B.R. SAUNDERS (TRANSPORT) LIMITED

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

PKB Accountants Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors believe that all appropriate measures have been taken or will be taken to ensure that the company will be able to continue in operations for at least the next 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and consequently have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. B.R. SAUNDERS (TRANSPORT) LIMITED · parent
   1. NDC Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · Rental of land and buildings
   2. Saunders Storage Solutions Limited 100% · England and Wales · Rental of land and equipment

Significant events

• “Group turnover decreased by 4.8% to £10,059,101 (2024: £10,565,545) due to current competitiveness of the industry.”
• “Capital items have been acquired over the last couple of years, with further acquisitions budgeted for the next one to two years, to service anticipated increase in turnover.”
• “Group direct costs decreased by 9%, including a 4.2% reduction in employee costs and a 30% reduction in subcontractor costs, due to decreased turnover.”
• “Group overheads increased by 17.8% due to rent increases and higher depreciation charges from new capital items.”
• “D G Saunders was appointed as a director after 31 March 2025 but prior to the date of this report.”
• “During the year, additional loans totalling £357,211 were received from another business controlled by a director.”
• “Goodwill arises from acquisitions of businesses in 2020 and 2021.”

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

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

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.

• Turnover

  -4.8%

  £10,565,545 → £10,059,101

• Cash

  -31.8%

  £329,710 → £224,867

• Net assets

  +19.1%

  £1,902,569 → £2,265,668

  highest in 5 filed years

• Employees

  -7.9%

  63 → 58

• Operating profit

  -27.2%

  £1,497,848 → £1,090,522

• Profit before tax

  -37.4%

  £1,015,551 → £635,765

• Wages

  -3%

  £2,965,952 → £2,876,079

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