Montad Limited
Registered name: MONTAD LIMITED
Part of O'Reilly Holdings Limited groupMontad Limited made £12.2m revenue and £52.8k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Montad Limited’s revenue was £12.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £52.8k profit and 121 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11.8m | £12.2m | £12.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £9.8m | £10.3m | £10.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £2m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £363k | £226k | £139k |
| Profit before tax | — | £351k | £169k | £80.6k |
| Profit after tax | — | £237k | £125k | £52.8k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £237k | £125k | £52.8k |
| Staff costs | — | £4.2m | £4.5m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 102 | 112 | 121 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2% | 1% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 16.6% | 15.5% | 15.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £116k | £109k | £101k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.3k | £1.1k | £436 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲3.6% | ▼0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼47.2% | ▼57.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.1% | ▲9.8% | ▲8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £34.4k | £53.8k | £55.4k | £6.4k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £316k | £2m | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £3.5m | £3.3m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | — | £59.9k | £62.6k | £97.2k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £101k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £436
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.8%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼88%
- Now £6.4k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 121
- Deferred income
- ▲55%
- Now £97.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £1.3m
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
- O'Reilly Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cargo Express Holdings Limited75–100%
- Cargo Express Limited75–100%
- Montad 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 Mar 2025 (profit £52.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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