JOHN HACKLING (TRANSPORT) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-13 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£886K
-17.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
0% vs 2023
Employees
134
-4.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£71K
-84.9% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-09-30 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £15,913,567 | £15,477,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £450,262 | £48,180 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £471,389 | £70,987 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £388,334 | £70,018 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £1,076,183 | £886,326 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £5,122,336 | £5,003,088 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £5,009,277 | £5,009,295 | |
| Equity | £15,939,677 | £16,152,100 | £16,611,325 | £16,970,522 | £5,009,943 | £5,009,277 | £5,009,295 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 140 | 134 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £5,193,152 | £4,998,911 |
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 | 2018-09-30 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 2.8% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 2.4% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 8.8% | 1.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 3.79x | 4.71x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 1500.87x | — |
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
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has sufficient financial resources available and is currently trading profitably and generating cash. The directors believe that the company has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the forseeable future and have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HACKLING, Diane | Secretary | 2004-04-20 | — | British |
| FIELD, Kevin John | Director | 2005-10-01 | Jul 1966 | British |
| HACKLING, Dale Kenneth | Director | 2011-01-12 | Aug 1978 | British |
| HACKLING, Diane | Director | 2004-04-20 | May 1955 | British |
| HACKLING, Kenneth John | Director | — | Jul 1955 | British |
| HACKLING-O'DRISCOLL, Anna Diane | Director | 2022-11-03 | Aug 1980 | British |
| MITCHELL, Stuart Anderson | Director | 2006-09-15 | Feb 1967 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HACKLING, Edna Eileen | Secretary | — | 2004-04-20 |
| FORESHEW, Christopher John | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2008-10-24 |
| HACKLING, Edna Eileen | Director | — | 2004-04-20 |
| HACKLING, John | Director | — | 2025-12-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hackling (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-10-01 | Active |
| Mr Kenneth John Hackling | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-04-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-2.7%
£15,913,567 £15,477,000
-
Cash
-17.6%
£1,076,183 £886,326
-
Net assets
0%
£5,009,277 £5,009,295
-
Employees
-4.3%
140 134
-
Operating profit
-89.3%
£450,262 £48,180
-
Profit before tax
-84.9%
£471,389 £70,987
-
Wages
-3.7%
£5,193,152 £4,998,911
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