STUARTS TRUCK AND BUS LIMITED
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Cash
£198K
-76.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.5M
-14.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
107
+9.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.4M
+39% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,870,565 | £43,443,359 | £60,574,574 | +39.4% | |
| Operating profit | £2,927,088 | £2,841,770 | £4,122,108 | +45.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,780,602 | £2,467,492 | £3,429,715 | +39% | |
| Net profit | £2,334,602 | £1,733,492 | £2,509,715 | +44.8% | |
| Cash | £1,582,017 | £832,557 | £197,849 | -76.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,632,404 | £4,385,896 | £3,855,611 | -12.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,382,404 | £4,115,896 | £3,525,611 | -14.3% | |
| Equity | £4,382,404 | £4,115,896 | £3,525,611 | -14.3% | |
| Average employees | 90 | 98 | 107 | +9.2% | |
| Wages | £3,206,181 | £3,979,227 | £4,582,642 | +15.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £44,288 | £210,619 | £217,022 | +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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 6.5% | 6.8% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 4.0% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 63.2% | 64.8% | 106.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.09x | 1.17x | |
| Interest cover | 19.49x | 7.59x | 5.95x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark, Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The year under review has been a positive one but in some regards an exceptional one which has made it an operationally challenging one.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STUART, Jack Kane | Director | 2020-11-10 | Oct 1993 | British |
| STUART, Lydia May | Director | 2026-04-08 | Jan 1998 | British |
| STUART, Ryan | Director | 2020-11-10 | Aug 1987 | British |
| STUART, Thomas James | Director | 2026-04-08 | Apr 1995 | British |
| STUART, Troy | Director | 2014-03-04 | Dec 1969 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STUART, Ross | Director | 2014-11-11 | 2020-11-10 |
| STUART, Roy Anthony Raymond | Director | 2014-11-11 | 2020-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A E Stuart Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-31 | Active |
| A E Stuart No2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 37 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-31 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.