K & W Brick Haulage Limited
Registered name: K & W BRICK HAULAGE LIMITED
Part of S R Keedwell Holdings Limited groupK & W Brick Haulage Limited made £17.7m revenue and a £187k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
K & W Brick Haulage Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £17.7m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £187k and 80 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Taunton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Taunton, South West
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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: “R. T. Keedwell Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.6m | £14.5m | £16.4m | £17.7m |
| Cost of sales | £18.7m | £13.7m | £14.7m | £16.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £838k | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £724k | −£534k | £495k | −£190k |
| Profit before tax | £688k | −£471k | £591k | −£108k |
| Profit after tax | £688k | −£834k | £523k | −£187k |
| Profit (best available) | £688k | −£834k | £523k | −£187k |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £3.9m | £3.8m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 76 | 73 | 80 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | −5.8% | 3.2% | −1.1% |
| Gross margin | 9.4% | 5.8% | 10.5% | 7.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £312k | £191k | £225k | £221k |
| Profit per employee | £10.4k | −£11k | £7.2k | −£2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼29.6% | ▲13% | ▲7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼221.2% | — | ▼135.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.2% | ▼4% | ▲9.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £2.7m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £3.4m | £3.9m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £6.4m | £7.1m | £6.9m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £2.9m | £3.6m | £3.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £221k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.5%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £2.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- S R Keedwell Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- R. T. Keedwell Holdings Limited75–100%
- K & W Brick Haulage Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- R.T. Keedwell LimitedRev. £25.1m · Profit −£267k
- Alberti LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ken Jones Transport (Goldcliff) LimitedFigures 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 Oct 2025 (profit −£187k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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