FERGUSONS TRANSPORT LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2.4m
-5% vs 2024
Employees
246
-7.5% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
-£88k
-155.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Company has breached certain terms of its existing banking facilities... These events and conditions... indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,880,514 | £20,860,896 | £24,466,677 | £25,720,348 | £25,754,414 | £24,323,423 | -5.6% | |
| Operating profit | £294,136 | £371,244 | £583,829 | £369,890 | £417,969 | £191,079 | -54.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £185,147 | £254,682 | £476,947 | £172,156 | £158,435 | -£88,324 | -155.7% | |
| Net profit | £103,310 | £21,322 | £622,904 | £211,324 | £115,090 | -£66,620 | -157.9% | |
| Cash | £0 | £2,950 | £1,015 | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,767,679 | £4,949,314 | £5,311,708 | £6,508,073 | £6,578,738 | £5,978,254 | -9.1% | |
| Net assets | £1,805,086 | £1,772,006 | £2,325,418 | £2,456,098 | £2,507,602 | £2,383,299 | -5% | |
| Equity | £1,805,086 | £1,772,006 | £2,325,418 | £2,456,098 | £2,507,602 | £2,383,299 | -5% | |
| Average employees | 271 | 264 | 264 | 275 | 266 | 246 | -7.5% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £9,183,507 | £9,485,312 | £9,144,789 | -3.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £431,463 | £468,831 | £551,593 | £524,268 | £576,008 | £564,913 | -1.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £25,225 | £29,416 | £54,010 | +83.6% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £131,560 | £141,518 | £165,751 | +17.1% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 1.8% | 2.4% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 0.1% | 2.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% | -0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.2% | 7.5% | 11.0% | 5.7% | 6.4% | 3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 85.3% | 85.7% | 82.3% | 84.8% | 84.4% | 84.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.97x | 0.97x | 0.92x | |
| Interest cover | 2.08x | 2.66x | 3.76x | 1.02x | 0.87x | 0.47x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FERGUSONS TRANSPORT LIMITED 1998-10-09 → present
- REDPATH BROTHERS LIMITED 1937-03-22 → 1998-10-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Greaves West & Ayre
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Company has breached certain terms of its existing banking facilities... These events and conditions... indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- FERGUSONS TRANSPORT LIMITED · parent
- Redpath of Wooler Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the year end, an incident involving one of the company's haulage vehicles resulted in the company's goods vehicle operator's licence being referred to the Traffic Commissioner.”
- “Since the balance sheet date, the Company has received a notice from its primary lender which has initiated pursuit of alternative banking and lending arrangements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITAKER, Helen | Secretary | 2000-03-21 | — | British |
| ARKLE, Michael, Mr. | Director | 2011-09-30 | Mar 1973 | British |
| DIXON-PATTERSON, Hamish Bruce | Director | 2021-12-03 | Dec 1971 | British |
| FERGUSON, Alan | Director | 1995-04-01 | Nov 1954 | British |
| FERGUSON, Eileen Isabel | Director | — | Nov 1959 | British |
| WAPPAT, Arthur | Director | 2000-03-21 | May 1941 | British |
| WHITAKER, Helen | Director | 2007-09-30 | Jul 1951 | British |
| WHITAKER, Steven Mark | Director | 2007-09-30 | Jan 1956 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, Eileen Isabel | Secretary | 1994-02-16 | 2000-03-21 |
| REDPATH, James Jeffrey | Secretary | — | 1994-02-16 |
| ARKLE, John Howey | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2018-04-05 |
| ARKLE, Stuart | Director | 2011-09-30 | 2025-02-28 |
| BRETTELL, Ashley Robert | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| REDPATH, James Jeffrey | Director | — | 1997-03-21 |
| REDPATH, Jeffrey Arthur | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| REDPATH, John Arthur | Director | 1998-03-01 | 2019-09-10 |
| REDPATH, John Arthur | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| REDPATH, Walter Keith | Director | — | 2000-03-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fergytrux Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- 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.