GKN FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£9M
+2.7% vs 2023
Employees
5
-86.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£206K
+68.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Directors have assessed that the Company's principal activities have ceased and their intention is ultimately to liquidate the company. Consequently, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £49,349,000 | £2,090,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,128,000 | -£115,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £122,000 | £206,000 | |
| Net profit | -£583,000 | £206,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,293,000 | £8,517,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,293,000 | £8,517,000 | |
| Equity | £8,293,000 | £8,517,000 | |
| Average employees | 38 | 5 | |
| Wages | £1,841,000 | £232,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.3% | -5.5% | |
| Net margin | -1.2% | 9.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -13.6% | -1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.5% | 1.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.07x | 66.02x | |
| Interest cover | -23.50x | -23.00x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Directors have assessed that the Company's principal activities have ceased and their intention is ultimately to liquidate the company. Consequently, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Significant events
- “In 2023 it was announced that the Company's trading operations will cease and the Company will be wound up at a future date to be determined. The phased closure of operations began in 2023 and completed in the first half of 2024. It is not expected the Company will trade in future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYNDS, George Samuel | Director | 2025-06-16 | May 1987 | British |
| PAYNE, Christopher Peter | Director | 2023-10-19 | Aug 1980 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWFORD, Jonathon Colin Fyfe | Secretary | 2018-07-04 | 2023-04-20 |
| HONE, Richard Jeremy Mindham | Secretary | 1996-07-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| MCLEOD, Julie Elizabeth | Secretary | 2023-04-20 | 2025-09-03 |
| MORRIS, Dennis William John | Secretary | 2000-03-31 | 2000-07-01 |
| RIGBY, John Alan | Secretary | — | 1996-06-30 |
| SHADDICK, Mark | Secretary | 2000-07-01 | 2013-02-12 |
| UTTLEY, Andrew Peter | Secretary | 2013-02-12 | 2015-08-11 |
| GKN GROUP SERVICES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 1999-06-04 | 2019-04-12 |
| ANSELL, Steve | Director | 2018-11-28 | 2019-08-16 |
| ANWAR, Mansoor | Director | 2013-10-04 | 2013-11-20 |
| BARNES, Garry Elliot, Mr. | Director | 2018-07-04 | 2023-04-20 |
| BROOM, Anthony Ernest John Newton | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| BULLER, Andrew Peter | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2019-01-31 |
| BYRNE, Patrick Gerard | Director | — | 2004-12-31 |
| CONNELLY, Arthur John | Director | 2002-11-25 | 2009-07-07 |
| CRAWFORD, Jonathon Colin Fyfe | Director | 2018-07-04 | 2023-04-20 |
| DAVIES, Russell Adam | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2019-03-15 |
| DIXEY, Andrew Roger | Director | 1993-02-15 | 1994-12-31 |
| GILLAM, John Mark | Director | 2011-03-31 | 2013-08-01 |
| HONE, Richard Jeremy Mindham | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| JESSON, Richard Duncan | Director | 2019-08-19 | 2020-07-13 |
| MORGAN, Geoffrey Damien | Director | 2018-07-04 | 2023-04-20 |
| MORRIS, Dennis William John | Director | — | 2010-06-11 |
| NAGLE, Gary | Director | 2020-09-07 | 2024-12-06 |
| NORTH, Peter William Herbert | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1998-06-30 |
| OOI, Sheener | Director | 2019-03-15 | 2020-08-18 |
| OWEN, Leslie Joseph | Director | 2000-08-29 | 2002-12-31 |
| PESZKO-KENIGER, Agata | Director | 2009-08-03 | 2015-12-31 |
| PUGA PEREIRA, Jose | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2002-11-25 |
| PYCROFT, Mark David | Director | 2011-10-20 | 2013-03-22 |
| RASMUSSEN, Dawn Sylvia | Director | 2021-05-20 | 2023-10-19 |
| RICHARDS, Matthew John | Director | 2018-07-04 | 2023-04-20 |
| RILEY, Thomas Christopher | Director | 2020-09-07 | 2021-05-20 |
| SHADDICK, Mark | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2013-02-12 |
| SMITH, Stephen Paul | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2013-02-12 |
| UTTLEY, Andrew Peter | Director | 2013-02-12 | 2015-08-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gkn Industries Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-15 | Active |
| Gkn Enterprise Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 224 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-04-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-95.8%
£49,349,000 £2,090,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+2.7%
£8,293,000 £8,517,000
-
Employees
-86.8%
38 5
-
Operating profit
+89.8%
-£1,128,000 -£115,000
-
Profit before tax
+68.9%
£122,000 £206,000
-
Wages
-87.4%
£1,841,000 £232,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers