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MAINFREIGHT UK LTD
Cash
£2M
+2% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+27.5% vs 2024
Employees
80
-2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+9% vs 2024
Profile
- Company number
- 10067164
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2016-03-16
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49410
Net assets
10-year trend · vs UK Logistics & Mobility median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2020-04-01 | 2021-03-31 | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £31,400,864 | — | £37,966,756 | — | £35,476,705 | £42,185,676 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £369,792 | — | £1,894,101 | — | £1,452,942 | £1,589,089 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £354,296 | — | £1,850,426 | — | £1,460,105 | £1,591,126 | |
| Net profit | £463,447 | — | £420,264 | — | £322,916 | — | £1,510,902 | — | £1,033,249 | £1,191,991 | |
| Cash | £762,881 | — | £777,470 | — | £845,896 | — | £481,701 | — | £1,640,937 | £1,674,227 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,059,025 | — | £1,493,928 | — | £1,956,641 | — | £3,488,511 | — | £4,544,299 | £5,746,234 | |
| Net assets | £1,052,937 | — | £1,473,201 | — | £1,796,117 | — | £3,307,019 | — | £4,340,268 | £5,532,259 | |
| Equity | £1,052,937 | £1,052,937 | £1,473,201 | £1,473,201 | £1,796,117 | £1,796,117 | £3,307,019 | £3,307,019 | £4,340,268 | £5,532,259 | |
| Average employees | 16 | — | 22 | — | 34 | — | 70 | — | 82 | 80 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,602,855 | — | £2,909,699 | — | £3,184,349 | £3,661,767 |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Desaur LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “As of April 2024, the transport division opened in the UK.”
- “Since November 2024, the Transport division has grown from one to four trucks and are keen to continue growing whilst providing a high quality service to their customers.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAID, Donald Robert | Director | 2016-03-23 | Nov 1959 | New Zealander |
| FITTS, Benjamin Hamilton | Director | 2016-03-16 | Dec 1976 | New Zealander |
| ILLING, Graeme Gordon | Director | 2024-02-01 | Oct 1968 | New Zealander |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARD-SMITH, Carl Gascoigne Oliver | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2023-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Benjamin Hamilton Fitts | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 27 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2026-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-02-07 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-08-09 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-08-08 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type small |
| 2022-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2021-06-16 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type small |
| 2021-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2020-06-12 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type small |
| 2020-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2019-05-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type small |
| 2019-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2018-07-18 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type small |
| 2018-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2025-03-31
5.70
SAFE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.472 × 6.56 = +3.10
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.168 × 6.72 = +1.13
- Book equity / Total liabilities 1.402 × 1.05 = +1.47
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory