Lockwood Haulage Limited
Registered name: LOCKWOOD HAULAGE LIMITED
Part of Lockwood Group Holdings Limited groupLockwood Haulage Limited made £24.1m revenue and a £69.2k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
Lockwood Haulage Limited’s revenue was £24.1m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £69.2k and 253 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Derby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1972
- 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”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.8m | £25.7m | £24.1m | £24.1m |
| Cost of sales | £16.8m | £18.3m | £16.7m | £17.1m |
| Gross profit | £6.9m | £7.3m | £7.4m | £7m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.3m | £972k | £433k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.1m | £769k | £124k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £884k | £571k | −£69.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £884k | £571k | −£69.2k |
| Staff costs | £8.9m | £9.7m | £9.3m | £8.9m |
| Employees (average) | 255 | 258 | 265 | 253 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 3.4% | 2.4% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | 29.2% | 28.6% | 30.7% | 29% |
| Revenue per employee | £93.2k | £99.5k | £90.8k | £95.3k |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | £3.4k | £2.2k | −£273 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▼6.3% | ▲0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22.6% | ▼35.4% | ▼112.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.2% | ▲2.7% | ▼4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.8m | £3.6m | £3.7m | £3.5m |
| Net assets | £7.9m | £6.8m | £6.9m | £6.8m |
| Fixed assets | £5.5m | £5.2m | £5.1m | £7m |
| Current assets | £10.6m | £9.8m | £9.4m | £9.5m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £4.9m | £3.8m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.8m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £860k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £95.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£273
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.7%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £6.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £3.5m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 253
- Deferred income
- ▼37%
- Now £860k
- Fixed assets
- ▲36%
- Now £7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lockwood Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lockwood Group Limited75–100%
- Lockwood Haulage Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Beanacre Enterprises LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lockwood Freight Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lockwood Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lockwoods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William West & Sons (Ilkeston) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William West Distribution 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 Jan 2025 (profit −£69.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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