Mr Basile Francois Hallo | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-05-17 |
| Mrs Christine Marie Noelle Hallo | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-05-17 |
| Mr Benjamin Charles Alexandre Hallo | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-05-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-12-19 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-06-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-22 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2021-12-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.