EXPLORE TRANSPORT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-27 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-13
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+0.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
+2.8% vs 2024
Employees
358
-4.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
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
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | £4,438,000 | £738,000 | |
| Cash | — | £4,164,000 | £4,179,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £42,204,000 | £48,184,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £15,684,000 | £16,122,000 | |
| Equity | £15,146,000 | £15,684,000 | £16,122,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 374 | 358 | |
| 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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- EXPLORE TRANSPORT LIMITED · parent
- Prigmore Haulage Limited 0.7%
Significant events
- “On 31 July 2025, the Company completed the sale of the trade and assets of its civil plant hire business to Select Plant Hire Company Limited. Upon completion, Select Plant Hire Company Limited also sold its equity interest in Explore Transport Limited to Explore Holdings Ltd (formerly WS Transport Limited).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Bradley George | Director | 2018-12-12 | Apr 1976 | British |
| COX, David Norman | Director | 2015-01-23 | Apr 1979 | British |
| GATHERIDGE, Chris | Director | 2025-08-18 | Nov 1983 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIGLER, Emma | Secretary | 2018-05-18 | 2020-11-20 |
| ROSSITER, Catherine Jane | Secretary | 2016-12-23 | 2018-05-18 |
| SULLIVAN, Stephen John | Secretary | 2015-11-02 | 2016-12-23 |
| HEYNEN, Douglas Jurrien | Director | 2015-11-02 | 2019-09-23 |
| MCGEENEY, Declan James | Director | 2022-03-31 | 2025-07-31 |
| MCINTYRE, Alexander Stewart | Director | 2019-11-11 | 2022-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Select Plant Hire Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-07-31 |
| Ws Transport Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+0.4%
£4,164,000 £4,179,000
-
Net assets
+2.8%
£15,684,000 £16,122,000
-
Employees
-4.3%
374 358
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