WARRINGTON BOROUGH TRANSPORT LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-01 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-11-17

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

+46.4% highest in 5 filed years

Net assets

£7M

+13.9% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

216

-0.9% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£2M

+147.3% highest in 5 filed years

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Industrials median

WARRINGTON BOROUGH TRANSPORT LIMITED·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2019-03-31	2020-03-31	2021-03-31	2022-03-31	2023-03-31	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	—	—	£9,735,619	—	—	—	—
Operating profit	—	—	£108,842	—	—	—	—
Profit before tax	—	—	£64,055	-£331,140	£340,418	£623,560	£1,541,889
Net profit	—	—	£47,557	—	£279,358	£461,729	£1,633,715
Cash	—	—	£2,528,763	£2,375,355	£2,453,072	£2,381,802	£3,486,704
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	£5,963,455	£5,155,890	£7,603,002	£7,819,041	£39,595,112
Net assets	—	—	£3,514,238	£3,195,607	£5,974,966	£6,336,695	£7,220,410
Equity	£3,394,453	£3,466,681	£3,514,238	£3,195,607	£5,974,966	£6,336,695	£7,220,410
Average employees	—	—	229	216	208	218	216
Wages	—	—	£6,118,777	£6,081,211	£6,267,535	£7,429,981	£8,226,736

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	2019-03-31	2020-03-31	2021-03-31	2022-03-31	2023-03-31	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	—	—	1.1%	—	—	—	—
Net margin	—	—	0.5%	—	—	—	—
Return on capital employed	—	—	1.8%	—	—	—	—
Interest cover	—	—	2.30x	—	—	—	—

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)
Abridged: Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor: Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Board remain confident that the company is a going concern.”

Significant events

“By the end of March 2025, the EV infrastructure works were complete and 80% of the incoming EVs were in service.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

12 active · 66 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
WAKERLEY, Ben	Secretary	2017-05-01	—	—
BARKER, Neil James	Director	2019-01-21	Feb 1964	British
FERGUSON, Katie	Director	2022-12-14	Apr 1986	British
GILLHAM, Una Bernadette	Director	2026-01-13	Jan 1960	British
GOWLAND, Graham Farrington	Director	2022-05-24	Jun 1969	British
HARRIS, Sharon Alicia	Director	2025-07-25	Jan 1954	British
HUTCHISON, Karl Adrian	Director	2023-08-22	Jun 1977	British
MITCHELL, Catherine Louise	Director	2016-05-25	Nov 1969	British
PARISH, Stephen, Revd	Director	2011-05-25	Jun 1949	British
TOMLINSON, Mark Robert	Director	2017-11-17	May 1963	British
WAKERLEY, Ben Andrew Wesley	Director	2017-05-01	Nov 1981	British
WOODS, David Ian	Director	2016-02-29	May 1971	British

