FREIGHT TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-02 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-18
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+27% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+346.8% vs 2023
Employees
300
-4.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+565.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,792,000 | £36,334,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,143,000 | £2,024,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £292,000 | £1,943,000 | |
| Net profit | £284,000 | £1,931,000 | |
| Cash | £4,743,000 | £6,024,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,828,000 | £8,617,000 | |
| Net assets | £663,000 | £2,962,000 | |
| Equity | £663,000 | £2,962,000 | |
| Average employees | 314 | 300 | |
| Wages | £13,654,000 | £14,134,000 |
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 | 3.4% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.6% | 23.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 96.1% | 83.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.46x | |
| Interest cover | 3.96x | 6.84x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FREIGHT TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION LIMITED · parent
- Tachodisc Distribution UK Limited 100%
- T Team Limited 100%
- CD Media Training Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 5th January 2024, the company sold its offices in Leamington Spa.”
- “On the 14th February 2025, the company purchased a new head office in Tunbridge Wells at a cost of £5m.”
- “On the same date, the company entered into a contract to sell its current head office at Hermes House, St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells. The completion of the sale will take place in August 2025, allowing six months to exit the current building.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 75 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MULVEY, Carmel | Secretary | 2023-06-30 | — | — |
| BRICKLEY, Vincent Jeremy Michael | Director | 2012-06-21 | Mar 1966 | British |
| FLETCHER, Ben | Director | 2025-12-01 | May 1971 | British |
| GRIMSHAW-SMITH, Mark | Director | 2025-03-03 | Oct 1961 | British |
| HARTLES, James | Director | 2025-03-03 | Mar 1984 | British |
| HOBBS, Simon Jones | Director | 2023-03-13 | Nov 1961 | British |
| HOSEGOOD, Louisa Anne | Director | 2023-03-13 | Dec 1973 | British |
| MACKENZIE, Susan Mary | Director | 2020-06-10 | Aug 1961 | British |
| MOXON, Jonathan David | Director | 2012-11-22 | Oct 1964 | British |
| MURDOCH, Gavin John | Director | 2023-03-13 | Dec 1967 | British |
| NOORMOHAMED, Rehman | Director | 2025-03-03 | Sep 1969 | British |
| ROE, Phil | Director | 2017-09-19 | Mar 1966 | British |
| STANSFIELD, Ian | Director | 2012-09-20 | Aug 1968 | British |
Show 75 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAITLAND, John Athole Charles | Secretary | 2015-05-01 | 2020-01-14 |
| NOLAN, Roger Stephen | Secretary | — | 2007-09-01 |
| WATSON, Steven Paul | Secretary | 2020-03-11 | 2023-06-30 |
| WELLS, David | Secretary | 2010-09-01 | 2015-04-30 |
| CRIPPS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-09-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| ALLAN, John Murray | Director | 2003-04-29 | 2005-04-26 |
| APPLETON, Kevin Andrew | Director | 2012-06-21 | 2016-12-13 |
| ARCHBOLD, David Stuart | Director | 2000-05-09 | 2007-04-17 |
| ASHWORTH, Raymond John | Director | 2012-09-20 | 2017-03-06 |
| AYRES, Alan Ronald | Director | 2003-06-24 | 2007-04-17 |
| BATEMAN, Paul | Director | 2004-12-23 | 2006-04-25 |
| BATEMAN, Paul | Director | 1998-04-28 | 2001-07-03 |
| BAYFIELD, Raymond John | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| BELL, John Alan Clifford | Director | 1994-10-25 | 1996-11-26 |
| BLISS, Derek Huntley | Director | 1995-04-25 | 1998-04-28 |
| BODGER, Stephen Graham | Director | 1996-07-02 | 1999-12-02 |
| BRAYBROOK, Ian Kenneth | Director | 1996-10-29 | 2000-02-17 |
| BROWITT, Philip Reginald | Director | 1995-04-25 | 2000-05-19 |
| BURLETON, Adrian Philip | Director | 2005-06-21 | 2012-05-01 |
| BURNS, Bernard Kenneth Robbie | Director | — | 1995-08-29 |
| CHAPMAN, Jack | Director | — | 1993-08-20 |
| CHRISTENSEN, Lawrence | Director | — | 2007-04-17 |
| CIABURRO, Anthony | Director | 2010-01-19 | 2014-11-20 |
| CLARK, Robert Angus | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| COGHLAN, John Bernard | Director | 2005-04-26 | 2012-11-22 |
