EXPECT DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-08-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-03 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-20
Watchouts
Cash
£9K
-89.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+43.3% vs 2024
Employees
329
-9.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+36.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- EXPECT DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2006-02-16 → present
- PENNINE PARCELS LIMITED 1987-11-23 → 2006-02-16
- PYROLA LIMITED 1987-09-25 → 1987-11-23
Net assets
8-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-11-30 | 2020-11-29 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £32,838,081 | £40,605,780 | — | — | £55,069,028 | £52,860,531 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3,184,507 | £7,030,556 | — | — | £4,974,956 | £5,737,625 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £3,005,605 | £6,973,313 | £3,773,583 | £3,017,279 | £2,862,164 | £3,911,674 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,452,263 | £6,411,980 | £2,982,261 | £2,304,900 | £2,051,184 | £2,974,304 | |
| Cash | — | — | £3,219,519 | £1,640 | £140,364 | £35,242 | £85,069 | £8,758 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £10,892,959 | £2,341,610 | £4,951,510 | £7,673,884 | £2,521,362 | £2,897,493 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £7,137,770 | £1,759,334 | £4,200,875 | £6,091,175 | £1,456,889 | £2,087,214 | |
| Equity | £5,105,507 | £7,137,770 | £7,137,770 | £1,759,334 | £4,200,875 | £6,091,175 | £1,456,889 | £2,087,214 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 292 | 321 | 357 | 357 | 364 | 329 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £11,889,317 | £13,182,451 | £14,301,581 | £14,156,075 |
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 | 2019-11-30 | 2020-11-29 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 9.7% | 17.3% | — | — | 9.0% | 10.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 7.5% | 15.8% | — | — | 3.7% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 29.2% | 300.2% | — | — | 197.3% | 198.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 91.3% | 87.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.86x | 0.92x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 17.64x | 105.24x | — | — | 2.35x | 3.11x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered all factors, including in the wider economy, as part of their assessment of going concern. Although the current economic climate creates both cashflow and profitability risks for the company, the company continues to trade profitably and is cash generative. Budgets and cashflows have been prepared using assumptions for customer demand and supply chain costs as well as expectations for legal and regulatory environmental impacts. These budgets and cashflows indicate continuing profitability and cash generation, consequently the directors believe on balance that they have sufficient resources to enable trading to continue for a period of at least one year from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, these financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Capital Investment within the year was limited to the development of our own Transport Management System, Computer Equipment and Motor Vehicles required for the operation of the bus ness. Investment in infrastructure was limited during the year as we continue to operate from premises which are up to date and fitted out with modern equipment and technology.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KILNER, Bethany | Director | 2024-10-30 | Feb 1993 | British |
| KILNER, Matthew Jack | Director | 2020-01-22 | May 1991 | British |
| RUSHWORTH, Neil Wayne | Director | 1996-06-28 | Jun 1971 | British |
| TAYLOR, Andrew David | Director | 2016-01-01 | Aug 1982 | British |
| TAYLOR, Hannah | Director | 2024-10-30 | Sep 1980 | British |
| WOOD, Steven Paul | Director | 2012-11-30 | Feb 1955 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSHWORTH, Robert Westwell | Secretary | — | 2021-12-22 |
| HOARE, Nicholas James | Director | 2013-09-02 | 2015-04-10 |
| RUSHWORTH, Elaine | Director | — | 2021-12-22 |
| RUSHWORTH, Robert Westwell | Director | — | 2021-12-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expect Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-12-22 | Active |
| New Dawn Holdings (2021) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-20 | Ceased 2021-12-22 |
| Expect Distribution Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-03-11 | Ceased 2021-12-20 |
| Mr Robert Westwell Rushworth | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-11 |
| Mr Neil Wayne Rushworth | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-11 |
| Mrs Elaine Rushworth | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-11 |
| Mr Steven Paul Wood | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-11 |
| Mr Andrew David Taylor | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-03-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-02-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-03-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-03-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-11-30 vs 2024-11-30
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Turnover
-4%
£55,069,028 £52,860,531
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Cash
-89.7%
£85,069 £8,758
-
Net assets
+43.3%
£1,456,889 £2,087,214
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Employees
-9.6%
364 329
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Operating profit
+15.3%
£4,974,956 £5,737,625
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Profit before tax
+36.7%
£2,862,164 £3,911,674
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Wages
-1%
£14,301,581 £14,156,075
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