EST TRANSPORT PURCHASING LIMITED
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Cash
£1K
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.3M
+27% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£285K
-28% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,490,000 | £5,781,000 | £4,721,000 | -18.3% | |
| Operating profit | £5,000 | £396,000 | £285,000 | -28% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,000 | £396,000 | £285,000 | -28% | |
| Net profit | £5,000 | £396,000 | £285,000 | -28% | |
| Cash | — | £1,000 | £1,000 | 0% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £660,000 | £1,056,000 | £1,341,000 | +27% | |
| Net assets | £660,000 | £1,056,000 | £1,341,000 | +27% | |
| Equity | £660,000 | £1,056,000 | £1,341,000 | +27% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.1% | 6.9% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 6.9% | 6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.8% | 37.5% | 21.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.1% | 41.2% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | 1.01x | 0.98x |
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
- EST TRANSPORT PURCHASING LIMITED 2008-07-01 → present
- BANKS SADLER TRANSPORT PURCHASING LIMITED 1997-01-10 → 2008-07-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding the facility maturity, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date these financial statements are signed. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The facilities (Revolving Credit Facility - RCF) were successfully refinanced during 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAFF, Nicole Sarah | Director | 2025-01-28 | Jul 1989 | British |
| JONES, Anthony Gerald | Director | 2020-03-26 | Aug 1973 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CULLEN, Dominique | Secretary | 2015-02-20 | 2016-08-01 |
| MAY, Timothy William | Secretary | 2014-10-30 | 2015-02-20 |
| MEECHAN, Lawrie | Secretary | 1997-01-10 | 2008-06-23 |
| WILLIAMSON, Alexandra Dilys | Secretary | 2008-06-23 | 2014-10-30 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-01-10 | 1997-01-10 |
| BADDELEY, Robert Gregory | Director | 2008-06-23 | 2010-12-31 |
| BALI, Navneet | Director | 2012-05-17 | 2019-01-14 |
| BRIGHT, Neil Irvine | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2012-07-06 |
| CAMPBELL, David Ian | Director | 1997-01-10 | 2008-06-23 |
| CHURCHUS, Peter John | Director | 2009-11-20 | 2020-09-01 |
| CLARK, Andrew James | Director | 2022-09-20 | 2025-01-28 |
| CREIGHTON, Luke Taylor | Director | 2021-02-11 | 2022-07-01 |
| CURRIE, Neil Allen | Director | 2019-01-14 | 2021-11-30 |
| DAVIES, Martin William Oliver | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2012-09-20 |
| FIRTH, John Gordon | Director | 2019-09-26 | 2020-04-27 |
| GOENKA, Abhishek | Director | 2014-10-30 | 2019-01-14 |
| HAYWARD, Carl Robert | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2021-02-11 |
| JONES, Brendan Derek Lee | Director | 2007-07-06 | 2009-11-20 |
| MAY, Timothy William | Director | 2012-05-17 | 2019-01-14 |
| MICHEL, Carl Heinrich | Director | 2008-06-23 | 2009-09-30 |
| SADLER, William Geoffrey | Director | 1997-01-10 | 2008-06-23 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-01-10 | 1997-01-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hb Education Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-25 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.