| COGHLAN, John Bernard | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2003-04-29 |
| DAVIDSON, Thomas Crawford | Director | 1998-04-28 | 1998-11-24 |
| DE PENCIER, Theodore Henry John | Director | 2011-08-18 | 2015-04-30 |
| ENTWISTLE, Janet Elizabeth | Director | 2006-11-27 | 2012-09-20 |
| FITZSIMONS, Edward | Director | 2007-04-17 | 2009-06-25 |
| FROST, James Duncan | Director | — | 1993-04-27 |
| GASELTINE, Ian Herbert | Director | 1993-04-27 | 1995-08-29 |
| GIFFORD, Peter | Director | 2020-06-10 | 2022-06-21 |
| GRANITE, Steven | Director | 2020-06-10 | 2022-06-21 |
| GREEN, David Charles | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2003-04-29 |
| HAINES, Andrew John | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2017-03-06 |
| HARVEY, Colin George | Director | 1993-11-30 | 1994-09-27 |
| HOGAN, John Christopher James | Director | 2005-01-07 | 2005-10-14 |
| HOUSEMAN, William Busfield | Director | — | 1993-04-27 |
| JENKINS, Rebecca Judith | Director | 2003-04-29 | 2017-03-06 |
| JONES, Ian | Director | 2008-06-26 | 2012-06-21 |
| LAFONE, Alexander Gerald | Director | — | 1993-04-27 |
| LAWRENCE, Charles Anthony | Director | 1997-09-30 | 2005-04-26 |
| LAWRENCE, Charles Anthony | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| LOWTHER, David | Director | 2005-06-21 | 2006-09-01 |
| MATHEW, David Gartside | Director | 1994-04-26 | 2001-07-03 |
| MCCALLUM VEITCH, Ian Gordon | Director | 2008-06-26 | 2017-03-06 |
| MENGEL, Philip R | Director | 2000-05-09 | 2003-12-01 |
| MILLER, Graham Douglas Naismith | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2005-04-26 |
| MILLER, Graham Douglas Naismith | Director | — | 1998-04-28 |
| MILLER, Keith Worsley | Director | — | 1998-04-28 |
| MILLICAN, John Gilbert | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2007-04-17 |
| MORTON, David Emerson | Director | 2010-01-19 | 2012-06-21 |
| OADES, Stewart | Director | 2007-04-17 | 2014-06-19 |
| PARKER, Alastair John Yarborough | Director | 2007-04-17 | 2014-01-17 |
| PEARCE, Frank Martin Phillips | Director | 1993-04-27 | 1994-04-26 |
| PENNY, Robert Timothy | Director | 1993-10-26 | 1995-02-21 |
| POMLETT, Leigh Martin | Director | 2015-09-17 | 2022-03-29 |
| RICHARDSON, Julian Paul | Director | — | 2001-07-03 |
| ROBERTS, Graham Stanley | Director | 2008-06-26 | 2024-12-18 |
| RODERICK, Edward Joseph | Director | 2000-06-20 | 2007-03-18 |
| RUSSELL, John Graham | Director | 1994-04-26 | 2008-04-22 |
| SAMSON SNELL, John David | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2005-04-26 |
| SCOTT, Gordon | Director | 2009-09-24 | 2012-02-03 |
| SHEDDICK, Gillian Ann | Director | 2000-05-09 | 2003-04-29 |
| SMITH, Ronald Ian | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2005-04-26 |
| STOAKLEY, Peter Nigel | Director | 1998-04-28 | 1999-06-10 |
| THOMAS, Laura Elizabeth | Director | 2014-11-20 | 2017-03-06 |
| THORNEY-SMITH, Christopher Francis | Director | 2006-10-18 | 2008-04-22 |
| WALKER, Carole Maxine | Director | 2013-01-15 | 2022-03-25 |
| WATTS, Perry Frederick | Director | 2007-04-17 | 2017-03-06 |
| WELLS, David | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2025-07-31 |
| WHITE, Martin Peter | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2005-04-26 |
| WILLIAMS, John Howard | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2017-03-30 |
| WROATH, James Peter Daniel | Director | 2025-03-03 | 2025-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Phil Roe | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-09-19 | Active |
| Mr David Wells | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2025-07-31 |
| Mr Graham Stanley Roberts | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2024-12-18 |
| Mrs Carole Maxine Walker | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2022-03-29 |
| Mr Leigh Pomlett | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2022-03-29 |
| Mr Vincent Jeremy Michael Brickley | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Active |
| Mr Jonathan David Moxon | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Active |
| Mr Ian Stansfield | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 289 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-
Turnover
+7.5%
£33,792,000 £36,334,000
-
Cash
+27%
£4,743,000 £6,024,000
-
Net assets
+346.8%
£663,000 £2,962,000
-
Employees
-4.5%
314 300
-
Operating profit
+77.1%
£1,143,000 £2,024,000
-
Profit before tax
+565.4%
£292,000 £1,943,000
-
Wages
+3.5%
£13,654,000 £14,134,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers