FAIVELEY TRANSPORT BIRKENHEAD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-03 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-20
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£50M
+25% vs 2023
Employees
114
-6.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£10M
+85.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- FAIVELEY TRANSPORT BIRKENHEAD LIMITED 2004-12-24 → present
- SAB WABCO LIMITED 2000-12-28 → 2004-12-24
- DAVIES & METCALFE LIMITED 1997-02-03 → 2000-12-28
- DAVIES & METCALFE FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED 1984-10-22 → 1997-02-03
- GLASSYOUNG LIMITED 1984-08-16 → 1984-10-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,466,000 | £37,014,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,822,000 | £8,294,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,649,000 | £10,494,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,564,000 | £9,771,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,272,000 | £50,004,000 | |
| Net assets | £39,807,000 | £49,750,000 | |
| Equity | £39,807,000 | £49,750,000 | |
| Average employees | 122 | 114 | |
| Wages | £5,455,000 | £5,542,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.4% | 22.4% | |
| Net margin | 16.6% | 26.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.0% | 16.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.47x | 2.78x | |
| Interest cover | 9.57x | 267.55x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and meet its liabilities as they fall due. As of 31 December 2024, the Company had net assets of £49.8m (2023: £39.8m) and net current assets of £45.3m (2023: £35.6m).”
Group structure
- FAIVELEY TRANSPORT BIRKENHEAD LIMITED · parent
- Sab Wabco (Investments) Limited 0.28%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSTIGAN, William Patrick | Secretary | 2014-02-03 | — | — |
| BENTLEY, Tim | Director | 2023-10-09 | Oct 1965 | English |
| BRAMLEY, Nichola | Director | 2022-11-15 | Mar 1982 | British |
| CHARLESWORTH, Simon Richard | Director | 2014-04-24 | Aug 1964 | British |
| DE LAVALLADE, Xavier Bertrand Marie | Director | 2007-03-19 | Aug 1967 | French |
| VIDAL, Alexandre | Director | 2016-01-04 | Jan 1975 | French |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKEWELL, David | Secretary | 1996-03-25 | 1997-01-07 |
| CORBISHLEY, Michael | Secretary | 2000-07-01 | 2003-06-30 |
| HINCHLIFFE, David Robert | Secretary | 2003-07-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| JOHNSON, Paul James | Secretary | 2011-07-21 | 2014-01-31 |
| JONES, Carl Andrew | Secretary | 2005-09-01 | 2011-07-21 |
| LEADBETTER, David Thomas | Secretary | 1997-01-07 | 1998-06-30 |
| RUTBERG, Ulf | Secretary | 1998-06-30 | 2000-07-01 |
| TAYLOR, Richard John | Secretary | — | 1996-03-21 |
| FAIVELEY TRANSPORT BIRKENHEAD LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-07-21 | 2011-07-21 |
| BAREL, Thierry | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2014-04-08 |
| BLECKO, Lars | Director | 1997-01-07 | 1997-10-13 |
| BOUHOURS, Guillaume | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2016-01-04 |
| CORBISHLEY, Michael | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2003-06-30 |
| COSTIGAN, William Patrick | Director | 2014-02-03 | 2020-06-01 |
| DERBYSHIRE, Andrew | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2023-07-24 |
| DESCAMPS, Erick | Director | 2007-03-19 | 2009-04-10 |
| DOLMAN, Ian Stuart | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2020-11-09 |
| FESER, Thomas | Director | 2009-01-28 | 2011-07-21 |
| GIESEN, Ulrich | Director | 2004-11-16 | 2005-08-31 |
| GORANSSON, Alf Goran | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| GUY, Jean-Pierre | Director | 2007-05-11 | 2011-10-01 |
| HALLING, Johan | Director | 1997-01-07 | 1998-02-18 |
| HAUMONT, Etienne Michel | Director | 2004-11-16 | 2010-09-01 |
| JAMMOT, Marc | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2014-04-24 |
| JENSEN, Ingar | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2004-11-16 |
| JOHNSON, Paul James | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| JONES, Carl Andrew | Director | 2007-03-19 | 2011-07-21 |
| JOYEUX, Robert Charles Rene | Director | 2004-11-16 | 2011-03-31 |
| LEROUX, Lilian Mathieu | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2020-07-06 |
| LUNDAHL, Rolf | Director | 1997-10-13 | 2005-05-26 |
| METCALFE, Richard Hayes | Director | — | 1993-07-12 |
| METCALFE, Richard | Director | — | 1993-01-04 |
| MOWBRAY, Garry John | Director | 2022-05-24 | 2023-07-24 |
| PAGE, Paul Anthony | Director | 1995-11-21 | 1997-01-07 |
| PENNINGTON, Keith William | Director | 1992-07-08 | 1997-10-13 |
| RUSSELL, David Fraser | Director | 1997-01-07 | 1998-08-01 |
| SAINFORT, Pierre | Director | 2004-11-16 | 2009-09-01 |
| SNOWDEN, Lloyd Christopher | Director | 1998-08-01 | 2002-03-01 |
| SPENCER, Jerome | Director | 2020-07-06 | 2020-12-31 |
| SVENSSON, Mats Joakim | Director | 2007-03-19 | 2008-09-30 |
| SVENSSON, Mats Joakim | Director | 2002-10-18 | 2004-12-14 |
| TAYLOR, Richard John | Director | — | 1996-03-21 |
| WILKINSON, Neil Tracey | Director | 2003-01-20 | 2006-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fandstan Electric Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-27 | Active |
| Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-21 | Ceased 2026-03-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 203 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-11 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-03-07 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
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Turnover
+10.6%
£33,466,000 £37,014,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+25%
£39,807,000 £49,750,000
-
Employees
-6.6%
122 114
-
Operating profit
+72%
£4,822,000 £8,294,000
-
Profit before tax
+85.8%
£5,649,000 £10,494,000
-
Wages
+1.6%
£5,455,000 £5,542,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers