TRANSPORT UK WEST LONDON BUS LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-02 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-18

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£5M

-27.1% vs 2024

Net assets

-£1M

-294.8% vs 2024

Employees

1,008

+16.4% vs 2024

Profit before tax

-£4M

+16.5% vs 2024

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Industrials median

TRANSPORT UK WEST LONDON BUS LIMITED·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	£94,331,000	£90,272,000
Operating profit	-£2,767,000	-£1,148,000
Profit before tax	-£4,851,000	-£4,053,000
Net profit	-£3,966,000	-£2,205,000
Cash	£6,533,000	£4,760,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£47,664,000	£58,663,000
Net assets	£748,000	-£1,457,000
Equity	£748,000	-£1,457,000
Average employees	866	1,008
Wages	£50,523,000	£50,401,000

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	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	-2.9%	-1.3%
Net margin	-4.2%	-2.4%
Return on capital employed	-5.8%	-2.0%
Current ratio	0.49x	0.36x
Interest cover	-1.19x	-0.37x

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: Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“As a result of the financial forecasts prepared, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence until the 12 month period to 21 August 2026 Accordingly, they adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements”

Significant events

“The company continued to tender for the operation of additional London bus routes on behalf of Transport for London and during the year to 31 March 2025 commenced three new routes, whilst also transitioning to new contracts on eight existing routes and extending a further four.”
“As at the end of the year, the company operated 90 electric vehicles (2024: 72), with all three depots capable of operating electric services.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 35 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BOOTH, Dominic Daniel Gerard	Director	2009-06-09	Dec 1963	British
CUTTS, David Arthur	Director	2024-10-18	Apr 1969	British
HOLDEN, Adam	Director	2023-10-06	Jun 1982	British
PILBEAM, Alan Thomas	Director	2012-05-23	May 1967	British

Show 35 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BOWLER, Richard Anthony	Secretary	1992-10-21	1993-07-16
CASSON, Jenny	Secretary	2005-06-17	2008-09-25
HARVEY, Peter	Secretary	—	1992-10-21
HODGETTS, Robert Ian	Secretary	2004-06-28	2005-06-17
LEES, Barbara	Secretary	2008-09-25	2009-06-09
STAUNTON, Hugh Christopher Thorpe	Secretary	1997-07-15	2001-12-31
TELLING, Christine Ann	Secretary	1993-07-16	2004-06-28
BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2016-03-02	2023-03-24
HALCO SECRETARIES LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2009-06-09	2016-03-02
AVERY, Benjamin Mcclennan	Director	2022-08-22	2023-10-06
BARKER, Neil James	Director	2005-06-17	2009-06-09
COATES, Peter Timothy	Director	2005-06-17	2009-06-09
EARDLEY, Jonathan Woodward	Director	2021-10-25	2024-09-27
EDWARDS, Julian	Director	2012-05-23	2020-08-11
HANCOCK, Martin David	Director	2005-06-17	2008-04-18
HANLEY, Steven Ross	Director	2008-04-18	2010-10-20
HARVEY, Peter	Director	—	1992-12-04
HENRY, John	Director	2005-06-17	2008-09-30
HODGETTS, Robert Ian	Director	2003-08-13	2005-06-17
JACKSON, Brian Malcolm	Director	2005-06-17	2006-05-22
LEADBETTER, Adam John	Director	2010-12-15	2012-03-23
MARTIN, David Robert	Director	—	1993-07-16
MCENHILL, Peter Raymond	Director	—	1992-11-23
MCGOWAN, John Paul	Director	2005-07-15	2011-01-25
O'TOOLE, Raymond	Director	2005-06-17	2008-04-18
TELLING, Christine Ann	Director	1997-07-24	2005-06-17
TELLING, Richard Stephen	Director	2003-12-22	2005-06-17
TELLING, Stephen Richard	Director	—	2005-06-17
WALKER, Adam Christopher	Director	2005-06-17	2008-03-26
WATT, Gordon George	Director	—	1993-07-16
WILLIAMS, Dawson Thomas	Director	—	1993-07-16
WILSON, Anthony Roy	Director	2011-01-25	2021-10-25
WOODWARD, David Peter	Director	2008-04-18	2009-06-09
WORBOYS, Andrew Greville	Director	2015-02-19	2022-08-11
WORMWELL, Denis	Director	2006-02-01	2007-04-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Transport Uk (Operations) Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2023-02-28	Active
Abellio Transport Holdings Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Ceased 2023-02-28

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 243 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-12-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-12-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-12-05	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-10-21	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-10-11	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-06-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-03-02	CERTNM	change-of-name	Certificate change of name company	PDF
2023-10-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-10-11	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current extended	PDF
2023-10-09	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-10-09	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-06-23	AD03	address	Move registers to sail company with new address	PDF
2023-06-23	AD02	address	Change sail address company with old address new address	PDF
2023-06-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-06-22	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2023-06-22	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2023-03-27	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-03-27	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-03-27	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

-4.3%

£94,331,000 £90,272,000
Cash

-27.1%

£6,533,000 £4,760,000
Net assets

-294.8%

£748,000 -£1,457,000
Employees

+16.4%

866 1,008
Operating profit

+58.5%

-£2,767,000 -£1,148,000
Profit before tax

+16.5%

-£4,851,000 -£4,053,000
Wages

-0.2%

£50,523,000 £50,401,000

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

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