MC TRUCK & BUS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-22 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-65.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+4.6% vs 2023
Employees
286
+5.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+29.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- MC TRUCK & BUS LIMITED 1993-12-21 → present
- MAIDSTONE COMMERCIALS LIMITED 1983-02-11 → 1993-12-21
- PRINCES COMMERCIALS (MAIDSTONE) LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1983-02-11
- PRINCES SALES (CANTERBURY) LIMITED 1976-01-20 → 1979-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £122,267,842 | £125,030,734 | |
| Operating profit | — | £4,517,234 | £5,445,617 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £4,088,833 | £5,286,858 | |
| Net profit | — | £3,072,887 | £4,012,347 | |
| Cash | — | £5,243,695 | £1,815,370 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £11,779,862 | £12,315,950 | |
| Net assets | — | £11,047,773 | £11,560,120 | |
| Equity | — | £11,047,773 | £11,560,120 | |
| Average employees | — | 270 | 286 | |
| Wages | — | £12,689,623 | £13,551,054 |
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 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.7% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.5% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 38.3% | 44.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.31x | 1.49x | |
| Interest cover | — | 7.26x | 16.52x |
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
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have the reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, Peter David | Secretary | 1998-07-20 | — | British |
| BOOTH, Peter David | Director | 1999-04-08 | Jul 1963 | British |
| BROOKS, Nigel Frederick | Director | 2015-01-01 | Jan 1964 | British |
| DAWSON, Simon James | Director | — | Jan 1971 | British |
| HUTCHINS, David Kenneth | Director | 2012-01-01 | Jun 1966 | British |
| MOON, Steven John | Director | 2012-01-01 | Feb 1975 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAWSON, Simon James | Secretary | 1998-06-02 | 1998-07-20 |
| GILES, Peter | Secretary | — | 1998-06-03 |
| BARTON, Mark Sheldon | Director | 2000-07-04 | 2001-07-13 |
| DAWSON, Anthony Edward | Director | — | 2009-11-27 |
| DAWSON, Kimberley | Director | 2000-12-22 | 2016-10-28 |
| DAWSON, Perry Margaret | Director | — | 2009-11-27 |
| HARMAN, John William | Director | — | 2010-12-31 |
| MARSH, Michael Anthony | Director | — | 1994-05-06 |
| MOON, Henry Alfred | Director | 2000-07-04 | 2010-12-31 |
| MOON, Henry Alfred | Director | — | 1998-05-27 |
| RILEY, Nicholas | Director | 2000-07-04 | 2005-09-30 |
| SEARLES, Tony John | Director | 2000-07-04 | 2001-11-01 |
| SMITH, Philip John | Director | 1995-01-03 | 1996-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mc Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-06-08 | Active |
| Mr Simon James Dawson | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-10-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-10-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-09-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+2.3%
£122,267,842 £125,030,734
-
Cash
-65.4%
£5,243,695 £1,815,370
-
Net assets
+4.6%
£11,047,773 £11,560,120
-
Employees
+5.9%
270 286
-
Operating profit
+20.6%
£4,517,234 £5,445,617
-
Profit before tax
+29.3%
£4,088,833 £5,286,858
-
Wages
+6.8%
£12,689,623 £13,551,054
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