STAGECOACH SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-03
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-17 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
-52.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£14M
+15.6% vs 2024
Employees
485
+9.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+90.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-03
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-27 | 2025-05-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £67,477,000 | £76,760,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,045,000 | £3,327,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,399,000 | £2,665,000 | |
| Net profit | £911,000 | £2,234,000 | |
| Cash | £18,058,000 | £8,567,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,224,000 | £20,198,000 | |
| Net assets | £12,215,000 | £14,118,000 | |
| Equity | £12,215,000 | £14,118,000 | |
| Average employees | 444 | 485 | |
| Wages | £18,222,000 | £17,969,000 |
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 | 2024-04-27 | 2025-05-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.7% | 16.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.0% | 90.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | 2.50x | 5.03x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have received confirmation of continuing financial support from Stagecoach Group Limited ("the Group"). Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. Stagecoach Group Limited has confirmed that it has the ability to provide such support and will provide the support, as appropriate, for the period up to 31 October 2026. In applying the going concern basis, the Directors have also considered the past practice of Stagecoach Group Limited in providing financial support to the Company and its fellow subsidiaries.”
Significant events
- “Donations to charitable organisations amounted to £1,405 (2024: £4,437).”
- “The Company incurred exceptional costs in the restructuring of the business as a result of the sale of Stagecoach to DWS in May 2022 and subsequent restructuring of the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADLEY, Sarah Jane | Secretary | 2024-07-30 | — | — |
| ASPINWALL, Mark Alexander | Director | 2026-04-24 | Sep 1975 | British |
| DINGWALL, Bruce Maxwell | Director | 2019-05-31 | Apr 1983 | British |
| GREER, Samuel Derek | Director | 2023-07-03 | Feb 1968 | British |
| ROBBINS, Karen Rosaleen | Director | 2019-05-31 | May 1969 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON, Michael Bruce | Secretary | 1996-07-01 | 1997-07-11 |
| FULLER, Alan Charles | Secretary | 1999-06-01 | 2002-02-27 |
| FULLER, Alan Charles | Secretary | 1995-12-06 | 1996-07-01 |
| HOUSTON, Guy Alan | Secretary | 1997-08-01 | 1999-05-31 |
| SMITH, Richard George | Secretary | — | 1995-12-06 |
| VAUX, Michael John | Secretary | 2009-05-29 | 2024-07-30 |
| WHITNALL, Alan Leonard | Secretary | 2002-02-27 | 2009-05-29 |
| WHITNALL, Alan Leonard | Secretary | 1997-07-11 | 1997-08-01 |
| ANDREW, Robert Gervase | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2019-05-31 |
| ASHMAN, Lesley | Director | 2018-09-11 | 2020-07-31 |
| BROWN, Colin | Director | 2004-12-30 | 2019-05-31 |
| CLAYTON, Michael Bruce | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1997-07-11 |
| COBURN, Brian James | Director | 2012-12-30 | 2018-02-23 |
| COCHRANE, Keith Robertson | Director | 1995-12-06 | 2000-08-01 |
| COX, Anthony Geoffrey | Director | 1996-09-09 | 1997-10-27 |
| COX, Brian John | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2002-07-03 |
| EDEN, Philip Brookes, Mr. | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2000-09-08 |
| FULLER, Alan Charles | Director | 1999-06-01 | 2002-02-27 |
| FULLER, Alan Charles | Director | 1995-12-06 | 1996-07-01 |
| GRIFFITHS, Martin Andrew | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2004-12-30 |
| HABERFIELD, Mark Stuart Edwin | Director | 2003-12-22 | 2019-04-30 |
| HINKLEY, William Barry | Director | 1995-12-06 | 2000-07-25 |
| HOUSTON, Guy Alan | Director | 1997-08-01 | 1999-05-31 |
| HOWITT, Malcolm | Director | 1997-10-27 | 1997-10-27 |
| MERRYWEATHER, Paul Anthony | Director | — | 1995-12-06 |
| MONTGOMERY, Robert | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2017-03-22 |
| MOSS, Adam Philip | Director | 2019-05-31 | 2025-10-01 |
| O'TOOLE, Raymond | Director | 2023-08-09 | 2024-05-30 |
| PATERSON, Ross John | Director | 2006-06-19 | 2021-01-08 |
| ROBBINS, Karen Rosaleen | Director | 2000-12-01 | 2002-04-19 |
| SMITH, Alistair Douglas | Director | 2012-12-30 | 2017-09-21 |
| SMITH, Richard George | Director | — | 1995-12-06 |
| STEEL, John Bell | Director | 1997-07-30 | 1997-10-31 |
| STOCKTON-JONES, Carla Lucy | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2023-07-03 |
| THREAPLETON, Arnold Mark | Director | 2017-04-18 | 2020-06-30 |
| VAUX, Michael John | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2017-04-28 |
| WARNEFORD, Leslie Brian | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2013-04-26 |
| WARNER, Barry Alfred | Director | 1997-11-01 | 1999-01-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stagecoach Bus Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-23 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-05-03 vs 2024-04-27
-
Turnover
+13.8%
£67,477,000 £76,760,000
-
Cash
-52.6%
£18,058,000 £8,567,000
-
Net assets
+15.6%
£12,215,000 £14,118,000
-
Employees
+9.2%
444 485
-
Operating profit
+9.3%
£3,045,000 £3,327,000
-
Profit before tax
+90.5%
£1,399,000 £2,665,000
-
Wages
-1.4%
£18,222,000 £17,969,000
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