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Company No. 01011790 · Incorporated 20 May 1971

Viamaster Transport Limited

Registered name: VIAMASTER TRANSPORT LIMITED

Part of Viamaster Holdings Ltd group

Viamaster Transport Limited made £14.3m revenue and £253k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.

Viamaster Transport Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £14.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £253k profit and 100 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Castleford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Castleford, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
55 yrs · since 1971
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 company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Viamaster Holdings Limited.Throughout the year the company was controlled by A B Warrington and D K Warrington.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Boring industry
Revenue
£14.3m
Growth ▼10.1%
Profit
£253k
Growth ▼39.2%
Profit margin
1.8%
Gross 20.4%
Employees
100
Change ▼13%
Profit / employee
£2.5k
Revenue/employee £143k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202230 Sep 202330 Sep 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£16.4m£16.8m£15.9m£14.3m
Cost of sales£12.9m£12.9m£12.5m£11.4m
Gross profit£3.5m£3.9m£3.4m£2.9m
Operating profit£2.9m£1.3m£646k£433k
Profit before tax£2.7m−£591k£556k£341k
Profit after tax£2.2m−£183k£415k£253k
Profit (best available)£2.2m−£183k£415k£253k
Staff costs£4.9m£5.2m£5.2m£4.8m
Employees (average)123120115100
Ratios
Profit margin13.2%−1.1%2.6%1.8%
Gross margin21.4%23.3%21.6%20.4%
Revenue per employee£133k£140k£138k£143k
Profit per employee£17.6k−£1.5k£3.6k£2.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲2.8%▼5.6%▼10.1%
Profit growth—▼108.5%—▼39.2%
Headcount growth—▼2.4%▼4.2%▼13%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.2m£1.5m£1.6m£1.4m
Net assets£8.2m£2.5m£2.6m£2.5m
Fixed assets£12.3m£3.4m£3.5m£2.8m
Current assets£4.3m£4.3m£3.8m£4.5m
Debtors£2.8m£2.4m£1.9m£2.2m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
20.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£143k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£2.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
19.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
15.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
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
▼4%
Now £2.5m
Cash at bank
▼16%
Now £1.4m
Headcount
▼13%
Now 100
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▼21%
Now £2.8m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Viamaster Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. Viamaster Transport Limitedthis company

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

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 £253k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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