BELL TRUCK SALES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-19 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£14M
+32.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8M
+3.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
196
+3.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£381K
-78.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £141,082,613 | £148,406,685 | |
| Operating profit | — | £4,210,469 | £3,212,850 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,439,855 | £1,766,381 | £381,030 | |
| Net profit | £2,773,920 | £1,320,692 | £284,695 | |
| Cash | £9,393,603 | £10,563,491 | £14,041,563 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,252,127 | £7,652,022 | £7,866,641 | |
| Net assets | £6,012,788 | £7,333,480 | £7,618,175 | |
| Equity | £6,012,788 | £7,333,480 | £7,618,175 | |
| Average employees | 184 | 190 | 196 | |
| Wages | £7,369,613 | £7,954,441 | £8,177,332 |
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 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.0% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.9% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 55.0% | 40.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 92.5% | 91.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.06x | 1.07x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.72x | 1.12x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financail statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The company meets its day to day working capital requirements through cash generated from operations. The company's forecasts and projections for the next twelve months show that the company should be able to continue in operational existence for that period, taking into account reasonable possible changes in trading performance and the potential impact on the business of possible future scenarios arising from the ongoing issues facing the wider economy. Based on the factors set out above the directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Post year-end the company has performed well. The financial performance of the company has resulted in further balance sheet improvements strengthening its position as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWAR, Manjit Singh | Director | 2017-09-22 | Oct 1976 | British |
| SAWRIJ, Danny Steven | Director | 2017-09-22 | Jun 1969 | British |
| SOWERSBY, Benjamin | Director | 2017-10-02 | May 1977 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Yvonne | Secretary | 2006-01-01 | 2017-09-22 |
| SIMMONS, Trevor Mark, Company Secrtary | Secretary | 2004-01-28 | 2005-12-31 |
| UPTON, John Edmund James | Secretary | — | 2004-01-01 |
| BAYNE, Carolyn | Director | — | 2017-09-22 |
| BELL, James | Director | — | 2005-03-31 |
| BELL, Yvonne | Director | — | 2017-09-22 |
| BURKE, Graham | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2009-08-19 |
| DAVISON, Lee | Director | 2012-03-22 | 2018-02-26 |
| FRETWELL, Kevin | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2009-11-06 |
| GRAHAM, Gary | Director | 2002-04-24 | 2009-11-04 |
| GRAHAM, Gary | Director | 1993-05-25 | 1997-12-31 |
| HARRIS, Daryl John | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2008-10-14 |
| HEWITT, Gavin | Director | 2015-08-06 | 2017-11-17 |
| MARSHALL, Alan | Director | — | 2001-03-31 |
| MARSHALL, Derek | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| MAUGHAN, David | Director | 2015-08-06 | 2016-04-07 |
| SIMMONS, Trevor Mark | Director | 2004-01-28 | 2017-08-22 |
| TWIZELL, John | Director | — | 2004-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Trucks (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-02-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+5.2%
£141,082,613 £148,406,685
-
Cash
+32.9%
£10,563,491 £14,041,563
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+3.9%
£7,333,480 £7,618,175
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+3.2%
190 196
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-23.7%
£4,210,469 £3,212,850
-
Profit before tax
-78.4%
£1,766,381 £381,030
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+2.8%
£7,954,441 £8,177,332
highest in 3 filed years
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