MORAN LOGISTICS LIMITED
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Cash
£676k
+29.4% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£9.9m
-3.4% vs 2024
Employees
591
Average over period
Profit before tax
£21k
-97.6% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-02 | 2022-01-01 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-30 | 2025-12-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,405,274 | £56,792,391 | £69,544,429 | £71,753,959 | £88,843,753 | +23.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,516,817 | £147,960 | £918,103 | £2,190,832 | £2,935,093 | +34% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,314,549 | £2,556 | £584,762 | £865,421 | £21,117 | -97.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,069,640 | £207,198 | £367,937 | £571,425 | -£342,790 | -160% | |
| Cash | £163,600 | £428,696 | £315,606 | £522,861 | £676,449 | +29.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,982,914 | £10,694,892 | £14,602,736 | £15,949,909 | £22,534,278 | +41.3% | |
| Net assets | £7,770,084 | £7,977,282 | £9,657,447 | £10,228,872 | £9,886,082 | -3.4% | |
| Equity | £7,770,084 | £7,977,282 | £9,657,447 | £10,228,872 | £9,886,082 | -3.4% | |
| Average employees | 393 | 412 | 0 | 0 | 591 | — | |
| Wages | £4,155,404 | £4,161,796 | £21,281,618 | £20,534,095 | £20,141,512 | -1.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £53,846 | £50,000 | £50,833 | £170,000 | £170,000 | 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 | 2021-01-02 | 2022-01-01 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-30 | 2025-12-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.6% | 0.3% | 1.3% | 3.1% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.8% | -0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.2% | 1.4% | 6.3% | 13.7% | 13.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.5% | 71.0% | 70.8% | 76.5% | 79.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.57x | 0.65x | 0.63x | |
| Interest cover | 7.50x | 1.02x | 2.75x | 1.65x | 1.84x |
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
- MORAN LOGISTICS LIMITED 2012-01-27 → present
- A.R.M. LOGISTICS LIMITED 2010-05-04 → 2012-01-27
- A.R.M. FASTFREIGHT LIMITED 2005-10-11 → 2010-05-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts showing that the entity will have sufficient headroom to satisfy its liabilities for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- MORAN LOGISTICS LIMITED · parent
- Lea Transport Limited 24%
Significant events
- “Since the year end Lea Transport Ltd has ceased trading and is being wound up.”
- “HMRC inquiries in relation to payments made to the Umbrella Remuneration Trust (URT); directors are of the opinion that settlement of the liability is remote.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURRELL, Mark | Director | 2026-02-11 | Jan 1974 | British |
| MORAN, Harry Peter | Director | 2005-10-11 | Jan 1964 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAEME, Dorothy May | Secretary | 2005-10-11 | 2005-10-11 |
| WORMLEIGHTON, Gary | Secretary | 2005-10-11 | 2008-05-09 |
| GRAEME, Lesley Joyce | Director | 2005-10-11 | 2005-10-11 |
| WORMLEIGHTON, Gary | Director | 2005-10-11 | 2008-05-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Harry Peter Moran | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.