JOHN HUDSON TRAILERS LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-17 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+180.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+6% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
71
-13.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£868K
-16.2% lowest in 4 filed years
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- JOHN HUDSON TRAILERS LTD 2011-12-16 → present
- TRAILER SUPERMARKET (BAWTRY) LIMITED 1975-07-30 → 2011-12-16
Net assets
9-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
9-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2022-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2023-09-01 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £22,176,212 | — | — | £26,526,239 | — | £23,705,833 | £25,410,746 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,105,016 | — | — | £2,502,739 | — | £2,171,367 | £1,821,704 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,836,433 | — | — | £1,585,667 | — | £1,036,503 | £868,421 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,122,587 | — | — | £1,035,721 | — | £739,591 | £618,631 | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,915,229 | — | £1,651,873 | £1,481,667 | £1,481,667 | £910,189 | £2,550,696 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £16,715,432 | — | — | £23,723,259 | — | £23,569,213 | £22,039,882 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £7,329,042 | — | — | £9,643,943 | — | £10,383,534 | £11,002,165 | |
| Equity | £5,673,839 | £6,206,455 | £7,329,042 | — | £8,608,222 | £9,643,943 | £9,643,943 | £10,383,534 | £11,002,165 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 64 | — | — | 71 | — | 82 | 71 | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,571,026 | — | — | £5,041,945 | — | £4,574,842 | £5,035,058 |
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 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2022-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2023-09-01 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 9.5% | — | — | 9.4% | — | 9.2% | 7.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 5.1% | — | — | 3.9% | — | 3.1% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 12.6% | — | — | 10.5% | — | 9.2% | 8.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.79x | 0.84x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 7.84x | — | — | 2.73x | — | 1.90x | 1.89x |
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
- Shorts
- 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.”
Group structure
- JOHN HUDSON TRAILERS LTD · parent
- Tees Valley Trailers Ltd
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBBINS, Graham Joseph | Secretary | 2004-12-01 | — | British |
| CAWLEY, Dougal Andrew | Director | 2006-11-13 | Feb 1969 | British |
| HUDSON, John William | Director | 2006-11-13 | Nov 1971 | British |
| ROBBINS, Graham Joseph | Director | 2006-11-13 | Jan 1973 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAWLEY, Penelope | Secretary | — | 2004-11-30 |
| CAWLEY, Penelope | Director | — | 2005-04-20 |
| HUDSON, Christopher John | Director | — | 2019-11-15 |
| HUDSON, Kathleen Edith | Director | — | 2002-09-30 |
| ROBBINS, Judith Ann | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2011-02-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John William Hudson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-11-15 | Active |
| Mr Graham Joseph Robbins | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-11-15 | Active |
| Mr Dougal Andrew Cawley | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-11-15 | Active |
| Mr Christopher John Hudson | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-11-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-03-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-12-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-12-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-03-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-03-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+7.2%
£23,705,833 £25,410,746
-
Cash
+180.2%
£910,189 £2,550,696
-
Net assets
+6%
£10,383,534 £11,002,165
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-13.4%
82 71
-
Operating profit
-16.1%
£2,171,367 £1,821,704
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-16.2%
£1,036,503 £868,421
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+10.1%
£4,574,842 £5,035,058
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