FREIGHT TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION LIMITED
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Cash
£2.4M
-59.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.4M
+81.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
320
+6.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.7M
+140.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-07-02.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
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FREIGHT TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
FREIGHT TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
FREIGHT TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,792,000 | £36,334,000 | £38,663,000 | +6.4% | |
| Operating profit | £1,143,000 | £2,024,000 | £4,820,000 | +138.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £292,000 | £1,943,000 | £4,668,000 | +140.2% | |
| Net profit | £284,000 | £1,931,000 | £4,606,000 | +138.5% | |
| Cash | £4,743,000 | £6,024,000 | £2,424,000 | -59.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,828,000 | £8,617,000 | £12,282,000 | +42.5% | |
| Net assets | £663,000 | £2,962,000 | £5,378,000 | +81.6% | |
| Equity | £663,000 | £2,962,000 | £5,378,000 | +81.6% | |
| Average employees | 314 | 300 | 320 | +6.7% | |
| Wages | £13,654,000 | £14,134,000 | £14,937,000 | +5.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £330,000 | £461,000 | £703,000 | +52.5% |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 5.6% | 12.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 5.3% | 11.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.6% | 23.5% | 39.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 96.1% | 83.4% | 75.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.46x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | 3.96x | 6.84x | 17.21x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the Group and the Company have sufficient resources to continue to operate for at least the next twelve months. The directors therefore consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- FREIGHT TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION LIMITED · parent
- Tachodisc Distribution UK Limited 100%
- T Team Limited 100%
- CD Media Training Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 14 February 2025, the company purchased a new head office in Tunbridge Wells at a cost of £5m. On the same date, the company entered into a contract to sell its current head office at Hermes House, St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells. The completion of the sale took place in August 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 75 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MULVEY, Carmel | Secretary | 2023-06-30 | — | — |
| BRICKLEY, Vincent Jeremy Michael | Director | 2012-06-21 | Mar 1966 | British |
| FLETCHER, Ben | Director | 2025-12-01 | May 1971 | British |
| GRIMSHAW-SMITH, Mark | Director | 2025-03-03 | Oct 1961 | British |
| HARTLES, James | Director | 2025-03-03 | Mar 1984 | British |
| HOBBS, Simon Jones | Director | 2023-03-13 | Nov 1961 | British |
| HOSEGOOD, Louisa Anne | Director | 2023-03-13 | Dec 1973 | British |
| MACKENZIE, Susan Mary | Director | 2020-06-10 | Aug 1961 | British |
| MOXON, Jonathan David | Director | 2012-11-22 | Oct 1964 | British |
| MURDOCH, Gavin John | Director | 2023-03-13 | Dec 1967 | British |
| NOORMOHAMED, Rehman | Director | 2025-03-03 | Sep 1969 | British |
| ROE, Phil | Director | 2017-09-19 | Mar 1966 | British |
| STANSFIELD, Ian | Director | 2012-09-20 | Aug 1968 | British |
Show 75 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAITLAND, John Athole Charles | Secretary | 2015-05-01 | 2020-01-14 |
| NOLAN, Roger Stephen | Secretary | — | 2007-09-01 |
| WATSON, Steven Paul | Secretary | 2020-03-11 | 2023-06-30 |
| WELLS, David | Secretary | 2010-09-01 | 2015-04-30 |
| CRIPPS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-09-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| ALLAN, John Murray | Director | 2003-04-29 | 2005-04-26 |
| APPLETON, Kevin Andrew | Director | 2012-06-21 | 2016-12-13 |
| ARCHBOLD, David Stuart | Director | 2000-05-09 | 2007-04-17 |
| ASHWORTH, Raymond John | Director | 2012-09-20 | 2017-03-06 |
| AYRES, Alan Ronald | Director | 2003-06-24 | 2007-04-17 |
| BATEMAN, Paul | Director | 2004-12-23 | 2006-04-25 |
| BATEMAN, Paul | Director | 1998-04-28 | 2001-07-03 |
| BAYFIELD, Raymond John | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| BELL, John Alan Clifford | Director | 1994-10-25 | 1996-11-26 |
| BLISS, Derek Huntley | Director | 1995-04-25 | 1998-04-28 |
| BODGER, Stephen Graham | Director | 1996-07-02 | 1999-12-02 |
| BRAYBROOK, Ian Kenneth | Director | 1996-10-29 | 2000-02-17 |
