Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
03/12/2026Filing deadline
- Next accounts made up to
- 29/12/2025
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2024
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Every document filed at Companies House for this company.
Cessation of Martin Charles Butlin as a person with significant control on 2026-04-28
What Pre-Score will tell you

The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Total Exemption Full accounts
03/12/2026Filing deadline
Confirms the registry record is up to date
28/04/2027Filing deadline
The latest figures JOHN BUTLIN LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
2023: £625.42K
Total Assets
2023: £1.06M
Cash in Bank
2023: £180.82K
Total Liabilities
2023: £435.71K
Employees
2023: 12
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, up 78.12% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for JOHN BUTLIN LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through JOHN BUTLIN LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12 | – |
Reported employee count was unchanged at 12 between 2021 and 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 15/07/2024–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 15/07/2024–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/11/2006–24/07/2024 | 0 |
Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 14/04/2017–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 |
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
Cessation of Martin Charles Butlin as a person with significant control on 2026-04-28
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
JOHN BUTLIN LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Arthur Road, Hay Mills, Birmingham B25 8HA. Companies House classifies its business as Freight transport by road. It has been on the register for 78 years 5 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £433.53K and 12 employees.
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records JOHN BUTLIN LIMITED under one registered business activity: Freight transport by road (49.41 - SIC 2007).
JOHN BUTLIN LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 24/04/1948.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £433.53K, total assets of £1.21M, cash in bank of £90.51K and total liabilities of £776.09K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 07/06/2026: Cessation of Martin Charles Butlin as a person with significant control on 2026-04-28, 3 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 03/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 28/04/2027.
Companies House lists 3 officers (2 currently in post) and 4 people with significant control.