BUKO TRAFFIC AND SAFETY LIMITED
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Cash
£4.5m
+382.3% vs 2024
Net assets
-£991k
-122.1% vs 2024
Employees
302
+184.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5.3m
-159.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,779,047 | £36,802,688 | +133.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£985,455 | £256,941 | +126.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,039,638 | -£5,285,080 | -159.1% | |
| Net profit | -£1,523,082 | -£5,468,073 | -259% | |
| Cash | £934,681 | £4,508,284 | +382.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,497,854 | £17,681,269 | +86.2% | |
| Net assets | £4,476,918 | -£991,155 | -122.1% | |
| Equity | £4,476,918 | -£991,155 | -122.1% | |
| Average employees | 106 | 302 | +184.9% | |
| Wages | £6,488,995 | £13,432,507 | +107% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £89,369 | £186,499 | +108.7% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.2% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | -9.7% | -14.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.4% | 1.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.9% | 101.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.31x | 0.23x | |
| Interest cover | -1.21x | 0.06x |
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
- BUKO TRAFFIC AND SAFETY LIMITED 2023-12-16 → present
- PETUNIALAND LIMITED 2023-07-05 → 2023-12-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Forrester Boyd Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Not withstanding the net liabilities position at 31 December 2025 the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate”
Group structure
- BUKO TRAFFIC AND SAFETY LIMITED · parent
- Road Traffic Solutions Holding Limited 100%
- Hooke Holdings Limited 100%
- Road Traffic Solutions Limited 100%
- Hooke Highways Limited 100%
- Diversion Traffic Management Limited 100%
- Keltic Traffic Management Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 18 July 2025, Buko Traffic and Safety Limited acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Keltic Traffic Management Limited , obtaining control.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMMERICH, Robertus Franciscus | Director | 2023-12-14 | May 1980 | Dutch |
| GALLIMORE, Mark Robert | Director | 2025-07-25 | Feb 1976 | British |
| NIJDAM, Boudewijn Alfons Paulus | Director | 2024-03-05 | Aug 1961 | Dutch |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-07-05 | 2024-02-28 |
| CAMP, Gareth Richard | Director | 2023-07-05 | 2023-12-14 |
| GREEN, Richard Mark | Director | 2024-03-05 | 2025-07-25 |
| HUNTER, Alanna | Director | 2023-07-05 | 2023-12-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury Topco B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-07-08 | Active |
| Equistone Partners Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2023-12-14 | Ceased 2026-07-08 |
| Clifford Chance Newcastle Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-07-05 | Ceased 2023-12-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 32 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-09-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-27 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-07-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-10-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.