WILLIAM STOBART & SON LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

• Turnover

  +8.9%

  £32,729,492 → £35,638,858

• Cash

  -77.5%

  £866,716 → £194,633

• Net assets

  -103.5%

  £1,370,344 → -£47,811

• Employees

  -0.8%

  255 → 253

• Operating profit

  -364.5%

  £389,444 → -£1,030,017

• Profit before tax

  -1,089.8%

  -£120,819 → -£1,437,511

• Wages

  +16%

  £8,776,560 → £10,181,656

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Harts Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Financial Statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The Directors have prepared appropriate forecasts and believe that due to the strong liquidity position and the strong long term relationships with Customers, Banks, and Suppliers the group will continue to operate with substantial headroom. The group has continued to navigate global and macroeconomic factors such as the Covid Pandemic and supply chain issues which have arisen from the War in Ukraine in the past, as well as more recent domestic challenges such as the economic downturn in the United Kingdom. For these reasons and the injection of a £3 million long term loan post year end, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue securely in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

1. WILLIAM STOBART & SON LIMITED · parent
   1. ETS House Holdings Limited 100% · England · Dormant holding company
   2. ETS House Investments Limited 100% · Cheshire · Dormant holding company
   3. ITT Holdings Limited 100% · England · Dormant holding company
   4. ITT Investments Limited 100% · England · Dormant holding company
   5. Relief Holdings Limited 100% · England · Dormant holding company
   6. Relsto Investments Limited 100% · England · Dormant holding company
   7. H E Payne Holdings Limited 100% · England · Dormant holding company
   8. H E Payne Investments Limited 100% · England · Dormant holding company
   9. H.E.Payne Transport Ltd. 100% · Cheshire · Haulage and storage contracting
   10. ETS Elliott Transport Services Limited 100% · Cheshire · Warehouse management
   11. In Transit Transport Services Ltd 100% · England · Haulage and storage contracting

Significant events

• “On 1st December 2024, the subsidiaries HE Payne Investments Limited, HE Payne Holdings and HE Payne Transport Limited were disposed from this group. On 7th October 2025, the shareholders of William Stobart & Son Limited sold 100% of the issued share capital to Framtid Bidco 2 Limited. As a result of this transaction, Framtid Bidco 2 Limited became the new ultimate parent undertaking of the group.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.