Michel Hurel Transport U.K. Limited
Registered name: MICHEL HUREL TRANSPORT U.K. LIMITED
Michel Hurel Transport U.K. Limited made £15.8m revenue and £440k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Michel Hurel Transport U.K. Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £15.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £440k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Abingdon; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Abingdon, South East
- 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. From the filing: “Léon Vincent SAS”
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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £18.6m | £14.1m | £17.4m | £15.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £15m | £10.8m | £14m | £12.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.6m | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.2m | £1.5m | £544k | £833k |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.3m | £1.5m | £578k | £763k |
| Profit after tax | — | £692k | £987k | £356k | £440k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £692k | £987k | £356k | £440k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.6m | £1.1m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | 3.7% | 7% | 2.1% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 19.4% | 23.3% | 19.4% | 20.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £1.9m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | — | £69.2k | £82.3k | £25.4k | £33.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | −0.9% | 81.2% | 186.8% | 17.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼24.1% | ▲23.2% | ▼9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲42.7% | ▼64% | ▲23.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲20% | ▲16.7% | ▼7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £884k | £417k | £1.3m | £1.6m | £932k |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2.9m | £3.9m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £804k | £797k | £763k | £626k | £625k |
| Current assets | £3m | £4.3m | £5m | £5.2m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £3.1m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £4m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£10.4k | £1.2m | £1m | £142k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 17.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.4%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼41%
- Now £932k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £625k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £440k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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