Weardale Motor Services Limited
Registered name: WEARDALE MOTOR SERVICES LIMITED
Weardale Motor Services Limited made £8.6m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Weardale Motor Services Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £8.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.4m profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “other passenger land transport” and is based in Bishop Auckland; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bishop Auckland, North East
- Age
- 64 yrs · since 1961
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £6.3m | £7.9m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £5m | £6.3m | £6.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | — | £989k | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £989k | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.6m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 62 | 71 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 15.8% | 13.7% | 16.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 19.9% | 20.7% | 19.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £101k | £111k | £109k |
| Profit per employee | — | £16k | £15.3k | £17.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | −78.5% | −170% | −102% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲26.1% | ▲9.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲9.6% | ▲28.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲26.5% | ▲14.5% | ▲11.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £563k | £617k | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £4.3m | £5.2m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £5m | £5.5m | £6.5m |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £411k | £723k | £246k | £420k |
| Deferred income | — | £76k | £170k | £298k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£937k | −£2.5m | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £109k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −102%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 75.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- ▲76%
- Now £298k
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £6.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Stanhope Motor Services Limited(The)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 Apr 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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