NORTHERN TRANSPORT FINANCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-13 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£343K
-32.6% vs 2023
Net assets
-£7M
+3.3% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£310K
-190.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- NORTHERN TRANSPORT FINANCE LIMITED 1995-06-14 → present
- NORTHERN ELECTRIC INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1992-04-29 → 1995-06-14
- ELECTRICITY NORTH LIMITED 1988-12-21 → 1992-04-29
- FINDGILT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1988-11-02 → 1988-12-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,577,000 | £2,754,000 | |
| Operating profit | £442,000 | -£25,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £343,000 | -£310,000 | |
| Net profit | £261,000 | -£232,000 | |
| Cash | £509,000 | £343,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£6,937,000 | -£6,705,000 | |
| Equity | -£6,937,000 | -£6,705,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 17.2% | -0.9% | |
| Net margin | 10.1% | -8.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 159.2% | 148.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.38x | 0.33x | |
| Interest cover | 3.98x | -0.09x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, after making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “P A Jones resigned as director on 1 June 2024.”
- “J P Coe was appointed as director on 1 June 2024.”
- “KPMG LLP was reappointed as auditor during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RILEY, Jennifer Catherine | Secretary | 2017-01-20 | — | — |
| COE, Joanne Pamela | Director | 2024-06-01 | Aug 1982 | British |
| JONES, Alexander Patrick | Director | 2022-11-11 | Aug 1985 | British |
| RILEY, Jennifer Catherine | Director | 2024-11-01 | Apr 1981 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOTT, John | Secretary | 2001-04-06 | 2017-01-20 |
| GILES, Gail Valerie | Secretary | — | 2001-04-06 |
| ABEL, Gregory Edward | Director | 1997-01-28 | 2009-10-16 |
| AINSLEY, Paul | Director | 1999-09-14 | 2014-03-31 |
| CONNOR, Phillip Eric | Director | 1999-06-15 | 2009-10-16 |
| DIXON, Ronald | Director | 1996-07-29 | 1997-07-31 |
| DIXON, Ronald | Director | — | 1994-03-09 |
| EDWARDS, John Frederick | Director | 1995-08-11 | 1997-03-31 |
| FIELDEN, Thomas Edward | Director | 2009-10-16 | 2021-02-15 |
| FRANCE, Thomas Hugh | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2024-11-01 |
| GROVES, Alan | Director | — | 1995-08-11 |
| HADFIELD, Antony | Director | 1994-11-23 | 1997-01-28 |
| HOOK, George William Hunter | Director | 1994-03-09 | 1996-06-28 |
| JONES, Philip Antony, Dr | Director | 2009-10-16 | 2024-06-01 |
| LINGE, Kenneth | Director | 1997-03-31 | 2009-10-16 |
| LOCKWOOD, Stephen John | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2022-11-11 |
| TAYLOR, Richard Charles | Director | 1994-03-09 | 1999-09-14 |
| WOOD, Paul Spencer | Director | 1994-11-23 | 2003-09-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Electric Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+6.9%
£2,577,000 £2,754,000
-
Cash
-32.6%
£509,000 £343,000
-
Net assets
+3.3%
-£6,937,000 -£6,705,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-105.7%
£442,000 -£25,000
-
Profit before tax
-190.4%
£343,000 -£310,000
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