Show 66 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BANNISTER, John	Secretary	—	2009-06-02
GRAHAM, Damian	Secretary	2014-06-01	2017-05-05
NEWELL, Stephen George	Secretary	2010-01-21	2010-06-04
SHANNON, Charles	Secretary	2009-10-01	2010-01-21
SLAVIN, Ann Marie Pauline	Secretary	2011-01-04	2014-05-31
SQUIRE, David Julian	Secretary	2010-08-02	2011-01-04
ARMSTRONG, David	Director	—	1999-09-30
ASPINALL, David Michael	Director	2022-01-24	2022-12-13
AXCELL, Brian, Dr	Director	2011-05-25	2021-05-07
AXCELL, Brian, Dr	Director	1997-10-11	2001-06-21
BANNER, Maureen	Director	2011-05-25	2017-05-25
BANNER, Maureen	Director	2006-06-22	2010-07-30
BANNISTER, John	Director	—	2009-06-02
BEETON, Matthew Henry	Director	2017-09-15	2018-11-05
BLAINEY, David Anthony	Director	2015-06-01	2018-11-05
BRINKSMAN, William Joseph	Director	2015-05-27	2016-05-25
BURKE, John	Director	2014-06-01	2016-01-06
BURKE, John	Director	2013-06-24	2014-04-07
CAREY, Peter John	Director	2014-06-12	2015-05-27
CLARKE, John Morris	Director	—	1999-05-21
COOP, Edmund Peter	Director	2004-09-10	2006-06-22
COOPER, Alfred	Director	—	1995-05-17
EARL, David Ernest	Director	2008-05-15	2012-05-04
ELLIS, David Michael, Dr	Director	2021-06-07	2024-06-25
FEATHAM, Nigel Paul	Director	1999-10-18	2008-05-19
GALLAGHER, Brian	Director	2021-06-07	2024-06-25
GARTSIDE, John Sydney	Director	1992-10-12	1996-05-01
GRAHAM, Damian	Director	2009-10-01	2017-05-05
HADDOW, Ann	Director	2004-09-10	2006-06-22
HARPER, Ann Elizabeth	Director	1995-05-17	1999-10-11
HARPIN, Joan Myfanwy, Cllr	Director	1999-10-11	2004-09-10
HEAVER, Andrew Richard	Director	2015-05-27	2017-05-26
HENDERSON, Duane Anthony	Director	2018-11-05	2021-06-18
HIGGINS, Tony	Director	2013-05-24	2016-05-25
HIGGINS, Tony	Director	2013-05-21	2013-05-28
HOYLE, Thomas Leslie	Director	2001-06-21	2014-05-22
HURST, George	Director	—	1999-09-30
JENNINGS, Thomas Michael	Director	2016-05-25	2021-06-07
KENNEDY, Paul John	Director	2010-07-01	2011-05-25
LITTON, Alan, Rev	Director	2006-06-22	2008-05-19
LONG, John William Bernard	Director	2006-06-22	2010-07-30
MAHER, Anthony Michael	Director	1999-10-11	2006-06-22
MAHER, Brian	Director	1997-10-11	2011-05-25
MAIN, Timothy Stewart	Director	1993-05-17	1997-10-14
MCCAULDER, Lisa Joanne	Director	2017-09-15	2022-07-22
MCDERMOTT, David Andrew	Director	2016-01-05	2016-03-31
NELSON, Pauline	Director	1999-10-11	2017-05-26
NEWELL, Stephen George	Director	2010-01-21	2010-06-04
NEWELL, Stephen George	Director	2010-01-21	2010-06-04
NUTTALL, Alastair Keith	Director	2014-04-07	2015-04-05
O'KANE, Edward	Director	1997-10-11	2000-05-05
PARISH, Stephen, Revd	Director	2004-09-10	2006-06-22
PARISH, Stephen, Revd	Director	1996-07-08	2000-01-14
PEARSON, Philip	Director	2015-04-06	2015-06-30
PRICE, Dan John	Director	2012-05-25	2015-05-27
RANKIN, Roger William Alistair	Director	2006-06-22	2010-07-30
RASHID, Faisal	Director	2011-05-25	2013-05-10
SHANNON, Charles	Director	2007-05-24	2012-06-01
SIMPSON, Brian	Director	—	1998-12-01
SLAVIN, Ann Marie Pauline	Director	2011-01-04	2014-05-31
SQUIRE, David Julian	Director	2010-08-02	2013-05-31
SYERS, George	Director	—	1999-10-11
TAYLOR, John	Director	—	1997-10-14
TAYLOR-DUFF, Leslie	Director	1999-03-05	2004-08-10
WALCH, Peter	Director	2021-06-01	2022-01-21
WRIGHT, Stephen Patrick	Director	2024-06-25	2025-10-07

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Warrington Borough Council	Legal person	Appoints directors	2016-06-30	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 258 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-13	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-12-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-12-11	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-11-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-10-07	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-07-28	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-12-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-12-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-06-28	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-06-25	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-06-25	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-06-25	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-12-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-12-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-12-06	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-11-09	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2023-11-03	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares	PDF
2023-08-25	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-04-11	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2022-12-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 6
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 2
Officers resigned: 1

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Turnover

—

Not reported
Cash

+46.4%

£2,381,802 £3,486,704

highest in 5 filed years
Net assets

+13.9%

£6,336,695 £7,220,410

highest in 5 filed years
Employees

-0.9%

218 216
Profit before tax

+147.3%

£623,560 £1,541,889

highest in 5 filed years
Wages

+10.7%

£7,429,981 £8,226,736

highest in 5 filed years

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

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