Peter Norris (Haulage) Limited
Registered name: PETER NORRIS (HAULAGE) LIMITED
Peter Norris (Haulage) Limited made £10.6m revenue and a £402k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Peter Norris (Haulage) Limited’s revenue fell 27% to £10.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £402k and 55 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Farnham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Farnham, South East
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.8m | £19.5m | £14.6m | £10.6m |
| Cost of sales | £14.8m | £12.1m | £8m | £5.1m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £7.4m | £6.5m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | −£348k | −£4m | £202k | −£315k |
| Profit before tax | −£671k | £2.5m | £34.6k | −£450k |
| Profit after tax | −£531k | £2.2m | £123k | −£402k |
| Profit (best available) | −£531k | £2.2m | £123k | −£402k |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 86 | 61 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.8% | 11.2% | 0.8% | −3.8% |
| Gross margin | 21.3% | 38% | 44.8% | 51.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £224k | £227k | £239k | £193k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.3k | £25.4k | £2k | −£7.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −128.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▼25.3% | ▼27.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼94.4% | ▼427.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▼29.1% | ▼9.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £481k | £3.9m | £803k | £364k |
| Net assets | £536k | £2.7m | £1.6m | £1m |
| Fixed assets | £9m | £4.2m | £3.8m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £7.7m | £2.9m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £3m | £1.5m | £781k |
| Cash from operations | −£274k | −£5.3m | −£259k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £193k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- 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
- ▼37%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼55%
- Now £364k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £3.2m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Click a Skip Nationwide LimitedFigures 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£402k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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