ROBERT WALKER (HAULAGE) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-17 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£401K
-37% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£4M
+2.2% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
65
-1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£145K
-15.2% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £10,813,319 | £11,106,827 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £289,477 | £264,653 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £234,029 | £159,812 | £170,668 | £144,781 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £100,425 | £185,155 | £126,968 | £74,872 | |
| Cash | £437,145 | £547,529 | £473,439 | £800,097 | £636,054 | £400,825 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,699,701 | £3,780,609 | £4,244,729 | £4,476,673 | £4,899,286 | £4,626,615 | |
| Net assets | £2,754,125 | £3,016,463 | £3,116,888 | £3,302,043 | £3,429,011 | £3,503,883 | |
| Equity | £2,754,125 | £3,016,463 | £3,116,888 | £3,302,043 | £3,429,011 | £3,503,883 | |
| Average employees | 62 | 56 | 56 | 63 | 66 | 65 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,397,437 | £2,694,512 | £2,879,896 | £3,002,072 |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 2.7% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 1.2% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 5.9% | 5.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 51.7% | 45.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.44x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 2.33x | 2.09x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the company's Going Concern and Liquidity Risk, and the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will maintain their strong position in the market and maintain their liquidity at its current level and will continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Since Covid and Brexit, the fork lift market has changed significantly.”
- “The market appears to be returning to more 'normal' trading conditions as equipment from outside the UK continues to become more available.”
- “The company have been operating within this niche sector for over 60 years and continue to invest heavily in the latest specialist trailers to allow easy and safe movement of all types of fork lift trucks and access platforms.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, Neil Edward | Director | — | Oct 1959 | British |
| WALKER, Peter | Director | — | Apr 1958 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, Eric Jackson | Secretary | — | 2011-08-12 |
| WALKER, Eric Jackson | Director | — | 2011-08-12 |
| WALKER, Robert Brian | Director | — | 2000-01-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Walker Haulage (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-04-22 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+2.7%
£10,813,319 £11,106,827
-
Cash
-37%
£636,054 £400,825
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Net assets
+2.2%
£3,429,011 £3,503,883
highest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
-1.5%
66 65
-
Operating profit
-8.6%
£289,477 £264,653
-
Profit before tax
-15.2%
£170,668 £144,781
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+4.2%
£2,879,896 £3,002,072
highest in 4 filed years
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