MAINA FREIGHT FORWARDERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-23 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£135K
+231.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£763K
+264% vs 2023
Employees
30
+7.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£29K
+11% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-08-11
- MAINA FREIGHT FORWARDERS LIMITED 2025-08-11 → present
- MAINA FREIGHT FORWARDERS PLC 1998-01-30 → 2025-08-11
- MAINA FREIGHT FORWARDERS LIMITED 1982-03-26 → 1998-01-30
- DATECARE LIMITED 1981-11-23 → 1982-03-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,009,171 | £5,656,688 | |
| Operating profit | £35,382 | £69,142 | |
| Profit before tax | £25,943 | £28,800 | |
| Net profit | £16,898 | £17,918 | |
| Cash | £40,688 | £135,030 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £271,437 | £992,813 | |
| Net assets | £209,635 | £763,058 | |
| Equity | £209,635 | £763,058 | |
| Average employees | 28 | 30 | |
| Wages | £732,189 | £831,638 |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.0% | 7.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 0.83x | |
| Interest cover | 3.75x | 1.71x |
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
- Barnes Roffe LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors note that the company is trading adequately and if this continues, they will have sufficient working capital and other finance available to continue for a period of not less than 12 months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue. As such the directors believe that there are no significant uncertainties in their assessment of whether the business is a going concern and therefore have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- MAINA FREIGHT FORWARDERS LIMITED · parent
- Maina Couriers Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company's 100% owned subsidiary, Maina Couriers Limited, was dissolved on 1 October 2024. The entire investment in the subsidiary had previously been fully impaired in the Company's financial statements.”
- “The company has entered into a loan agreement with The Bridging Group for the sum of £347,000, effective as of August 8, 2023. The loan has been fully repaid within the year, and therefore, no outstanding liability is reflected in the current accounts. Further, the charge on the loan was legally satisfied on 10th August 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MADLANI, Mrudulaben Bhupendra | Secretary | — | — | British |
| MADLANI, Bhupendra Govindji | Director | — | Jun 1953 | British |
| MADLANI, Mrudulaben Bhupendra | Director | 2012-05-11 | Jun 1954 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MADLANI, Mrudula | Director | 2002-08-06 | 2012-05-11 |
| MADLANI, Neshal | Director | 2012-05-11 | 2012-05-11 |
| MADLANI, Veshal | Director | 2012-05-11 | 2012-05-11 |
| PATHAK, Jagdish Vasantkumar | Director | 1998-01-19 | 2002-08-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Bhupendrakumar Madlani | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-11 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
- 2025-08-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-11 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-08-11 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2025-08-11 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-11 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-22 | 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
- 6
- 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 2024-06-30 vs 2023-06-30
-
Turnover
+12.9%
£5,009,171 £5,656,688
-
Cash
+231.9%
£40,688 £135,030
-
Net assets
+264%
£209,635 £763,058
-
Employees
+7.1%
28 30
-
Operating profit
+95.4%
£35,382 £69,142
-
Profit before tax
+11%
£25,943 £28,800
-
Wages
+13.6%
£732,189 £831,638
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