EDINBURGH TRAMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-09 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-25
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
-32.9% vs 2023
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
327
+12% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£10M
+15.8% 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.
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
Latest accounts filed cover 2024-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2024-12-28.
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,805,106 | £28,815,444 | |
| Operating profit | -£10,624,140 | -£8,953,693 | |
| Profit before tax | -£11,850,936 | -£9,974,843 | |
| Net profit | -£10,328,560 | -£9,645,644 | |
| Cash | £5,674,281 | £3,808,451 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | -£6,549,314 | -£8,194,958 | |
| Average employees | 292 | 327 | |
| Wages | £8,956,627 | £10,304,084 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £215,352 | £208,935 |
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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
+21%
£23,805,106 £28,815,444
-
Cash
-32.9%
£5,674,281 £3,808,451
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
+12%
292 327
-
Operating profit
+15.7%
-£10,624,140 -£8,953,693
-
Profit before tax
+15.8%
-£11,850,936 -£9,974,843
-
Wages
+15%
£8,956,627 £10,304,084
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
Heads up: a more recent set of accounts has been filed but isn't yet reflected here — the figures above are older than the company's latest filing.
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -44.6% | -31.1% | |
| Net margin | -43.4% | -33.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.76x | 0.67x | |
| Interest cover | -8.66x | -8.69x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are of the opinion that the company has adequate resources to enable it to undertake its planned activities for a period of at least one year from the date that the financial statements are approved. The Board can give assurance with regards to ETL remaining a "Going Concern" in respect of the operational business aspect of ETL.”
Significant events
- “Another major landmark year for Edinburgh Tram was achieved in 2024 with our patronage levels breaking through the 12 million milestone for the first time.”
- “highest ever daily passenger number with 74,401 carried during one of Taylor Swift's Concerts.”
- “all 27 Trams were live on our system.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOYD, Sarah Jean | Director | 2025-11-14 | Sep 1980 | British |
| DEACON, Susan Catherine, Professor | Director | 2025-11-14 | Feb 1964 | British |
| REID, Iain Alexander | Director | 2025-11-14 | May 1962 | British |
| RIVET, Stephanie Céline Karine | Director | 2025-11-14 | Dec 1974 | French |
| ROSE, Anthony Edward Hoath | Director | 2025-11-14 | Sep 1968 | British |
| STRACHAN, Wilhelmina Cornelia | Director | 2025-11-14 | Apr 1973 | South African |
| YEXLEY, Mark David James | Director | 2025-11-14 | Jun 1957 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRACHAN, Norman James | Secretary | 2013-09-24 | 2015-08-23 |
| D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-12-16 | 2018-03-23 |
| CAMPBELL, William Watson | Director | 2013-08-30 | 2016-03-31 |
| CRAIG, Ian | Director | 2013-08-30 | 2016-01-31 |
| CUSHING, Peter | Director | 2018-07-20 | 2025-11-14 |
| DEAN, Martin Richard | Director | 2018-07-20 | 2025-11-14 |
| HARRISON, Mark Lea | Director | 2017-03-16 | 2026-01-31 |
| KERR, Colin Angus | Director | 2024-08-15 | 2025-11-14 |
| LOWDER, George Edward | Director | 2016-02-26 | 2024-08-31 |
| MACLEAN, Alastair David | Director | 2013-06-03 | 2013-08-30 |
| MONHEIM, Charles William | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| NEAL, Andrew David | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| NEAL, Andrew David | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| NORRIS, Thomas Christopher | Director | 2013-08-30 | 2015-06-26 |
| STRACHAN, Norman James | Director | 2013-08-30 | 2015-08-23 |
| WALLACE, Charlene | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2020-01-14 |
| WALLACE, Charlene | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2018-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transport For Edinburgh Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-05-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 7
- 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.