SHIRLEYS TRANSPORT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-07 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-24
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+86.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+14.6% vs 2024
Employees
52
+6.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+267.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £7,712,808 | £8,794,183 | |
| Operating profit | £318,381 | £1,362,381 | |
| Profit before tax | £389,215 | £1,430,717 | |
| Net profit | £279,377 | £1,061,985 | |
| Cash | £1,804,134 | £3,366,913 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,804,672 | £8,878,657 | |
| Net assets | £7,286,672 | £8,348,657 | |
| Equity | £7,286,672 | £8,348,657 | |
| Average employees | 49 | 52 | |
| Wages | £2,005,052 | £2,166,726 |
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 | 4.1% | 15.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 12.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | 15.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.09x | 3.45x |
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
- Hardwickes
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the Financial Statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the Going Concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the Financial Statements is appropriate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHIRLEY, Callum John | Director | 2024-02-12 | Sep 1998 | British |
| SHIRLEY, Jordan Arthur | Director | 2024-02-12 | Jun 1995 | British |
| SHIRLEY, Michael John | Director | 2008-08-27 | Apr 1971 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIRLEY, Arthur | Secretary | — | 2023-12-25 |
| SHIRLEY, Arthur | Director | — | 2023-12-25 |
| SHIRLEY, James | Director | — | 2008-08-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael John Shirley | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-10-24 | Active |
| Mr Arthur Shirley | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
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Turnover
+14%
£7,712,808 £8,794,183
-
Cash
+86.6%
£1,804,134 £3,366,913
-
Net assets
+14.6%
£7,286,672 £8,348,657
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Employees
+6.1%
49 52
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Operating profit
+327.9%
£318,381 £1,362,381
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Profit before tax
+267.6%
£389,215 £1,430,717
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Wages
+8.1%
£2,005,052 £2,166,726
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