GEORGE WALKER TRANSPORT MANCHESTER LIMITED
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Cash
£210k
+49.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£10m
+13% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
91
+1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.5m
-16% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,186,577 | £14,177,545 | £14,859,054 | +4.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,883,914 | £1,810,686 | £1,526,121 | -15.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,827,651 | £1,778,880 | £1,493,381 | -16% | |
| Net profit | £1,444,719 | £1,442,032 | £1,153,901 | -20% | |
| Cash | £385,848 | £140,163 | £210,000 | +49.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,600,050 | £9,004,605 | £10,525,027 | +16.9% | |
| Net assets | £7,443,255 | £8,885,287 | £10,039,188 | +13% | |
| Equity | £7,443,255 | £8,885,287 | £10,039,188 | +13% | |
| Average employees | 91 | 90 | 91 | +1.1% | |
| Wages | £3,335,010 | £3,117,998 | £3,190,372 | +2.3% | |
| 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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.3% | 12.8% | 10.3% | |
| Net margin | 10.2% | 10.2% | 7.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.8% | 20.1% | 14.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.5% | 24.7% | 27.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.89x | 4.00x | 3.84x | |
| Interest cover | 33.48x | 56.93x | 46.61x |
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
- GEORGE WALKER TRANSPORT MANCHESTER LIMITED 2015-07-07 → present
- PALLETWAYS MANCHESTER LIMITED 2009-07-15 → 2015-07-07
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
- “George Walker Transport Manchester 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.”
- “On 19 May 2026, George Walker Transport Manchester Limited has provided a cross guarantee against other borrowings of a fellow group companies.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALFOUR, David | Director | 2023-07-28 | Jun 1970 | British |
| GRIGGS, Adam Benjamin | Director | 2025-01-01 | Mar 1974 | British |
| HOBMAN, Scott | Director | 2019-06-03 | Aug 1971 | British |
| SCOTT, Jason | Director | 2019-06-03 | Apr 1980 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYWATER, David Martin | Director | 2018-01-26 | 2019-06-03 |
| JENKINSON, Nigel Patrick | Director | 2009-07-15 | 2023-07-28 |
| ROBINSON, Keith | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2023-08-31 |
| SHORT, Graham James | Director | 2009-07-15 | 2015-12-31 |
| SIMPSON, Richard Henry | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2020-07-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tcp Bidco (California) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-10-17 | Active |
| Mr Nigel Patrick Jenkinson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| 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 | |
| 2026-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 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 | |
| 2026-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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.