NORTH WEST TRUCK SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-12 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3K
+45.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+17.2% vs 2023
Employees
168
+11.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£847K
+466.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £80,735,935 | £90,615,501 | |
| Operating profit | £821,019 | £1,509,990 | |
| Profit before tax | -£231,323 | £847,225 | |
| Net profit | -£303,864 | £846,473 | |
| Cash | £2,039 | £2,974 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,068,373 | £5,891,985 | |
| Net assets | £4,909,465 | £5,755,938 | |
| Equity | £4,909,465 | £5,755,938 | |
| Average employees | 151 | 168 | |
| Wages | £4,671,224 | £6,581,032 |
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 | 1.0% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.4% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.2% | 25.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.4% | 85.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 1.13x | |
| Interest cover | 0.74x | 2.18x |
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
- WR Partners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year the trade of the parent company Heatons Truck Group Limited was transferred to North West Truck Services Limited.”
- “The trade and assets of Heatons Truck Group Limited were transferred to North West Trucks Limited on 1 July 2024. These were purchased at net book value and as such no goodwill is arising.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS, David | Director | 2025-05-01 | May 1971 | British |
| PASSANT, Ashley James | Director | 2023-06-16 | May 1991 | British |
| PASSANT, Derek Robert | Director | 2021-11-26 | Jan 1960 | British |
| PAWSON, Michael Andrew | Director | 2021-11-26 | Apr 1961 | British |
| PAYNTON, William Mark | Director | 2021-11-26 | May 1985 | British |
| SWINNERTON, Kevin Anthony | Director | 2021-11-26 | Dec 1966 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARROW, Robert William | Secretary | — | 1993-05-26 |
| MACHIN, Barry | Secretary | 1993-05-26 | 2004-04-14 |
| PETTINGELL, Charles | Secretary | 2004-04-14 | 2021-11-26 |
| BARROW, Diana Alice | Director | — | 1993-05-26 |
| BARROW, Paul James | Director | — | 1993-05-26 |
| BARROW, Robert William | Director | 1992-10-15 | 1993-05-26 |
| CATCHPOLE, Anthony George | Director | 1992-10-15 | 2004-04-14 |
| HEATON, Robert William | Director | 2003-04-14 | 2021-11-26 |
| MACHIN, Barry | Director | 1993-05-26 | 2004-04-14 |
| PETTINGELL, Charles | Director | 2004-04-14 | 2021-11-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heatons Truck Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-11-01 | Active |
| Mr Robert William Heaton | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-14 | Ceased 2021-11-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-
Turnover
+12.2%
£80,735,935 £90,615,501
-
Cash
+45.9%
£2,039 £2,974
-
Net assets
+17.2%
£4,909,465 £5,755,938
-
Employees
+11.3%
151 168
-
Operating profit
+83.9%
£821,019 £1,509,990
-
Profit before tax
+466.3%
-£231,323 £847,225
-
Wages
+40.9%
£4,671,224 £6,581,032
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