How many employees does Walter Carefoot & Sons,(Transport)limited have?

Walter Carefoot & Sons,(Transport)limited reported an average of 6 employees in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

Company No. 00889664 · Incorporated 13 Oct 1966

Walter Carefoot & Sons,(Transport)limited

Registered name: WALTER CAREFOOT & SONS,(TRANSPORT)LIMITED

Walter Carefoot & Sons,(Transport)limited does not publish its revenue or profit. Its accounts to 31 Mar 2025 show net assets of £2.3m and 6 employees.

Walter Carefoot & Sons,(Transport)limited did not publish its revenue or profit — small companies aren’t required to file a profit & loss account. Its accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 showed net assets of £2.3m and 6 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Preston; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Balance sheet onlySection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road

Status: Active
Location: Preston, North West
Age: 60 yrs · since 1966
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 ultimate parent undertaking is Carefoot plc, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The results of Walter Carefoot & Sons, (Transport) Limited are included in the consolidated financial stat”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Small teamBoring industry

Revenue not disclosed

Walter Carefoot & Sons,(Transport)limited’s accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 contain a balance sheet but no profit & loss account, so its revenue and profit are not public. UK small and micro-entity companies are not required to publish a P&L — this is normal and says nothing about how the business is performing.

We never estimate revenue. Below you’ll find the balance-sheet figures that were filed — useful as indirect signals of momentum, but they are not revenue or profit.

Employees: 6
Net assets: £2.3m

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to	31 Mar 2023	31 Mar 2024	31 Mar 2025
Disclosure	No P&L	No P&L	No P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)	—	—	—
Profit (best available)	—	—	—
Employees (average)	33	30	6
Ratios
Profit margin	—	—	—
Growth (year on year)
Headcount growth	—	▼9.1%	▼80%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank	£583k	£1.1m	£2.3m
Net assets	£2.6m	£1.8m	£2.3m
Fixed assets	£1.7m	£738k	£86.9k
Current assets	£1.8m	£1.9m	£2.5m
Debtors	£991k	£794k	£21.6k
Source	FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024	FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024	FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025

Indirect — not revenue

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: ▲26%; Now £2.3m
Cash at bank: ▲123%; Now £2.3m
Headcount: ▼80%; Now 6
Deferred income: —; Now —
Fixed assets: ▼88%; Now £86.9k

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

Carefoot Holdco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
Carefoot PLC75–100%
Walter Carefoot & Sons,(Transport)limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

Walter Carefoot & Sons (Construction) LimitedRev. £19.3m · Profit −£5m

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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