Motts Coaches (Aylesbury) Limited
Registered name: MOTTS COACHES (AYLESBURY) LIMITED
Part of Destination Net Zero Ltd groupMotts Coaches (Aylesbury) Limited made £9m revenue and £274k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Motts Coaches (Aylesbury) Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £274k profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “other passenger land transport” and is based in Aylesbury; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aylesbury, South East
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.5m | £9m |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £6m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £681k | £863k |
| Profit before tax | £678k | £892k |
| Profit after tax | £148k | £274k |
| Profit (best available) | £148k | £274k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 90 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 31.3% | 33.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £104k | £100k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £3k |
| Cash conversion | 170.5% | 149.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲84.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £293k | £306k |
| Deferred income | £69.9k | £111k |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £100k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 149.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲27%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- ▲58%
- Now £111k
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £3.9m
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
- Destination Net Zero Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Motts Coaches (Aylesbury) 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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £274k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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