EST TRANSPORT PURCHASING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-24 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-10
Watchouts
Cash
£1K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1M
+60% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£396K
+7,820% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
A loan of £9.3m is required to be repaid in January 2026. The forecasts include repayment of this loan with the funds coming through the sale of non-core assets and are forecasting to complete the sale ahead of loan's maturity term. The forecasts show a breach of loan covenants in June 2025. This breach of covenants would need to be waived by the lenders.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- EST TRANSPORT PURCHASING LIMITED 2008-07-01 → present
- BANKS SADLER TRANSPORT PURCHASING LIMITED 1997-01-10 → 2008-07-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,490,000 | £5,781,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,000 | £396,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,000 | £396,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,000 | £396,000 | |
| Cash | — | £1,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £660,000 | £1,056,000 | |
| Net assets | £660,000 | £1,056,000 | |
| Equity | £660,000 | £1,056,000 | |
| 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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.1% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.8% | 37.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.1% | 41.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | 1.01x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“A loan of £9.3m is required to be repaid in January 2026. The forecasts include repayment of this loan with the funds coming through the sale of non-core assets and are forecasting to complete the sale ahead of loan's maturity term. The forecasts show a breach of loan covenants in June 2025. This breach of covenants would need to be waived by the lenders.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAFF, Nicole Sarah | Director | 2025-01-28 | Jul 1989 | British |
| JONES, Anthony Gerald | Director | 2020-03-26 | Aug 1973 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CULLEN, Dominique | Secretary | 2015-02-20 | 2016-08-01 |
| MAY, Timothy William | Secretary | 2014-10-30 | 2015-02-20 |
| MEECHAN, Lawrie | Secretary | 1997-01-10 | 2008-06-23 |
| WILLIAMSON, Alexandra Dilys | Secretary | 2008-06-23 | 2014-10-30 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-01-10 | 1997-01-10 |
| BADDELEY, Robert Gregory | Director | 2008-06-23 | 2010-12-31 |
| BALI, Navneet | Director | 2012-05-17 | 2019-01-14 |
| BRIGHT, Neil Irvine | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2012-07-06 |
| CAMPBELL, David Ian | Director | 1997-01-10 | 2008-06-23 |
| CHURCHUS, Peter John | Director | 2009-11-20 | 2020-09-01 |
| CLARK, Andrew James | Director | 2022-09-20 | 2025-01-28 |
| CREIGHTON, Luke Taylor | Director | 2021-02-11 | 2022-07-01 |
| CURRIE, Neil Allen | Director | 2019-01-14 | 2021-11-30 |
| DAVIES, Martin William Oliver | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2012-09-20 |
| FIRTH, John Gordon | Director | 2019-09-26 | 2020-04-27 |
| GOENKA, Abhishek | Director | 2014-10-30 | 2019-01-14 |
| HAYWARD, Carl Robert | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2021-02-11 |
| JONES, Brendan Derek Lee | Director | 2007-07-06 | 2009-11-20 |
| MAY, Timothy William | Director | 2012-05-17 | 2019-01-14 |
| MICHEL, Carl Heinrich | Director | 2008-06-23 | 2009-09-30 |
| SADLER, William Geoffrey | Director | 1997-01-10 | 2008-06-23 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-01-10 | 1997-01-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hb Education Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-25 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
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Turnover
+28.8%
£4,490,000 £5,781,000
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
+60%
£660,000 £1,056,000
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Employees
—
Not reported
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Operating profit
+7,820%
£5,000 £396,000
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Profit before tax
+7,820%
£5,000 £396,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers