HEATONS TRUCK GROUP LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-19 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-05
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
+10.4% vs 2023
Employees
34
+3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£208K
-17.3% 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
By the end of the 2025 year end the company plans to complete the transfer of its trading activities and properties to a fellow group company. Once the transfer is complete the company will cease to trade. As such, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of going concern.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HEATONS TRUCK GROUP LTD 2012-10-24 → present
- HEATONS TRANSPORT (ST. HELENS) LIMITED 1950-10-23 → 2012-10-24
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 | £6,818,315 | £3,683,254 | |
| Operating profit | £311,760 | £238,037 | |
| Profit before tax | £252,024 | £208,320 | |
| Net profit | £212,628 | £203,544 | |
| Cash | £152,749 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,069,949 | £3,138,040 | |
| Net assets | £2,630,573 | £2,905,050 | |
| Equity | £2,630,573 | £2,905,050 | |
| Average employees | 33 | 34 | |
| Wages | £1,221,327 | £671,562 |
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 | 4.6% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.1% | 7.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.2% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.96x | — | |
| Interest cover | 5.20x | 7.93x |
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
- WR Partners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“By the end of the 2025 year end the company plans to complete the transfer of its trading activities and properties to a fellow group company. Once the transfer is complete the company will cease to trade. As such, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of going concern.”
Group structure
- HEATONS TRUCK GROUP LTD · parent
- North West Truck Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The trade was transferred to North West Trucks Services Limited during the year and all trade in Heatons Truck Group Limited ceased at this date.”
- “The trade and associated working capital assets and liabilities of the company were transferred to the company's subsidiary, North West Truck Services Limited on 1 July 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS, David | Director | 2025-05-01 | May 1971 | British |
| PASSANT, Ashley James | Director | 2023-06-16 | May 1991 | British |
| PASSANT, Derek Robert | Director | 2021-11-26 | Jan 1960 | British |
| PAWSON, Michael Andrew | Director | 2021-11-26 | Apr 1961 | British |
| PAYNTON, William Mark | Director | 2021-11-26 | May 1985 | British |
| SWINNERTON, Kevin Anthony | Director | 2021-11-26 | Dec 1966 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEATON, Robert Richard Dyson | Secretary | — | 1999-01-31 |
| PETTINGELL, Charles | Secretary | 1999-02-01 | 2021-11-26 |
| HEATON, Robert William | Director | — | 2021-11-26 |
| HEATON, Robert Richard Dyson | Director | — | 1999-01-31 |
| PETTINGELL, Charles | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2021-11-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhous Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-11-26 | Active |
| Mr Robert William Heaton | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-11-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-04-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-46%
£6,818,315 £3,683,254
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+10.4%
£2,630,573 £2,905,050
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Employees
+3%
33 34
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Operating profit
-23.6%
£311,760 £238,037
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Profit before tax
-17.3%
£252,024 £208,320
-
Wages
-45%
£1,221,327 £671,562
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