G M a Warehousing and Transport Limited
Registered name: G M A WAREHOUSING AND TRANSPORT LIMITED
Part of G M a Warehousing and Transport Holdings Limited groupG M a Warehousing and Transport Limited made £19.8m revenue and a £166k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
G M a Warehousing and Transport Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £19.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £166k and 122 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Suffolk; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Suffolk, East of England
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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. From the filing: “The parent company is GMA Warehousing and Transport Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.5m | £17m | £19.8m |
| Cost of sales | £14.2m | £13m | £15.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £4m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £576k | £326k | −£133k |
| Profit before tax | £542k | £277k | −£206k |
| Profit after tax | £431k | £198k | −£166k |
| Profit (best available) | £431k | £198k | −£166k |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 121 | 122 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 1.2% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 23.1% | 23.4% | 19.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £154k | £140k | £162k |
| Profit per employee | £3.6k | £1.6k | −£1.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8% | ▲16.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼54.1% | ▼183.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.8% | ▲0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £80k | £148k | £122k |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £2.8m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £5.3m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £3m | £3.4m |
| Deferred income | £579k | £588k | £748k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £162k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.1%
- 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
- ▼37%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £122k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 122
- Deferred income
- ▲27%
- Now £748k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £2.6m
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
- G M a Warehousing and Transport Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- G M a Warehousing and Transport Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Gma Handling LtdFigures 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 −£166k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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