BRADDELL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-07 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£39M
+52.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£280M
+2.7% vs 2023
Employees
4,992
+2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£13M
+332.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BRADDELL LIMITED 2007-09-04 → present
- BRADDELL PLC 2000-02-17 → 2007-09-04
- CAPITALINDEX PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1999-12-24 → 2000-02-17
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 | £497,623,000 | £545,880,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,900,000 | £16,023,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,546,000 | £12,890,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,002,000 | £8,971,000 | |
| Cash | £25,545,000 | £39,056,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £306,395,000 | £375,405,000 | |
| Net assets | £272,735,000 | £280,162,000 | |
| Equity | £272,735,000 | £280,162,000 | |
| Average employees | 4,849 | 4,992 | |
| Wages | £217,423,000 | £238,942,000 |
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 | -0.8% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.3% | 4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.9% | 41.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.60x | 0.92x | |
| Interest cover | -1.49x | 3.83x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of above, management believes that the Group and Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.”
Group structure
- BRADDELL LIMITED · parent
- Metroline Limited 100%
- Metroline Travel Limited 100%
- Metroline West Limited 100%
- Metroline Pension Scheme Trustees Limited 100%
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited 62.5%
- ComfortDelGro Irish Citylink Limited 100%
- Evobus and Coach Limited 100%
- Metroline Manchester Limited 100%
- Metroline Liverpool Limited 100%
- New Adventure Travel Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 5 January 2025, Metroline Manchester Limited commenced operation of 137 bus services in Greater Manchester as part of the Bee Network on behalf of Transport for Greater Manchester.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANDERS, Philip | Secretary | 2022-12-16 | — | — |
| CHENG, Siak Kian | Director | 2022-02-21 | Oct 1969 | Singaporean |
| GREAVES, Mark Christopher | Director | 2023-04-28 | Jan 1957 | Singaporean |
| O'SHEA, Sean Poul | Director | 2018-10-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
| SANDERS, Philip | Director | 2026-03-05 | Apr 1975 | British |
| THOMAS, Edward Sabu | Director | 2024-01-08 | Mar 1964 | British,Australian |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER, William Norman | Secretary | 2003-01-06 | 2003-12-31 |
| DONNELLY, David Thomas | Secretary | 2005-05-25 | 2007-10-31 |
| ELLIS, Stephen James | Secretary | 2003-12-31 | 2005-05-25 |
| NOVICK, Ishai Eliezer | Secretary | 2012-05-21 | 2022-08-05 |
| ROWBOTHAM, Damian | Secretary | 2007-10-31 | 2012-04-23 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-12-24 | 2000-02-15 |
| TRUSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-02-15 | 2003-01-06 |
| FRIZZELL, Gregor Edward | Director | 2000-02-15 | 2000-02-17 |
| GAN, Juay Kiat | Director | 2018-10-24 | 2019-03-27 |
| HEAN, Koh Thong | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2025-10-15 |
| KUA, Hong Pak | Director | 2002-12-31 | 2018-01-01 |
| LEE, Kah Wah | Director | 2005-06-09 | 2009-07-31 |
| LIM, Jit Poh | Director | 2002-12-30 | 2023-04-28 |
| ONG, Boon Leong | Director | 2000-05-22 | 2007-04-27 |
| PHUA, Tin How | Director | 2000-02-17 | 2002-12-31 |
| ROWBOTHAM, Damian John | Director | 2022-12-16 | 2023-12-31 |
| SINGH, Jaspal | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| TWENTYMAN, Jeffrey Cooper | Director | 2000-02-15 | 2000-02-17 |
| WAH, Rudy Tan Lai | Director | 2020-02-05 | 2022-12-16 |
| WONG, Hung Khim | Director | 2000-02-17 | 2002-12-31 |
| YANG, Ban Seng | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2022-12-16 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-12-24 | 2000-02-15 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-12-24 | 2000-02-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comfortdelgro Corporation Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-10-25 | Ceased 2019-10-25 |
| Comfortdelgro Corporation Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-04-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-25 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+9.7%
£497,623,000 £545,880,000
-
Cash
+52.9%
£25,545,000 £39,056,000
-
Net assets
+2.7%
£272,735,000 £280,162,000
-
Employees
+2.9%
4,849 4,992
-
Operating profit
+510.8%
-£3,900,000 £16,023,000
-
Profit before tax
+332.4%
-£5,546,000 £12,890,000
-
Wages
+9.9%
£217,423,000 £238,942,000
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