| BROWITT, Philip Reginald | Director | 1995-04-25 | 2000-05-19 |
| BURLETON, Adrian Philip | Director | 2005-06-21 | 2012-05-01 |
| BURNS, Bernard Kenneth Robbie | Director | — | 1995-08-29 |
| CHAPMAN, Jack | Director | — | 1993-08-20 |
| CHRISTENSEN, Lawrence | Director | — | 2007-04-17 |
| CIABURRO, Anthony | Director | 2010-01-19 | 2014-11-20 |
| CLARK, Robert Angus | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| COGHLAN, John Bernard | Director | 2005-04-26 | 2012-11-22 |
| COGHLAN, John Bernard | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2003-04-29 |
| DAVIDSON, Thomas Crawford | Director | 1998-04-28 | 1998-11-24 |
| DE PENCIER, Theodore Henry John | Director | 2011-08-18 | 2015-04-30 |
| ENTWISTLE, Janet Elizabeth | Director | 2006-11-27 | 2012-09-20 |
| FITZSIMONS, Edward | Director | 2007-04-17 | 2009-06-25 |
| FROST, James Duncan | Director | — | 1993-04-27 |
| GASELTINE, Ian Herbert | Director | 1993-04-27 | 1995-08-29 |
| GIFFORD, Peter | Director | 2020-06-10 | 2022-06-21 |
| GRANITE, Steven | Director | 2020-06-10 | 2022-06-21 |
| GREEN, David Charles | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2003-04-29 |
| HAINES, Andrew John | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2017-03-06 |
| HARVEY, Colin George | Director | 1993-11-30 | 1994-09-27 |
| HOGAN, John Christopher James | Director | 2005-01-07 | 2005-10-14 |
| HOUSEMAN, William Busfield | Director | — | 1993-04-27 |
| JENKINS, Rebecca Judith | Director | 2003-04-29 | 2017-03-06 |
| JONES, Ian | Director | 2008-06-26 | 2012-06-21 |
| LAFONE, Alexander Gerald | Director | — | 1993-04-27 |
| LAWRENCE, Charles Anthony | Director | 1997-09-30 | 2005-04-26 |
| LAWRENCE, Charles Anthony | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| LOWTHER, David | Director | 2005-06-21 | 2006-09-01 |
| MATHEW, David Gartside | Director | 1994-04-26 | 2001-07-03 |
| MCCALLUM VEITCH, Ian Gordon | Director | 2008-06-26 | 2017-03-06 |
| MENGEL, Philip R | Director | 2000-05-09 | 2003-12-01 |
| MILLER, Graham Douglas Naismith | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2005-04-26 |
| MILLER, Graham Douglas Naismith | Director | — | 1998-04-28 |
| MILLER, Keith Worsley | Director | — | 1998-04-28 |
| MILLICAN, John Gilbert | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2007-04-17 |
| MORTON, David Emerson | Director | 2010-01-19 | 2012-06-21 |
| OADES, Stewart | Director | 2007-04-17 | 2014-06-19 |
| PARKER, Alastair John Yarborough | Director | 2007-04-17 | 2014-01-17 |
| PEARCE, Frank Martin Phillips | Director | 1993-04-27 | 1994-04-26 |
| PENNY, Robert Timothy | Director | 1993-10-26 | 1995-02-21 |
| POMLETT, Leigh Martin | Director | 2015-09-17 | 2022-03-29 |
| RICHARDSON, Julian Paul | Director | — | 2001-07-03 |
| ROBERTS, Graham Stanley | Director | 2008-06-26 | 2024-12-18 |
| RODERICK, Edward Joseph | Director | 2000-06-20 | 2007-03-18 |
| RUSSELL, John Graham | Director | 1994-04-26 | 2008-04-22 |
| SAMSON SNELL, John David | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2005-04-26 |
| SCOTT, Gordon | Director | 2009-09-24 | 2012-02-03 |
| SHEDDICK, Gillian Ann | Director | 2000-05-09 | 2003-04-29 |
| SMITH, Ronald Ian | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2005-04-26 |
| STOAKLEY, Peter Nigel | Director | 1998-04-28 | 1999-06-10 |
| THOMAS, Laura Elizabeth | Director | 2014-11-20 | 2017-03-06 |
| THORNEY-SMITH, Christopher Francis | Director | 2006-10-18 | 2008-04-22 |
| WALKER, Carole Maxine | Director | 2013-01-15 | 2022-03-25 |
| WATTS, Perry Frederick | Director | 2007-04-17 | 2017-03-06 |
| WELLS, David | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2025-07-31 |
| WHITE, Martin Peter | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2005-04-26 |
| WILLIAMS, John Howard | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2017-03-30 |
| WROATH, James Peter Daniel | Director | 2025-03-03 | 2025-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Phil Roe | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-09-19 | Active |
| Mr David Wells | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2025-07-31 |
| Mr Graham Stanley Roberts | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2024-12-18 |
| Mrs Carole Maxine Walker | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2022-03-29 |
| Mr Leigh Pomlett | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2022-03-29 |
| Mr Vincent Jeremy Michael Brickley | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Active |
| Mr Jonathan David Moxon | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Active |
| Mr Ian Stansfield | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 290 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.