Ramage Transport Limited
Registered name: RAMAGE TRANSPORT LIMITED
Ramage Transport Limited made £15.1m revenue and a £304k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Ramage Transport Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £15.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £304k and 123 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.3m | £13.1m | £13.6m | £15m | £15.1m |
| Cost of sales | £10.4m | £12.3m | £12.2m | £13.2m | £13.9m |
| Gross profit | £950k | £807k | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | −£182k | −£281k | £162k | £306k | −£150k |
| Profit before tax | −£229k | −£403k | £5.2k | £145k | −£304k |
| Profit after tax | −£315k | −£138k | £5.2k | £145k | −£304k |
| Profit (best available) | −£315k | −£138k | £5.2k | £145k | −£304k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.8m | £3.8m | £4.2m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 115 | 115 | 110 | 117 | 123 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −2.8% | −1.1% | 0% | 1% | −2% |
| Gross margin | 8.4% | 6.2% | 10.9% | 11.6% | 8.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £98.5k | £114k | £124k | £128k | £123k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.7k | −£1.2k | £47 | £1.2k | −£2.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −647.2% | −195.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.7% | ▲4.1% | ▲9.9% | ▲1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲2719% | ▼309.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼4.3% | ▲6.4% | ▲5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1 | £36k | £41.3k | £176k | £22.4k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | £3.6m | £3.3m | £3.2m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £2m | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £192k | £115k | £377k | £262k | £237k |
| Cash from operations | — | £330k | −£1m | −£598k | −£185k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £123k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.8%
- 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
- ▼17%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼87%
- Now £22.4k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 123
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £237k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £2.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£304k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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