METROLINE MANCHESTER LIMITED
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Cash
£12m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4.7m
Equity attributable
Employees
1,506
Average over period
Profit before tax
£6.3m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £3,040,000 | £101,657,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £143,000 | £6,287,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £143,000 | £6,288,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £107,000 | £4,575,000 | — | |
| Cash | £2,533,000 | £11,941,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £143,000 | £94,757,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £107,000 | £4,682,000 | — | |
| Equity | £107,000 | £4,682,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 74 | 1,506 | — | |
| Wages | £859,000 | £56,509,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £110,000 | £158,000 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £6,142 | £12,327 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £110,000 | £158,000 | — |
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 9 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 6.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 100.0% | 6.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.3% | 96.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.51x | 2.01x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2.69x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates continuity of normal business activities and the realisation of assets and the discharge of liabilities in the normal course of business.”
Significant events
- “The Company started full operations on 5 January 2025 following mobilisation through the second half of 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANDERS, Philip | Secretary | 2024-04-12 | — | — |
| SIBLEY, Patrick James | Director | 2024-04-12 | May 1986 | British |
| THOMAS, Edward Sabu | Director | 2024-04-12 | Mar 1964 | British,Australian |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braddell Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-04-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 8 of 8 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-05-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-12 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.