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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

1 item

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

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. EXPECT DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2006-02-16 → present
  2. PENNINE PARCELS LIMITED 1987-11-23 → 2006-02-16
  3. PYROLA LIMITED 1987-09-25 → 1987-11-23

Accounts

8-year trend · latest reflected 2025-11-30

Metric Trend 2019-11-302020-11-292020-11-302021-11-302022-11-302023-11-302024-11-302025-11-30
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 292321357357364329
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 2019-11-302020-11-292020-11-302021-11-302022-11-302023-11-302024-11-302025-11-30
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 0.86x0.92x
Interest cover 17.64x105.24x2.35x3.11x

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

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 PDF
2025-07-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-05-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-12-20 RP04AP01 officers Second filing of director appointment with name PDF
2024-11-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date
2024-11-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-08-23 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-07-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-06-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-04-19 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-02-02 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-08-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-07-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-05-11 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
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 PDF
2022-03-16 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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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