WEST MIDLANDS ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-13 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
-£12M
-12.5% vs 2023
Net assets
-£11M
-66.3% vs 2023
Employees
312
-25.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£926K
+73% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,558,000 | £12,290,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,068,000 | -£236,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,424,000 | -£926,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,744,000 | -£4,417,000 | |
| Cash | -£10,676,000 | -£12,012,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£6,038,000 | -£10,959,000 | |
| Net assets | -£6,665,000 | -£11,082,000 | |
| Equity | -£6,665,000 | -£11,082,000 | |
| Average employees | 418 | 312 | |
| Wages | £9,327,000 | £7,058,000 |
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 | -7.9% | -1.9% | |
| Net margin | -20.2% | -35.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.7% | 2.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.24x | 0.13x | |
| Interest cover | -13.52x | -1.28x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Financial Statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources for the foreseeable future and determined that while the use of the going concern basis is appropriate there is a material uncertainty as disclosed below.”
Significant events
- “2024 was a disappointing year with the loss of the home to school transport contract with Birmingham City Council which ceased in July 2024. Revenue decreased in the year by 9.3% to £12.3m compared to £13.5m in 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAUNDERSON, Gillian | Secretary | 2026-02-01 | — | — |
| GALE, Kevin | Director | 2025-01-31 | Aug 1974 | British |
| MILES, Neil Rowland | Director | 2023-10-02 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARNAOUTI, Michael | Secretary | 2017-07-01 | 2019-04-30 |
| CALLANDER, Simon | Secretary | 2022-06-13 | 2026-01-19 |
| CASSON, Jenny | Secretary | 1996-12-31 | 2008-09-25 |
| LEES, Barbara | Secretary | 2008-09-25 | 2012-12-31 |
| MYRAM, Jennifer Naomi | Secretary | 2020-01-23 | 2022-05-06 |
| RICHARDS, Lewis | Secretary | — | 1996-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, Dianne | Secretary | 2012-12-31 | 2017-06-30 |
| WOOLLARD, Julie | Secretary | 2019-05-08 | 2020-01-15 |
| BARKER, Neil James | Director | 2005-01-28 | 2010-11-22 |
| BARLOW, Paul Richard | Director | 2019-05-08 | 2020-06-18 |
| BONHAM, Thomas Desmond | Director | 2017-05-02 | 2019-04-30 |
| BRADFORD, David John | Director | 2019-06-12 | 2023-07-14 |
| BROOMES, George Mervyn | Director | 1993-06-11 | 1994-12-04 |
| BROWN, Nicholas James Forster | Director | 1999-10-08 | 2000-05-19 |
| CALLANDER, Simon | Director | 2023-07-20 | 2026-01-19 |
| CHILD, Colin Charles | Director | 1998-08-24 | 1999-07-31 |
| COATES, Peter Timothy | Director | 1999-10-08 | 2017-04-30 |
| COLSTON, Donald | Director | — | 1995-08-04 |
| COX, Paul Raymond | Director | 1996-09-25 | 1999-10-08 |
| DUFFY, Joseph Thomas | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1995-11-27 |
| GILES, Julie | Director | 1997-06-23 | 2003-01-30 |
| GILLMAN, Francis Dennis | Director | 1993-06-11 | 1995-04-26 |
| GOSLING, David Michael | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1995-12-31 |
| HANCOCK, Martin David | Director | 2004-09-24 | 2019-06-11 |
| HENRY, John | Director | 1998-08-24 | 2008-09-30 |
| ISAAC, James Keith | Director | — | 1994-02-08 |
| JACKSON, Brian Malcolm | Director | 2000-05-22 | 2006-05-22 |
| JENSEN, Alexandra Naomi | Director | 2023-10-02 | 2025-01-31 |
| JOSEPH, Robert Reginald Norman | Director | 1994-01-20 | 1995-04-26 |
| LEEDER, David John | Director | 1996-09-25 | 1999-10-08 |
| MCEWAN, Neil Tom | Director | 2023-07-20 | 2024-07-01 |
| NEWSON, Richard Maurice | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1994-06-30 |
| PARMAR, Vinay Kumar Dhiraj | Director | 2019-10-14 | 2022-08-15 |
| PRICE, Shirley Edith | Director | 1993-06-11 | 1994-01-09 |
| ROLLINGS, Steven John | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2023-03-17 |
| SNAPE, Peter Charles, Lord | Director | 1998-08-24 | 2000-12-31 |
| STABLES, Thomas Findlay | Director | 2019-05-08 | 2023-07-27 |
| STREET, Michael Thomas | Director | — | 1992-01-31 |
| WHITE, Philip Michael | Director | 1995-10-20 | 2003-07-10 |
| WOOLNER, Andrew Edward | Director | 1995-10-20 | 1996-10-16 |
| WORMWELL, Denis | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2007-04-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Midlands Travel Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 218 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-9.4%
£13,558,000 £12,290,000
-
Cash
-12.5%
-£10,676,000 -£12,012,000
-
Net assets
-66.3%
-£6,665,000 -£11,082,000
-
Employees
-25.4%
418 312
-
Operating profit
+77.9%
-£1,068,000 -£236,000
-
Profit before tax
+73%
-£3,424,000 -£926,000
-
Wages
-24.3%
£9,327,000 £7,058,000
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