Fergusons Transport Limited
Registered name: FERGUSONS TRANSPORT LIMITED
Part of Fergytrux Limited groupFergusons Transport Limited made £24.3m revenue and a £66.6k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Fergusons Transport Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £24.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £66.6k and 246 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Cramlington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cramlington, North East
- Age
- 89 yrs · since 1937
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The parent company of Fergusons Transport Ltd”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.5m | £25.7m | £25.8m | £24.3m |
| Cost of sales | £20.1m | £21.3m | £21.4m | £20.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £4.4m | £4.3m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £584k | £370k | £418k | £191k |
| Profit before tax | £477k | £172k | £158k | −£88.3k |
| Profit after tax | £623k | £211k | £115k | −£66.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £623k | £211k | £115k | −£66.6k |
| Employees (average) | 264 | 275 | 266 | 246 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | 17.9% | 17.1% | 16.8% | 16.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £92.7k | £93.5k | £96.8k | £98.9k |
| Profit per employee | £2.4k | £768 | £433 | −£271 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.1% | ▲0.1% | ▼5.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼66.1% | ▼45.5% | ▼157.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.2% | ▼3.3% | ▼7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1k | £0 | — | — |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £5.2m | £6.8m | £6.9m | £6.7m |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £9.3m | £9.2m | £8.4m |
| Debtors | £4.2m | £4.3m | £3.9m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £98.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£271
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 27.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.2%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼5%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 246
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £6.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Fergytrux Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Fergusons Transport Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Redpath of Wooler Ltd.Figures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£66.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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