WALKERS TRANSPORT MIDLANDS LIMITED
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Cash
£247k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4m
Equity attributable
Employees
58
Average over period
Profit before tax
£153k
Period ending 2025-12-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,677,313 | £12,062,763 | — | |
| Operating profit | £132,030 | £187,812 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £93,127 | £153,306 | — | |
| Net profit | £60,714 | £76,338 | — | |
| Cash | £145,576 | £246,837 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,939,619 | £4,087,688 | — | |
| Net assets | £3,887,371 | £3,963,709 | — | |
| Equity | £3,887,371 | £3,963,709 | — | |
| Average employees | 57 | 58 | — | |
| Wages | £1,814,344 | £1,757,672 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.2% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.4% | 4.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 53.0% | 53.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.76x | 1.70x | |
| Interest cover | 3.39x | 5.44x |
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
- WALKERS TRANSPORT MIDLANDS LIMITED 2019-07-01 → present
- M.T.H. EXPRESS SERVICES LIMITED 1994-06-14 → 2019-07-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors' forecasts indicate that the Group has sufficient cash reserves and headroom in borrowing facilities to enable it to meet its obligations as they fall due, and as such the Directors believe that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company has maintained Directors' and officers' liability insurance throughout the year and to the date of this report for the benefit of the Company, the Directors and its officers.”
- “The Company has entered into qualifying third party indemnity arrangements for the benefit of all of its Directors in a form and scope which comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.”
- “Walkers Transport Midlands Limited has provided a cross guarantee against other borrowings of fellow group companies. At the year end the Company's exposure under this guarantee was £2,197,969 (2024: £1,266,526).”
- “In addition the Company has also provided cross guarantees against loan notes included in fellow group company TCP Bidco (California) Limited. At the year the total liability of the loan notes was £16,528,401 (2024: £11,710,200).”
- “Subsequent to the year end, the borrowings of a fellow group company and loan notes were repaid in full on 15 May 2026, with all related security and charges being released on the same date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALFOUR, David | Director | 2023-07-28 | Jun 1970 | British |
| HOBMAN, Scott | Director | 2019-06-03 | Aug 1971 | British |
| SCOTT, Jason | Director | 2019-06-03 | Apr 1980 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, Suzanne | Nominee Secretary | 1994-06-14 | 1994-06-15 |
| FISHBURN, Jackie | Secretary | 1998-01-16 | 2003-09-22 |
| HASSELL, Mark Terence | Secretary | 1994-06-15 | 1998-01-16 |
| MARSDEN, Jacqueline Teresa | Secretary | 2003-11-28 | 2019-05-01 |
| THORNHILL, Stephen Paul | Secretary | 2003-09-22 | 2003-11-28 |
| BREWER, Kevin, Dr | Nominee Director | 1994-06-14 | 1994-06-15 |
| BYWATER, David Martin | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2019-06-03 |
| GRIGGS, Adam Benjamin | Director | 2025-01-01 | 2026-07-24 |
| HASSELL, Mark Terence | Director | 2018-01-11 | 2019-05-01 |
| HASSELL, Mark Terence | Director | 1994-06-15 | 2003-11-28 |
| HASSELL, Sarah Louise | Director | 1994-06-15 | 1997-06-20 |
| ROBINSON, Keith | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2023-08-31 |
| SHIRLEY, Derek James | Director | 2001-03-09 | 2019-05-01 |
| SIMPSON, Richard Henry | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2020-07-27 |
| THORNHILL, Stephen Paul | Director | 2002-12-20 | 2003-11-28 |
| TIERNAN, Helen | Director | 1997-06-05 | 1998-01-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockbridge Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-06-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2026-06-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-06-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.