ANGLIA FREIGHT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-02 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-19
Watchouts
Cash
£459K
+189.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+7.4% vs 2023
Employees
107
+11.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£655K
-15.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,849,008 | £14,835,597 | |
| Operating profit | £789,534 | £684,278 | |
| Profit before tax | £770,746 | £654,509 | |
| Net profit | £590,111 | £490,174 | |
| Cash | £158,646 | £458,757 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,342,156 | £2,820,715 | |
| Net assets | £1,922,895 | £2,065,569 | |
| Equity | £1,922,895 | £2,065,569 | |
| Average employees | 96 | 107 | |
| Wages | £3,623,190 | £4,399,288 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.7% | 24.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 53.5% | 57.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.70x | 1.65x | |
| Interest cover | 38.91x | 18.12x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this, the Directors have concluded that they have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements, they therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOULTON, Carolyn Ann | Secretary | 1998-09-29 | — | British |
| HOLDEN, Abigail Victoria | Director | 2018-07-02 | May 1982 | British |
| HOLDEN, Peter John Richard | Director | 2009-05-01 | Aug 1981 | British |
| MOULTON, Benjamin Gordon | Director | 2018-07-02 | Aug 1978 | British |
| MOULTON, Carolyn Ann | Director | 2018-07-02 | Jan 1953 | British |
| SHAWCROSS, Douglas Peter | Director | 2009-05-01 | Oct 1979 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-09-29 | 1998-09-29 |
| MOULTON, Geoffrey John | Director | 1998-09-29 | 2022-11-11 |
| SHIPLEY, Anthony David | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2025-06-06 |
| L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-09-29 | 1998-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Carolyn Ann Moulton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-09-26 | Ceased 2024-06-17 |
| Mr Geoffrey John Moulton | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-27 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-04-22 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-11-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-10-01 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-21 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-06-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-20 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-27 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-11-06 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-06 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 5
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
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Turnover
+15.5%
£12,849,008 £14,835,597
-
Cash
+189.2%
£158,646 £458,757
-
Net assets
+7.4%
£1,922,895 £2,065,569
-
Employees
+11.5%
96 107
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Operating profit
-13.3%
£789,534 £684,278
-
Profit before tax
-15.1%
£770,746 £654,509
-
Wages
+21.4%
£3,623,190 £4,399,288
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