WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-19 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-05
Watchouts
Cash
£15M
-69.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£115M
-9.5% vs 2023
Employees
4,609
+0.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£8M
-142.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LIMITED 1991-12-16 → present
- WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL HOLDINGS LIMITED 1991-10-08 → 1991-12-16
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 | £199,322,000 | £221,480,000 | |
| Operating profit | £879,000 | -£3,658,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,099,000 | -£7,503,000 | |
| Net profit | £377,000 | -£20,523,000 | |
| Cash | £47,851,000 | £14,589,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £247,705,000 | £207,072,000 | |
| Net assets | £127,228,000 | £115,137,000 | |
| Equity | £127,228,000 | £115,137,000 | |
| Average employees | 4,605 | 4,609 | |
| Wages | £120,833,000 | £139,334,000 |
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 | 0.4% | -1.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | -9.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.4% | -1.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.00x | 2.48x | |
| Interest cover | 0.21x | -0.88x |
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 Directors of the Company have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the Financial Statements.”
Group structure
- WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LIMITED · parent
- Altram LRT Limited 100%
- WM Ventures Limited 100%
- W M Property Holdings Limited 100%
- West Midlands Accessible Transport Limited 100%
- National Express Manchester Limited 100%
- Travel Coventry Limited 100%
- WM Travel Limited 100%
- Travel West Midlands Limited 100%
- Travel WM Limited 100%
- Travel Yourbus Limited 100%
- Travel Merryhill Limited 100%
- National Express UK Central Services Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 65 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 65 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 | 2019-05-08 | 2022-06-13 |
| RICHARDS, Lewis | Secretary | — | 1996-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, Dianne | Secretary | 2012-12-31 | 2017-06-30 |
| ADAMSON, John Frederick | Director | — | 1993-02-28 |
| ASHLEY, Matthew Edward | Director | 2013-07-28 | 2016-01-31 |
| BARKER, Neil James | Director | 2005-01-28 | 2010-11-23 |
| BARLOW, Paul Richard | Director | 2019-05-08 | 2020-06-18 |
| BOWKER, Steven Richard | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2008-04-18 |
| BRADFORD, David John | Director | 2017-06-19 | 2023-07-14 |
| BROOMES, George Mervyn | Director | — | 1994-12-04 |
| BROWN, Nicholas James Forster | Director | 1999-10-08 | 2000-05-19 |
| BROWN, Richard Howard | Director | 2000-10-04 | 2001-12-07 |
| BULLOCK, Harry | Director | 2002-04-12 | 2005-04-30 |
| CALLANDER, Simon | Director | 2023-08-01 | 2026-01-19 |
| CHILD, Colin Charles | Director | 1995-09-22 | 1999-07-31 |
| COATES, Peter Timothy | Director | 1999-10-08 | 2017-04-30 |
| COLSTON, Donald | Director | — | 1995-08-04 |
| COOK, Adam Michael James | Director | 2017-06-19 | 2025-11-07 |
| COX, Paul Raymond | Director | 1996-09-20 | 1999-10-08 |
| DICKSON, Mary Alexander | Director | 1999-10-08 | 2000-03-24 |
| DUFFY, Joseph Thomas | Director | — | 1995-11-27 |
| FLETCHER, Trevor John | Director | 1996-12-23 | 1998-04-08 |
| GALE, Kevin | Director | 2017-10-11 | 2019-05-08 |
| GILES, Julie | Director | 1997-05-30 | 2003-01-30 |
| GILLMAN, Francis Dennis | Director | — | 1995-04-26 |
| HANCOCK, Martin David | Director | 2004-09-24 | 2021-03-18 |
| HENRY, John | Director | 1998-04-08 | 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 | 1994-01-09 | 1995-04-26 |
| KAYE, David Andrew | Director | 2010-11-30 | 2011-09-08 |
| KELSEY, Alan Howard Mitchell | Director | 1996-06-21 | 1998-02-26 |
| KERSLAKE, Brian John | Director | 1993-04-16 | 1995-09-01 |
| KERSLAKE, Brian John | Director | — | 1993-01-18 |
| LEEDER, David John | Director | 1995-11-24 | 1999-10-08 |
| MATHIESON, Simon William | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2013-09-30 |
| MCENHILL, Peter Raymond | Director | 1995-04-26 | 1997-06-16 |
| MCEWAN, Neil Tom | Director | 2023-08-01 | 2024-07-01 |
| MILLS, Adam Francis | Director | 1995-11-24 | 1996-06-21 |
| O'TOOLE, Raymond | Director | 1999-12-06 | 2010-05-05 |
| PARKER, Stuart | Director | 2011-11-21 | 2017-04-28 |
| PATTERSON, Ernest | Director | 1996-08-22 | 1997-01-13 |
| PEACE, Gavin | Director | 2011-12-12 | 2014-03-31 |
| PERRY, Alexander Donald | Director | 2008-04-18 | 2010-01-29 |
| PIKE, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 1999-12-17 | 2001-10-15 |
| PRICE, Shirley Edith | Director | — | 1994-01-09 |
| ROLLASON, William Peter | Director | 1999-12-06 | 2002-12-04 |
| ROLLINGS, Steven John | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2023-03-17 |
| SAUND, Ravinder Singh | Director | 2017-10-11 | 2018-07-11 |
| SNAPE, Peter Charles, Lord | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| STABLES, Thomas Findlay | Director | 2017-05-02 | 2023-07-27 |
| STAMP, James Robert | Director | 2022-08-15 | 2023-02-16 |
| STEVENS, Ian Douglas | Director | 2016-01-20 | 2017-04-13 |
| THOMAS, Paul Antony | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2017-07-07 |
| WALKER, Adam Christopher | Director | 2003-03-05 | 2008-03-26 |
| WELLINGS, Geoffrey Victor | Director | 1994-12-04 | 2002-03-31 |
| WHITE, Philip Michael | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2006-09-11 |
| WOODWARD, David Peter | Director | 2008-04-18 | 2010-06-25 |
| WOOLNER, Andrew Edward | Director | — | 1996-10-16 |
| WORMWELL, Denis | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2007-04-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Express Intermediate Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 357 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 | |
| 2025-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-02 | 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 | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | 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 | |
| 2023-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+11.1%
£199,322,000 £221,480,000
-
Cash
-69.5%
£47,851,000 £14,589,000
-
Net assets
-9.5%
£127,228,000 £115,137,000
-
Employees
+0.1%
4,605 4,609
-
Operating profit
-516.2%
£879,000 -£3,658,000
-
Profit before tax
-142.1%
-£3,099,000 -£7,503,000
-
Wages
+15.3%
£120,833,000 £139,334,000
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