Rainbow Nightfreight (Worcs) Limited
Registered name: RAINBOW NIGHTFREIGHT (WORCS) LIMITED
Part of W.a. Rainbow & Sons Limited groupRainbow Nightfreight (Worcs) Limited made £12m revenue and £776k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Rainbow Nightfreight (Worcs) Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £12m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £776k profit and 99 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Newark; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newark
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.3m | £12m |
| Cost of sales | −£8m | −£8.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £651k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £651k | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £477k | £776k |
| Profit (best available) | £477k | £776k |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 99 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 6.5% |
| Gross margin | 22.6% | 27.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £121k |
| Profit per employee | £5.3k | £7.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲62.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £121k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 99
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- W.a. Rainbow & Sons Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Rainbow Nightfreight (Worcs) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Rainbow Nightfreight LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £776k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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