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MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT LIMITED
Cash
£1M
+1.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
-0.4% vs 2023
Employees
92
-14% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Profile
- Company number
- 01423116
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1979-05-25
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 49410
Net assets
5-year trend · vs UK Logistics & Mobility median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | £135,883 | — | -£218,622 | £82,864 | |
| Cash | — | £1,556,635 | — | £1,275,452 | £1,293,222 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £9,035,080 | — | £7,535,098 | £6,730,901 | |
| Net assets | — | £6,475,435 | — | £6,150,813 | £6,125,677 | |
| Equity | £6,345,552 | £6,475,435 | £6,475,435 | £6,150,813 | £6,125,677 | |
| Average employees | — | 114 | — | 107 | 92 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- BW Audit Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this, the Directors have concluded that they have a reasonable expectation that the group will continue for the foreseeable future, being at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. They therefore believe it is appropriate to continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Subsidiaries
- Safe Guard Spedition SRL · 100% held · Romania · Haulier
Significant events
- “Going forward into 2025 the business has reinvested into area's of the fleet to expand our growing UK division, and we have entered into a pallet network providing a 1+ pallet solution servicing the UK and Europe. Now being able to provide options for every size load from 1 pallet to full loads we can provide a full service and expand our customer base which we were unable to engage with before, focusing on more direct work for local and UK Based businesses. We've also replaced the aging vehicles in the fleet costing money to maintain and looking at more fuel efficient vehicles, as well as specialised vehicles to deliver our pallet network commitments.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEWS, Trevor Arthur | Secretary | — | — | British |
| MATTHEWS, Jonathan | Director | 2014-05-01 | Apr 1988 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Linda | Director | — | Feb 1958 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Trevor Arthur | Director | — | Mar 1949 | British |
| WHARF, Rachael Jean | Director | 2019-01-21 | May 1990 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEWS, Arthur William John | Director | — | 1998-03-07 |
| MATTHEWS, Russell Glen | Director | — | 2023-12-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthews Logistics Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-07-29 | Active |
| Mr Trevor Arthur Matthews | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-07-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-08-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2025-08-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2025-07-17 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-08-21 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-04-17 | SH06 | capital | capital cancellation shares |
| 2024-04-17 | SH03 | capital | capital return purchase own shares |
| 2024-01-31 | SH06 | capital | capital cancellation shares |
| 2024-01-31 | SH03 | capital | capital return purchase own shares |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-10-20 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2022-11-15 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2022-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2020-12-19 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
Credit score
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Activity Score
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