BAMFORD BUS COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-20 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-06
Watchouts
Cash
£59M
+9.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£35M
+320.6% vs 2023
Employees
1,876
+45.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£31M
+405% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £257,758,136 | £455,114,374 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£3,212,373 | £36,883,500 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£10,191,792 | £31,079,943 | |
| Net profit | — | -£9,792,712 | £23,900,603 | |
| Cash | — | £54,166,534 | £59,112,623 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £67,665,955 | £90,142,416 | |
| Net assets | — | £8,391,606 | £35,292,209 | |
| Equity | £3,184,318 | £8,391,606 | £35,292,209 | |
| Average employees | — | 1,289 | 1,876 | |
| Wages | — | £41,719,124 | £63,270,134 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £369,857 | £860,773 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+76.6%
£257,758,136 £455,114,374
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Cash
+9.1%
£54,166,534 £59,112,623
-
Net assets
+320.6%
£8,391,606 £35,292,209
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Employees
+45.5%
1,289 1,876
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Operating profit
+1,248.2%
-£3,212,373 £36,883,500
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Profit before tax
+405%
-£10,191,792 £31,079,943
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Wages
+51.7%
£41,719,124 £63,270,134
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -1.2% | 8.1% | |
| Net margin | — | -3.8% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -4.7% | 40.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.42x | 1.46x | |
| Interest cover | — | -0.44x | 5.31x |
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
- BAMFORD BUS COMPANY LIMITED 2019-10-04 → present
- AB&C MANUFACTURING LIMITED 2019-09-18 → 2019-10-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton (NI) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least twelve months from the date of these financial statements. In making their assessment and conclusions, the directors' have considered a range of scenarios including a reasonable downside, however management have also identified mitigating actions to ensure that the Group would have sufficient funds to meet their liability obligations on an ongoing basis. The Company therefore adopts the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- BAMFORD BUS COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- All Service One Limited 100%
- Leiston Hydrogen Limited 100%
- Ballymena Hydrogen Limited 100%
- RG1 Bus & Coach Refurbishment Limited 100%
- WrightBus GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “In April 2025, the Company signed a £150m finance agreement with HSBC.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAMFORD, Joseph Cyril Edward | Director | 2019-09-18 | Dec 1977 | British |
| GRIME, Charles James | Director | 2026-03-19 | Jul 1975 | British |
| MATTHEW, Elliott Gordon Findlay | Director | 2025-07-29 | Aug 1992 | British |
| REYNOLDS, Christian Charles | Director | 2026-03-19 | Dec 1975 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURNS, Jamie | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2025-07-30 |
| GALES, Jean-Marc | Director | 2023-05-15 | 2025-12-01 |
| HOFMANN, Jorg Matthias Waldemar | Director | 2022-09-30 | 2022-11-14 |
| MASCHKA, Axel Joachim | Director | 2025-12-01 | 2026-02-25 |
| MUNCE, James | Director | 2023-05-15 | 2026-03-22 |
| MUNCE, James | Director | 2023-03-30 | 2023-03-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bamford Bus Holding Company 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-11-19 | Ceased 2021-11-19 |
| Green Investment Company One Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-11-19 | Active |
| Abc Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-18 | Ceased 2021-11-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-23 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.