J.M.D. Haulage Contractors Limited
Registered name: J.M.D. HAULAGE CONTRACTORS LIMITED
Part of J.M.D. Haulage Group Limited groupJ.M.D. Haulage Contractors Limited made £15.4m revenue and £913k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
J.M.D. Haulage Contractors Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £15.4m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £913k profit and 135 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.7m | £15.3m | £14.4m | £15.4m |
| Cost of sales | £13.4m | £11.6m | £11.3m | £12.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3.7m | £3m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £2m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.5m | £945k | £913k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.5m | £945k | £913k |
| Staff costs | £5.5m | £5.4m | £5.4m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 139 | 137 | 134 | 135 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 10.1% | 6.6% | 5.9% |
| Gross margin | 19.7% | 23.9% | 21% | 21.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £120k | £111k | £107k | £114k |
| Profit per employee | £8.9k | £11.3k | £7k | £6.8k |
| Cash conversion | 168.7% | 172.2% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.7% | ▼5.9% | ▲6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲25.7% | ▼39% | ▼3.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.4% | ▼2.2% | ▲0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £3.7m | £3.7m | £5m |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £4.5m | £5.1m | £5.6m |
| Fixed assets | £5.3m | £5.3m | £6.6m | £6.5m |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £5.5m | £6m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £268k | £164k | £295k | £315k |
| Cash from operations | £2.9m | £3.5m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £114k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 42.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.5%
- 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 £5.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲33%
- Now £5m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 135
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £315k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £6.5m
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
- J.M.D. Haulage Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- J.M.D. Haulage Contractors 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 May 2025 (profit £913k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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