EAST COAST BUSES LIMITED
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Cash
£2.9m
+58.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.7m
-31.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
166
+3.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£857k
-1,444.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,099,220 | £10,460,661 | £11,811,725 | +12.9% | |
| Operating profit | £13,670 | -£68,010 | -£857,234 | -1,160.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £54,670 | -£55,510 | -£857,234 | -1,444.3% | |
| Net profit | £43,813 | -£41,683 | -£868,782 | -1,984.3% | |
| Cash | £703,484 | £1,807,056 | £2,872,009 | +58.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,887,274 | £2,193,384 | -24% | |
| Net assets | £2,566,534 | £2,524,851 | £1,738,569 | -31.1% | |
| Equity | £2,566,534 | £2,524,851 | £1,738,569 | -31.1% | |
| Average employees | 155 | 161 | 166 | +3.1% | |
| Wages | £4,536,221 | £4,843,869 | £6,122,152 | +26.4% | |
| 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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.1% | -0.7% | -7.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | -0.4% | -7.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -2.4% | -39.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.5% | 63.6% | 80.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.23x | 0.51x | 0.48x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- EAST COAST BUSES LIMITED 2016-06-27 → present
- LOTHIAN COUNTRY BUSES LIMITED 2013-08-22 → 2016-06-27
- EDINBURGH SHUTTLE LIMITED 2006-09-28 → 2013-08-22
- EDINBURGH BUSES LIMITED 2001-11-01 → 2006-09-28
- THE OVERGROUND LIMITED 2000-06-30 → 2001-11-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- CT Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Director is of the opinion that the Company has adequate resources to enable it to undertake its planned activities for the period of at least one year from the date that the financial statements are approved. The parent Company, Lothian Buses Limited, has confirmed that it will continue to provide sufficient financial support so as to allow East Coast Buses Limited to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date that the financial statements are approved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURNESS PAULL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2025-01-06 | — | — |
| BOYD, Sarah Jean | Director | 2016-11-25 | Sep 1980 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTTON, Roger | Secretary | 2017-06-05 | 2018-05-17 |
| MOORHOUSE, Graham Alan | Secretary | 2018-05-17 | 2018-10-08 |
| STRACHAN, Norman James | Secretary | 2001-09-18 | 2017-01-31 |
| BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-10-25 | 2001-09-18 |
| BRODIES WS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-06-30 | 2000-10-25 |
| CAMPBELL, Alistair Carnegie | Nominee Director | 2000-06-30 | 2000-10-25 |
| CRAIG, William Ian Gold | Director | 2008-11-10 | 2016-01-31 |
| HALL, Richard John | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| MOORHOUSE, Graham Alan | Director | 2018-06-29 | 2018-10-08 |
| RENILSON, Neil John | Director | 2001-09-18 | 2008-11-10 |
| SERAFINI, Nigel Murray | Director | 2016-11-25 | 2022-08-12 |
| STRACHAN, Norman James | Director | 2001-09-18 | 2016-11-25 |
| VOGE, Julian Cecil Arthur | Nominee Director | 2000-06-30 | 2000-10-25 |
| ATHOLL INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-10-25 | 2001-09-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lothian Buses Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 88 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-21 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-02-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.