M GROUP TRANSPORT (RAIL & AVIATION) LIMITED
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Cash
£8.2m
+10% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£16m
-20.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
520
+2% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£899k
+186.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £131,891,000 | £135,851,000 | £129,333,000 | -4.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£151,000 | -£539,000 | £821,000 | +252.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£146,000 | -£1,041,000 | £899,000 | +186.4% | |
| Net profit | £198,000 | -£1,208,000 | -£4,098,000 | -239.2% | |
| Cash | £6,261,000 | £7,431,000 | £8,175,000 | +10% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,460,000 | £19,967,000 | £16,887,000 | -15.4% | |
| Net assets | £21,150,000 | £19,967,000 | £15,917,000 | -20.3% | |
| Equity | £21,150,000 | £19,967,000 | £15,917,000 | -20.3% | |
| Average employees | 535 | 510 | 520 | +2% | |
| Wages | £31,559,000 | £33,924,000 | £33,952,000 | +0.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £669,000 | £956,000 | £892,000 | -6.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £26,000 | £28,000 | £38,000 | +35.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £186,000 | £497,000 | £419,000 | -15.7% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.1% | -0.4% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | -0.9% | -3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.6% | -2.7% | 4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.4% | 61.8% | 63.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.81x | 1.60x | 1.59x | |
| Interest cover | -75.50x | -1.01x | — |
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 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-04-01
- M GROUP TRANSPORT (RAIL & AVIATION) LIMITED 2025-04-01 → present
- DYER AND BUTLER LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 2025-04-01
- STONEBOOK LIMITED 1979-09-25 → 1979-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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.”
Significant events
- “There are no material events since the Balance Sheet date which require disclosure.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BADEL, Alexandra Nelia | Secretary | 2023-11-20 | — | — |
| MORRILL, Ben Nicholas | Secretary | 2023-11-20 | — | — |
| BAPODRA, Gita | Director | 2026-04-01 | Oct 1982 | British |
| COOKE, Adrian Nicholas | Director | 2026-04-01 | Dec 1969 | British |
| EVANS, Michael Joseph David | Director | 2023-06-26 | Jan 1974 | British |
| FINDLAY, Andrew Robert | Director | 2021-08-18 | Oct 1969 | British |
| KEEN, Christian | Director | 2022-09-15 | Mar 1964 | British |
| LOOSVELD, Alain Hubertus Philomena | Director | 2022-09-15 | Jun 1968 | Dutch |
| RYALL, Timothy Roy | Director | 2026-04-01 | May 1967 | British |
| YARR, Jonathan | Director | 2023-06-26 | Jan 1980 | Northern Irish |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, William James | Secretary | 2019-12-23 | 2022-09-15 |
| CUSDEN, Ian | Secretary | 2017-02-28 | 2019-12-23 |
| DONNELLY, Michael James | Secretary | 2003-11-01 | 2008-12-19 |
| DYER, Robert Graham | Secretary | — | 2003-11-01 |
| EVANS, Ilaria | Secretary | 2022-09-15 | 2023-11-20 |
| ARNOLD, James Michael | Director | 2019-09-11 | 2023-01-01 |
| BEESLEY, Martin Geoffrey | Director | 2019-09-11 | 2021-10-22 |
| BROOM, Steven David | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2022-09-15 |
| BUTLER, David | Director | — | 2014-12-03 |
| BUTTERS, David Edgar | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2006-01-06 |
| DAVIES, David Arwel Lloyd | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| DAVIES, John Harold | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2024-01-26 |
| DENYER, Richard | Director | 2009-01-05 | 2020-04-01 |
| DONNELLY, Michael James | Director | — | 2008-12-19 |
| DOWN, Christopher Graham | Director | 2024-01-26 | 2026-04-01 |
| DYER, Robert Graham | Director | — | 2014-12-03 |
| EDWARDS, James Neil | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2021-11-30 |
| FOSTER, Mark Stewart | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2022-09-15 |
| HOBBS, Paul Robert | Director | — | 2016-12-19 |
| HUGHES, Gary Michael | Director | 2024-09-24 | 2026-04-01 |
| JAYNE, Steven Alan | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2014-12-03 |
| RAY, Adam | Director | 2009-01-05 | 2018-04-12 |
| SCHOLFIELD, Thomas Adam | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2010-05-14 |
| STEDMAN, Timothy Adam | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2018-04-12 |
| STEER, Anthony John | Director | 2023-07-10 | 2024-06-26 |
| STEER, Anthony John | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2022-09-15 |
| WALKER, Richard James | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2022-12-19 |
| WATERMAN, David George | Director | — | 1995-04-07 |
| WATT, Craig Iain | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2022-09-15 |
| WHEELER, Michael Richard | Director | — | 1995-11-30 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Jonathan | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| WINNICOTT, James Robert | Director | 2019-09-11 | 2023-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Group Transport Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-12-19 | Active |
| Mr James Neil Edwards | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2016-12-19 |
| Mr Jonathan Whitehouse | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2016-12-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 199 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-07-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.