BAY FREIGHT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-29 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£56K
+33.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-12.6% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
72
-5.3% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
-£203K
+41.1% vs 2023
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,400,490 | — | £8,795,667 | — | £9,315,003 | — | £9,973,748 | — | £8,697,610 | £8,626,356 | |
| Operating profit | £122,298 | — | £209,331 | — | £90,267 | — | £111,740 | — | -£269,957 | -£142,006 | |
| Profit before tax | £101,640 | — | £175,241 | — | £62,457 | — | £71,364 | — | -£344,758 | -£203,103 | |
| Net profit | £98,352 | — | £200,681 | — | £78,032 | — | £75,044 | — | -£353,402 | -£200,508 | |
| Cash | £328,806 | — | £740,878 | — | £198,015 | — | £93,085 | — | £42,389 | £56,449 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,339,124 | — | £2,369,119 | — | £1,873,553 | — | £2,111,554 | — | £1,595,195 | £1,410,287 | |
| Net assets | £1,594,840 | — | £1,795,521 | — | £1,873,553 | — | £1,948,597 | — | £1,595,195 | £1,394,687 | |
| Equity | £1,594,840 | — | £1,795,521 | — | £1,873,553 | — | £1,948,597 | — | £1,595,195 | £1,394,687 | |
| Average employees | 87 | — | 90 | — | 84 | — | 86 | — | 76 | 72 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | — | 2.4% | — | 1.0% | — | 1.1% | — | -3.1% | -1.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | — | 2.3% | — | 0.8% | — | 0.8% | — | -4.1% | -2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.2% | — | 8.8% | — | 4.8% | — | 5.3% | — | -16.9% | -10.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.44x | 1.40x | |
| Interest cover | 5.92x | — | 6.14x | — | 3.25x | — | 2.77x | — | -3.61x | -2.32x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Hurst Accountants 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 21 December 2024, the Company granted a fixed and floating charge over its assets in favour of Apex Group Hold Co (UK) Limited, acting as a security agent.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKELEY, Allan | Director | 2026-02-01 | Dec 1971 | British |
| COX, Graham John | Director | 2025-04-07 | Mar 1968 | British |
| JENKINS, Gareth | Director | 2024-12-21 | Oct 1967 | British |
| WARRILLOW, Benjamin James | Director | 2024-12-21 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Susan Joyce | Secretary | — | 2011-12-23 |
| BAILEY, Daniel Ernest | Director | 2011-12-23 | 2021-10-01 |
| BAILEY, Daniel Ernest | Director | — | 2011-12-23 |
| BAILEY, Ernest | Director | — | 2011-12-23 |
| BAILEY, Graham Robert | Director | 1999-02-04 | 2006-10-19 |
| BAILEY, Susan Joyce | Director | — | 2011-12-23 |
| FIELDS, Peter Richard | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2024-12-21 |
| GERMANY, Barry John | Director | 2024-12-21 | 2025-12-10 |
| MOORE, Harry Charles | Director | — | 1999-02-15 |
| NORFOLK, Graham Richard | Director | 2011-12-23 | 2024-12-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinaxia Transport & Warehousing Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-14 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
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Turnover
-0.8%
£8,697,610 £8,626,356
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Cash
+33.2%
£42,389 £56,449
-
Net assets
-12.6%
£1,595,195 £1,394,687
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
-5.3%
76 72
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Operating profit
+47.4%
-£269,957 -£142,006
-
Profit before tax
+41.1%
-£344,758 -£203,103
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