EXPERT LOGISTICS LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£970K
-55% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
-31% vs 2024
Employees
1,273
-7.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-25.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £165,083,000 | £173,608,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,235,000 | £5,881,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,157,000 | £3,088,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,683,000 | £1,743,000 | |
| Cash | £2,156,000 | £970,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £43,981,000 | £38,654,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,647,000 | £1,137,000 | |
| Equity | £1,647,000 | £1,137,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,382 | 1,273 | |
| Wages | £38,539,000 | £39,955,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.5% | 15.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 98.5% | 99.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.22x | 0.16x | |
| Interest cover | 2.35x | 2.11x |
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
“Notwithstanding the Company's net current liabilities of £71.1m as at 31 March 2025, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons: The Company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements from its cash balances and the availability of the Groups £120m revolving credit facility (which was amended and extended in October 2024 to now expire in October 2028) which this company is a party to as an obligor and guarantor. ... Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Group and Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “We also outsourced the warehousing of smaller products to a third-party early in FY25. This change has improved unit economics and enabled us to expand the range of products available to customers.”
- “During the year we commenced the process of replacing our warehouse management systems which are expected to go live in FY26.”
- “We continue to invest in our fleet with a focus on driving capacity per vehicle as well as moving our trunking fleet to compressed natural gas fuel, with the target of having the vast majority transitioned by 2030.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINNEMORE, Julie Angela Louise | Secretary | 2014-04-15 | — | — |
| ASHWELL, David Michael | Director | 2006-08-01 | Mar 1967 | British |
| HIGGINS, Jonathan Mark Stephen | Director | 2014-03-31 | Mar 1978 | British |
| ROBERTS, John Charles | Director | 2020-03-27 | Oct 1973 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTWOOD, Paul Gerard | Secretary | 1998-09-22 | 2002-06-30 |
| BERRY, John Graham | Secretary | 2005-03-04 | 2009-06-22 |
| BERRY, John Graham | Secretary | 1997-10-01 | 1998-09-22 |
| CAUNCE, Stephen James | Secretary | 2009-06-22 | 2014-04-15 |
| CHASE, Suzanne Gabrielle | Secretary | 2002-06-30 | 2005-03-04 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-10-01 | 1997-10-01 |
| BATES, Mark | Director | 1998-09-22 | 2002-11-29 |
| BERRY, John Graham | Director | 1999-11-05 | 2001-09-04 |
| BERRY, John Graham | Director | 1997-10-01 | 1998-09-22 |
| CAUNCE, Stephen James | Director | 2009-06-22 | 2017-07-05 |
| CHASE, Suzanne Gabrielle | Director | 2001-09-04 | 2005-03-04 |
| CROWTHER, John | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2014-10-24 |
| DAINES, Ian David | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2009-03-31 |
| DHALIWAL, Tarsem Singh | Director | 2005-03-04 | 2009-06-22 |
| EARL, Keith | Director | 2002-11-18 | 2005-03-04 |
| EMMETT, Daniel Anthony | Director | 2018-04-19 | 2022-09-16 |
| FORD, Russell Mark | Director | 1998-09-22 | 2001-01-05 |
| HAYNES, Stuart Mark | Director | 2018-02-21 | 2022-05-24 |
| HOSKINS, William John | Director | 2001-01-30 | 2005-03-04 |
| LEIGH, James Bernard | Director | 1997-10-01 | 1998-09-22 |
| PHILBIN, Kevin | Director | 2009-06-22 | 2014-02-25 |
| PRITCHARD, Andrew Simon | Director | 2005-03-04 | 2009-06-22 |
| PRITCHARD, Andrew Simon | Director | 1999-11-05 | 2001-01-30 |
| ROBERTS, John Charles | Director | 2009-06-22 | 2018-04-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ao Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-02-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+5.2%
£165,083,000 £173,608,000
-
Cash
-55%
£2,156,000 £970,000
-
Net assets
-31%
£1,647,000 £1,137,000
-
Employees
-7.9%
1,382 1,273
-
Operating profit
-18.7%
£7,235,000 £5,881,000
-
Profit before tax
-25.7%
£4,157,000 £3,088,000
-
Wages
+3.7%
£38,539,000 £39,955,000
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