ASCOTT TRANSPORT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£493K
-22% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+2.1% vs 2023
Employees
297
+1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£274K
-55.4% vs 2023
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 | £33,958,000 | £35,535,000 | |
| Operating profit | £938,000 | £644,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £615,000 | £274,000 | |
| Net profit | £464,000 | £113,000 | |
| Cash | £632,000 | £493,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,749,000 | £9,374,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,313,000 | £5,426,000 | |
| Equity | £5,313,000 | £5,426,000 | |
| Average employees | 294 | 297 | |
| Wages | £12,082,000 | £13,292,000 |
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 | 2.8% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.1% | 6.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.0% | 74.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | 2.90x | 1.74x |
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
- Bates Weston Audit Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the company invested in plant and equipment necessary to allow the new warehouse to become operational.”
- “Also, during the year, the company purchased 18 new tractor units and 23 new trailers to maintain its replacement programme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCOTT, Stuart John | Secretary | 2020-05-12 | — | — |
| ASCOTT, Peter Norman | Director | 1999-01-31 | Feb 1969 | British |
| ASCOTT, Stuart John | Director | 1999-01-31 | Dec 1971 | British |
| JAMES, Shaun | Director | 2021-05-03 | Apr 1985 | British |
| THOMPSON, Nathan Joel | Director | 2020-04-01 | Jun 1990 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASCOTT, Norma Rose | Secretary | — | 1999-02-08 |
| ASCOTT, Peter Norman | Secretary | 1999-01-31 | 2018-10-01 |
| ASH, Matthew Dean | Secretary | 2018-10-01 | 2020-05-12 |
| ASCOTT, Dennis Stanley | Director | — | 2000-10-26 |
| ASCOTT, Emma | Director | 2003-03-14 | 2009-04-02 |
| ASCOTT, Norma Rose | Director | — | 2019-07-18 |
| ASH, Matthew Dean | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2020-05-12 |
| SARSFIELD, Ricardo Don | Director | 2019-05-06 | 2025-10-06 |
| SILVESTER, Carl John | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2008-03-31 |
| VINT, Hugh Ian Anthony | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2021-05-03 |
| VINT, Hugh Ian Anthony | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2018-10-01 |
| WARD, Jonathan David | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2020-08-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dna (1959) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-11-10 | Active |
| Dna (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
-
Turnover
+4.6%
£33,958,000 £35,535,000
-
Cash
-22%
£632,000 £493,000
-
Net assets
+2.1%
£5,313,000 £5,426,000
-
Employees
+1%
294 297
-
Operating profit
-31.3%
£938,000 £644,000
-
Profit before tax
-55.4%
£615,000 £274,000
-
Wages
+10%
£12,082,000 £13,292,000
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