Relay Technical Transport Ltd.
Registered name: RELAY TECHNICAL TRANSPORT LTD.
Part of Relay Holdings (UK) Limited groupRelay Technical Transport Ltd. made £13.4m revenue and £325k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Relay Technical Transport Ltd.’s revenue grew 8% to £13.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £325k profit and 168 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Uxbridge; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Uxbridge, London
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.4m | £12.4m | £13.4m |
| Cost of sales | £7.6m | £8.4m | £8.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £4m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £399k | £205k | £455k |
| Profit before tax | £376k | £201k | £427k |
| Profit after tax | £337k | £128k | £325k |
| Profit (best available) | £337k | £128k | £325k |
| Staff costs | £5.8m | £6.6m | £7.1m |
| Employees (average) | 149 | 161 | 168 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 1% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 33.5% | 32.6% | 33.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £76.6k | £77.2k | £79.8k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | £792 | £1.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.9% | ▲7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼62.1% | ▲155.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £825k | £1.5m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £4.1m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.1m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £271k | £118k | £117k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £79.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.8%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲32%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 168
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £117k
- Fixed assets
- ▲34%
- Now £2.1m
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
- Relay Holdings (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Relay Technical Transport Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Relay Technical Services 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 £325k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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