TRENT MOTOR TRACTION COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
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Cash
£1.3m
-55.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£28m
+2.2% vs 2023
Employees
708
+3.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1.6m
-60.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-09-30.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,197,000 | £31,769,000 | +12.7% | |
| Operating profit | £868,000 | £1,229,000 | +41.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,059,000 | £1,610,000 | -60.3% | |
| Net profit | £3,275,000 | £1,281,000 | -60.9% | |
| Cash | £3,000,000 | £1,327,000 | -55.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,445,000 | £35,657,000 | +13.4% | |
| Net assets | £27,171,000 | £27,782,000 | +2.2% | |
| Equity | £27,171,000 | £27,782,000 | +2.2% | |
| Average employees | 685 | 708 | +3.4% | |
| Wages | £16,306,000 | £19,631,000 | +20.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £582,000 | £656,000 | +12.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £223,000 | £228,000 | +2.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 11.6% | 4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.8% | 3.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.4% | 68.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | 1.03x | 2.28x |
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
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- TRENT MOTOR TRACTION COMPANY LIMITED(THE) · parent
- High Peak Buses Ltd 50%
- Nottingham Trams Ltd 20%
Significant events
- “An order for 11 new vehicles in 2025 has been raised at a cost of £2.9m.”
- “We have matched funding with Government Grant Support to retro-fit exhaust systems to existing diesel vehicles in order to bring them up to the latest Euro VI standard as fitted to our brand new buses.”
- “LED lighting has been fitted in all our depots to reduce our carbon footprint together automatic shutdown systems for when areas are not being used.”
- “We have pushed the use of cashless travel through the introduction of our contactless payment system and transfer of our MANGO card onto an App platform.”
- “The Company has maintained regular communications with Employee representatives especially on the impacts of the various Government support schemes which operated both in 2024 and into 2025. The Group has also introduced a new social interaction platform called Blink to further encourage dialogue between all levels of the workforce.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUTTON, Graham | Secretary | 1996-01-12 | — | British |
| BEANEY, Andrew John | Director | 2023-07-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| KING, Brian Robert | Director | — | Mar 1944 | British |
| LASHFORD, Philip Timothy | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jun 1976 | British |
| MORGAN, Richard Ian | Director | — | Apr 1951 | British |
| MORGAN, Tom Richard | Director | 2023-03-01 | Jan 1987 | English |
| SUTTON, Graham | Director | 1996-01-12 | Mar 1960 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAY, Raymond | Secretary | — | 1996-01-12 |
| BICKERTON, John Simon | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| COUNSELL, Jeffrey | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2023-02-28 |
| DAY, Raymond | Director | — | 1996-01-12 |
| YEO, Derek Trevor | Director | — | 1994-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Ian Morgan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Brian Robert King | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Graham Sutton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.