B.j.waters (Transport) Limited
Registered name: B.J.WATERS (TRANSPORT) LIMITED
B.j.waters (Transport) Limited made £20.3m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
B.j.waters (Transport) Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £20.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.4m profit and 141 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Matlock; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Matlock
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1961
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.5m | £18.6m | £20.3m |
| Cost of sales | £15.9m | £16m | £17m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.6m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.2m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £868k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £868k | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 126 | 133 | 141 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 4.7% | 6.7% |
| Gross margin | 14% | 13.7% | 16.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £147k | £140k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | £9.9k | £6.5k | £9.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.6% | ▲9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼30.3% | ▲57.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▲6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 141
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Geo.siddall(Transport)limitedRev. £5.9m · Profit £510k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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