Warrington Borough Transport Limited
Registered name: WARRINGTON BOROUGH TRANSPORT LIMITED
Warrington Borough Transport Limited made £16.2m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Warrington Borough Transport Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £16.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.6m profit and 216 employees. The company is classified under “other passenger land transport” and is based in Warrington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 Mar 2022 | 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.7m | £12.8m | £14.9m | £16.2m |
| Cost of sales | £9.7m | £10m | £11.4m | £11.2m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.8m | £3.5m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | −£285k | £358k | £578k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£331k | £340k | £624k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£319k | £279k | £462k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£319k | £279k | £462k | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £6.7m | £7m | £8.2m | £9.1m |
| Employees (average) | 216 | 208 | 218 | 216 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.7% | 2.2% | 3.1% | 10.1% |
| Gross margin | 17.1% | 22% | 23.2% | 31.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £54.3k | £61.5k | £68.2k | £75.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.5k | £1.3k | £2.1k | £7.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9% | ▲16.2% | ▲9.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲65.3% | ▲253.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▲4.8% | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £3.5m |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £6m | £6.3m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £3.2m | £5.8m | £37.8m |
| Current assets | £4m | £6.7m | £4.8m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £249k | £351k | £504k | £622k |
| Deferred income | £33.1k | £3.8k | £0 | £34.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £75.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 233.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 212.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲46%
- Now £3.5m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 216
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £34.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲550%
- Now £37.8m
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Warrington Borough Council (registered outside the UK register)
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 £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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