John Steward Transport Limited
Registered name: JOHN STEWARD TRANSPORT LIMITED
John Steward Transport Limited made £9.1m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
John Steward Transport Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £9.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Tonbridge; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tonbridge, South East
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.6m | £8.2m | £9.1m |
| Cost of sales | £7.6m | £6.5m | £6.2m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £1.7m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £818k | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £859k | — |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £574k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £574k | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 60 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 16.4% | 7% | 11.4% |
| Gross margin | 28.7% | 20.6% | 32.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £177k | £136k | — |
| Profit per employee | £29k | £9.6k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼23.1% | ▲11.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼67% | ▲81.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £5.9m | £3.7m | £4.9m |
| Net assets | £10.6m | £11.2m | £12.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £7.5m | £7.1m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £5.1m | — |
| Debtors | £699k | £405k | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £44.9k | £44.9k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 77.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.9%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £12.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲35%
- Now £4.9m
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £7.1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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