GEORGE ALLINSON (TRANSPORT) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-22 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£14M
-17% vs 2024
Net assets
£32M
+9.8% vs 2024
Employees
109
-1.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+1,434% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £14,433,452 | £15,094,507 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £2,884,924 | £3,032,816 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£287,412 | £3,833,970 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£1,296,232 | £2,867,503 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £16,862,567 | £13,994,529 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £30,236,700 | £33,551,264 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £29,329,743 | £32,197,246 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £29,329,743 | £32,197,246 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 111 | 109 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £4,387,772 | £5,003,144 |
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 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 20.0% | 20.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -9.0% | 19.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 9.5% | 9.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 14.7% | 15.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 4.91x | 3.95x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 162.03x | 168.75x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Allen Sykes Audit Limited
- 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.”
Significant events
- “Operating a sizeable road transport fleet continues to have its difficulties with staffing and often prevents the sought utilisation of vehicles not being achieved.”
- “The warehouse and pallet operation have continued to grow hence the reason for increasing warehouse capacity to include certain iterrs of robotic materials handling equipment.”
- “The company whilst making large investments will contirue to be in the strong financial position that is needed especially in the road transport warehouse business where never-ending investment is so important.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, David Joseph | Secretary | 2007-09-01 | — | British |
| ALLINSON, David | Director | — | Jul 1948 | British |
| ALLINSON, Denise | Director | — | Jun 1958 | British |
| ALLINSON, George William | Director | — | Nov 1955 | British |
| ALLINSON, Irene | Director | — | May 1949 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLINSON, David | Secretary | — | 1998-01-05 |
| INDIAN, Thomas William | Secretary | 1998-01-05 | 2007-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Allinson | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+4.6%
£14,433,452 £15,094,507
-
Cash
-17%
£16,862,567 £13,994,529
-
Net assets
+9.8%
£29,329,743 £32,197,246
-
Employees
-1.8%
111 109
-
Operating profit
+5.1%
£2,884,924 £3,032,816
-
Profit before tax
+1,434%
-£287,412 £3,833,970
-
Wages
+14%
£4,387,772 £5,003,144
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