EDINBURGH TRANSPORT HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£26m
-23.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£138m
+1.1% vs 2024
Employees
3,045
+2.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£4.6m
-4.3% 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 2025-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £200,224,000 | £219,986,000 | £236,608,000 | +7.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,874,000 | -£9,532,000 | -£6,165,000 | +35.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,739,000 | -£4,440,000 | -£4,629,000 | -4.3% | |
| Net profit | £4,122,000 | -£6,521,000 | -£13,547,000 | -107.7% | |
| Cash | £47,915,000 | £34,200,000 | £26,019,000 | -23.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £225,115,000 | £196,563,000 | £205,755,000 | +4.7% | |
| Net assets | £150,803,000 | £136,247,000 | £137,787,000 | +1.1% | |
| Equity | £150,803,000 | £136,247,000 | £137,787,000 | +1.1% | |
| Average employees | 2,692 | 2,977 | 3,045 | +2.3% | |
| Wages | £97,173,000 | £108,128,000 | £116,536,000 | +7.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £193,000 | £139,000 | £0 | -100% | |
| Highest paid director | £161,000 | £139,000 | £0 | -100% |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.4% | -4.3% | -2.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | -3.0% | -5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.3% | -4.8% | -3.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.4% | 43.7% | 46.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 1.10x | 0.84x | |
| Interest cover | -2.02x | -7.96x | -5.99x |
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 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-12-04
- EDINBURGH TRANSPORT HOLDINGS LIMITED 2025-12-04 → present
- TRANSPORT FOR EDINBURGH LIMITED 2013-03-04 → 2025-12-04
- RANDOTTE (NO. 700) LIMITED 2013-02-28 → 2013-03-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are of the opinion that the Group have adequate resources to enable it to undertake its planned activities for a period of at least one year from the date the financial statements are approved.”
Group structure
- EDINBURGH TRANSPORT HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Edinburgh Trams Ltd 100%
- Lothian Buses Ltd 91.01%
- East Coast Buses Ltd 100%
- Edinburgh Bus Tours Ltd 100%
- Eve Coaches Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 4 December 2025, the Company changed its name to Edinburgh Transport Holdings Limited from its previous name of Transport for Edinburgh Limited.”
- “On 24 March 2026, the Company received £8.5m in respect of the issuance of 8,500,000 B shares of £1 each to the City of Edinburgh Council, and paid £8.5m for the purchase of 8,500,000 B Shares in Edinburgh Trams Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARWELL, Gareth Eamonn | Director | 2025-08-01 | Mar 1981 | British |
| LLOYD-BITHELL, Richard Lawrence Ian | Director | 2025-08-01 | Aug 1994 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRACHAN, Norman James | Secretary | 2013-10-28 | 2015-08-23 |
| D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-12-18 | 2018-03-23 |
| ARTHUR, Scott, Dr | Director | 2022-06-30 | 2024-08-28 |
| BAGSHAW, Nigel David, Councillor | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2017-05-25 |
| BANDEL, Julia Debora | Director | 2022-06-30 | 2025-08-01 |
| BEAL, Alan Christopher, Councillor | Director | 2022-06-30 | 2025-08-01 |
| BLAIN, Andrew John | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2013-03-01 |
| BOOTH, Charles William | Director | 2017-05-25 | 2019-06-27 |
| CAMPBELL, William Watson | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2016-03-31 |
| CARDOWNIE, Archibald Stephen | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2014-06-26 |
| CASSIDY, Steven | Director | 2013-12-18 | 2018-12-17 |
| CRAIG, William Ian Gold | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2016-01-31 |
| DAY, Cameron Blyth, Cllr | Director | 2017-05-25 | 2017-06-29 |
| DEPLEDGE, Anthony | Director | 2013-12-18 | 2015-06-26 |
| DEVLIN, William | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2016-04-16 |
| DORAN, Karen, Councillor | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2022-06-30 |
| FAULDS, Ann | Director | 2013-12-18 | 2014-11-12 |
| HAZEL, George Mclean, Dr | Director | 2019-09-30 | 2025-08-01 |
| HINDS, Lesley Adelaide | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2017-05-25 |
| INNES MILLER, Claire Helen | Director | 2019-06-27 | 2022-06-30 |
| LAIDLAW, Callum | Director | 2017-05-25 | 2022-06-30 |
| LOWDER, George Edward | Director | 2016-01-07 | 2024-08-31 |
| MACINNES, Lesley Jane, Cllr | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2025-08-01 |
| MACLEAN, Alastair David | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2013-11-08 |
| MACLEOD, Donald Andrew | Director | 2019-05-02 | 2023-12-31 |
| MCFARLANE, James Mclean Henderson | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2024-11-11 |
| MCVEY, Adam Robert, Councillor | Director | 2014-06-26 | 2017-06-29 |
| MONHEIM, Charles William | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| MOWAT, Joanna Claire, Councillor | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2016-07-01 |
| NARAYANAN, Daisy | Director | 2019-12-17 | 2021-05-16 |
| NEAL, Andrew David | Director | 2021-04-22 | 2025-08-01 |
| STRACHAN, Norman James | Director | 2013-11-08 | 2015-08-23 |
| WALLACE, Charlene | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2020-01-14 |
| WHYTE, Iain | Director | 2016-08-25 | 2017-05-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The City Of Edinburgh Council | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-05-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-04 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-15 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-07-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-07-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-04 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.