DAIMLER BUSES UK LTD
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£16m
+11.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
70
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4.6m
+93.8% highest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of DAIMLER BUSES UK LTD's latest filing
A massive year for Daimler Buses UK. Turnover surged 57% to £128.5m and profits doubled — all without adding a single person to the payroll. 🚌📈
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £77,823,000 | £81,908,000 | £128,541,000 | +56.9% | |
| Operating profit | £685,000 | £1,791,000 | £4,456,000 | +148.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £743,000 | £2,356,000 | £4,565,000 | +93.8% | |
| Net profit | £547,000 | £1,737,000 | £3,416,000 | +96.7% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,693,000 | £24,932,000 | £23,013,000 | -7.7% | |
| Net assets | £13,200,000 | £14,390,000 | £16,069,000 | +11.7% | |
| Equity | £13,200,000 | £14,390,000 | £16,069,000 | +11.7% | |
| Average employees | 69 | 70 | 70 | 0% | |
| Wages | £4,482,000 | £4,807,000 | £4,784,000 | -0.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £233,000 | £541,000 | £523,000 | -3.3% |
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 | 0.9% | 2.2% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 2.1% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.0% | 7.2% | 19.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 1.23x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | 85.63x | 52.68x | 28.38x |
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
- DAIMLER BUSES UK LTD 2023-06-23 → present
- EVOBUS (UK) LIMITED 1998-08-28 → 2023-06-23
- DAIMLER-BENZ PURCHASING CO-ORDINATION (UK) LTD 1993-12-21 → 1998-08-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- S&W Partners Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Daimler Truck AG has indicated its intention to continue making available funds as may be required during the going concern assessment period. The directors have no reason to believe that the group will not continue to provide the necessary support and, accordingly, they consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “As of 1 May 2026, Daimler Truck UK Ltd., also part of Daimler Truck Holding AG, acquired eStar Truck & Van Ltd., with which the Company has existing business relationships.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, Rupal Shailesh | Secretary | 2024-04-04 | — | — |
| HEINEMANN, Jens Holger, Dr. | Director | 2022-09-01 | Dec 1971 | German |
| HOWES, Andrew Neil | Director | 2024-04-04 | Jan 1966 | British |
| PRIME, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2024-04-04 | Aug 1972 | British |
| RAMALHO, Hugo Camilo | Director | 2024-04-04 | Dec 1981 | Brazilian |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEARDSHAW, Matthew David, Mr. | Secretary | 2007-02-23 | 2008-01-01 |
| CHYLINSKI, Michal Pawel | Secretary | 2014-05-01 | 2019-03-09 |
| CREBER, Geoffrey Alan | Secretary | 1993-12-21 | 1998-08-21 |
| GOODALL, Andrew Robert | Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2012-12-05 |
| HABAR, Antoine | Secretary | 2012-12-05 | 2014-05-01 |
| LAWS, Christopher David | Secretary | 2003-04-01 | 2007-02-23 |
| MARSDEN, Karla | Secretary | 2021-09-01 | 2024-04-04 |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, Jules Ernest Seymour | Secretary | 1998-08-27 | 2003-03-31 |
| TOKAREK, Taras | Secretary | 2019-03-10 | 2021-08-31 |
| AICHINGER, Jan | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2013-11-29 |
| BEAGRIE, Michael John | Director | 2013-11-30 | 2014-05-31 |
| BIONDI, Roman Guido Willy | Director | 2013-11-30 | 2024-04-04 |
| EBERHARDT, Joachim | Director | 2000-08-11 | 2003-11-03 |
| ELLENRIEDER, Reiner Hans, Dr | Director | 1993-12-21 | 1998-08-21 |
| ENGELHARDT, Karl | Director | 1994-01-13 | 1994-06-22 |
| GIEBFRIED, Bernd | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| GRAF, Johann | Director | 1998-08-27 | 2002-05-24 |
| HALATA, Paul | Director | 1998-08-27 | 1999-08-10 |
| MADER, Heinz | Director | 2008-01-10 | 2011-03-31 |
| MAURER, Theodor, Geschaftsfuhrer | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2006-12-01 |
| MOECKESCH, Oliver | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2008-02-29 |
| OETZEL, Robert | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1996-10-18 |
| SMITS, Johannes Hermanus Bernardus | Director | 2007-09-17 | 2008-03-10 |
| SMITS, Johannes Hermanns Bernardus | Director | 1998-08-27 | 2005-02-28 |
| STANGL, Peter Otto | Director | 1994-01-13 | 1995-09-01 |
| STEFFEN, Wilfried | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2011-03-31 |
| SUFFEL, Holger | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| TETLOW, Gillian Margaret | Director | 1993-12-21 | 1994-01-13 |
| THIELMANN, Michael Franz-Josef, Mr. | Director | 2014-06-01 | 2022-09-01 |
| ULKANN, Klaus | Director | 1999-07-21 | 2000-05-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daimler Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-28 |
| Daimler Buses Gmbh | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-06-23 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-23 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-19 | 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
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