CONTRACT VEHICLES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-29 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£20M
+7.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£53M
-0.2% vs 2024
Employees
366
+10.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£856K
-79.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- CONTRACT VEHICLES LIMITED 1986-01-31 → present
- WAIN TRANSPORT LIMITED 1985-10-01 → 1986-01-31
- ENSOR MOTORS LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 1985-10-01
- WAIN TRANSPORT (CHESHIRE) LIMITED 1963-04-29 → 1980-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £109,658,000 | £123,341,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,257,000 | £917,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,259,000 | £856,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,886,000 | -£117,000 | |
| Cash | £18,468,000 | £19,918,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £63,660,000 | £64,083,000 | |
| Net assets | £53,591,000 | £53,474,000 | |
| Equity | £53,591,000 | £53,474,000 | |
| Average employees | 332 | 366 | |
| Wages | £9,312,000 | £11,177,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.7% | 1.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.76x | 1.60x | |
| Interest cover | — | 13.10x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On this basis, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- CONTRACT VEHICLES LIMITED · parent
- Contract Vehicles Fleet Services Limited 100%
- Contract Vehicles Rentals Limited 100%
- Contract Vehicles Properties Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company has continued to enhance its reputation as a high-quality technology-led service provider, which meets the requirements of the market and its customers in an innovative and dependable way.”
- “The Company continues to invest in its technology, people and processes, and we are confident that we have an excellent platform for growth.”
- “Our 360-strong colleague company car fleet completed its transition to 100% electric.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, Manisha Kantilal | Secretary | 2020-04-01 | — | — |
| BURNS, Eric Ross | Director | 2017-03-31 | Oct 1973 | British |
| JENKINS, Martin Alexander | Director | 2020-04-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
| SKIPPEN, Sean | Director | 2020-04-01 | Feb 1969 | British |
| SMITHIES, Noelle Lesley | Director | 2023-06-01 | Dec 1973 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARRATOON, David Gregory | Secretary | — | 1992-10-19 |
| BARRETT, Nigel John | Secretary | 1999-02-22 | 2017-03-31 |
| JONES, Sarah Elizabeth | Secretary | 2017-03-31 | 2017-06-30 |
| RAWNSLEY, Patrick James | Secretary | 2017-07-17 | 2019-11-25 |
| WEBB, James Keith | Secretary | 1992-10-19 | 1999-02-22 |
| ARRATOON, David Gregory | Director | — | 1992-10-19 |
| BARRETT, Nigel John | Director | 1999-02-22 | 2017-03-31 |
| BROWN, Alec Charles | Director | — | 2017-03-31 |
| BUCHAN, Timothy Peter | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2022-04-01 |
| BUTLER, Robert Alan | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2021-07-31 |
| HOLLAND, Martin Peter | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| MORGAN, Brian | Director | — | 1992-10-19 |
| PARKES, Carol | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2023-06-01 |
| PHILLIPS, Mark Trevor, Mr. | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2022-04-01 |
| ROSS, John Allan | Director | 1999-02-22 | 2017-03-31 |
| SMITH, Douglas | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2018-04-01 |
| TODD, Lawrence | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2025-11-01 |
| TOFT, Philip Michael | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2019-12-01 |
| WEBB, James Keith | Director | — | 1999-02-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeus Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-01-26 | Active |
| Contract Vehicles Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-26 |
| Mr John Allan Ross | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-31 |
| Mr Douglas Smith | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-31 |
| Mr Nigel John Barrett | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 221 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-21 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2022-04-21 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+12.5%
£109,658,000 £123,341,000
-
Cash
+7.9%
£18,468,000 £19,918,000
-
Net assets
-0.2%
£53,591,000 £53,474,000
-
Employees
+10.2%
332 366
-
Operating profit
-78.5%
£4,257,000 £917,000
-
Profit before tax
-79.9%
£4,259,000 £856,000
-
Wages
+20%
£9,312,000 £11,177,000
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