HAYTON COULTHARD TRANSPORT LIMITED
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Cash
£3.3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6.4M
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
234
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.5M
Period ending 2025-10-04
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-04
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-28 | 2025-10-04 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,360,000 | £26,139,000 | £34,495,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,528,000 | £1,827,000 | £1,862,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,311,000 | £1,548,000 | £1,489,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,015,000 | £1,099,000 | £1,116,000 | — | |
| Cash | £3,251,000 | £3,363,000 | £3,257,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,035,000 | £13,645,000 | £18,400,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £5,291,000 | £5,866,000 | £6,363,000 | — | |
| Equity | £5,291,000 | £5,866,000 | £6,363,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 185 | 175 | 234 | — | |
| Wages | £6,139,000 | £6,194,000 | £8,664,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £226,000 | £233,000 | £224,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-28 | 2025-10-04 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 7.0% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 4.2% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.8% | 13.4% | 10.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 66.9% | 76.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.23x | 2.26x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | 6.67x | 4.60x | 3.47x |
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
- HAYTON COULTHARD TRANSPORT LIMITED 2010-01-15 → present
- HAYTON COULTHARD (TRAILER HIRE) LIMITED 1996-04-16 → 2010-01-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- HAYTON COULTHARD TRANSPORT LIMITED · parent
- Loganbridge II Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 August 2025, the Group acquired the entire share capital of Loganbridge II Limited, which operates a secure parking and vehicle & driver facilities business in Scotland.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, Angela Mary | Director | 2018-03-14 | Apr 1967 | British |
| COULTHARD, Duncan James | Director | 1996-04-16 | Jul 1968 | British |
| GREGORY, John Kennedy | Director | 2010-03-01 | Mar 1958 | British |
| JEFFERSON, Paul Gerard | Director | 2019-04-24 | Sep 1966 | British |
| SEARLE, David Keith | Director | 2024-09-12 | Mar 1970 | British |
| WILDE, Malcolm Andrew | Director | 2018-08-14 | May 1972 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COULTHARD, Elizabeth Joyce | Secretary | 1996-04-16 | 2000-03-31 |
| KIRK, Lesley Mary | Secretary | 2000-04-01 | 2009-12-16 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-04-16 | 1996-04-16 |
| FOOT ANSTEY SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-06-14 | 2024-10-08 |
| CHUDLEY, David William | Director | 2010-12-02 | 2015-03-06 |
| CORFIELD, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2022-08-12 | 2023-12-21 |
| COULTHARD, Duncan | Director | 1996-04-16 | 2009-12-16 |
| COULTHARD, Elizabeth Joyce | Director | 1996-04-16 | 2000-03-31 |
| COULTHARD, Lynsay Joy | Director | 2008-12-18 | 2009-12-16 |
| NORMAN, Robert | Director | 2019-04-24 | 2022-07-21 |
| WALKER, Andrew Graham | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-04-16 | 1996-04-16 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-04-16 | 1996-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Distribution Trading Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-09-30 | Active |
| Gregory Distribution (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-10 |
| Hayton Coulthard Freight Forwarding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.