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Company No. 02286068 · Incorporated 11 Aug 1988

Freight Transport Limited

Registered name: FREIGHT TRANSPORT LIMITED

Part of Freight Transport Investments Limited group

Freight Transport Limited made £12.9m revenue and £652k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.

Freight Transport Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £12.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £652k profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Portsmouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Portsmouth, South East
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: “Freight Transport (Holdings) Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2025

Key figures

Boring industryCash flow filed
Revenue
£12.9m
Growth ▼0.5%
Profit
£652k
Growth ▼40.1%
Profit margin
5.1%
Gross 35.2%
Employees
63
Change ▲5%
Profit / employee
£10.4k
Revenue/employee £205k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Apr 202230 Apr 202330 Apr 202430 Apr 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£13.2m£13.3m£13m£12.9m
Cost of sales£7.8m£7.4m£7.3m£8.4m
Gross profit£5.4m£5.8m£5.7m£4.5m
Operating profit£2m£2.1m£1.5m£841k
Profit before tax£1.9m£2m£1.5m£838k
Profit after tax£1.6m£1.6m£1.1m£652k
Profit (best available)£1.6m£1.6m£1.1m£652k
Staff costs£2.1m£2.4m£2.4m£2.9m
Employees (average)—606063
Ratios
Profit margin11.9%12%8.4%5.1%
Gross margin40.8%43.9%43.7%35.2%
Revenue per employee—£221k£216k£205k
Profit per employee—£26.6k£18.1k£10.4k
Cash conversion112.7%151%101%269.7%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲0.6%▼2.2%▼0.5%
Profit growth—▲1.6%▼31.7%▼40.1%
Headcount growth——0%▲5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.8m£2.1m£1.1m£1.4m
Net assets£1.6m£1.7m£1.7m£1.3m
Fixed assets£1.6m£2.6m£2.9m£2.8m
Current assets£4.1m£4.7m£3.6m£4.1m
Debtors£2m£2m£2.2m£2.4m
Deferred income£429k£298k£251k£596k
Cash from operations£2.2m£3.2m£1.5m£2.3m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
5.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
35.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£205k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£10.4k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
269.7%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
21.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
4.6%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
18.8%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼23%
Now £1.3m
Cash at bank
▲30%
Now £1.4m
Headcount
▲5%
Now 63
Deferred income
▲137%
Now £596k
Fixed assets
▼1%
Now £2.8m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Freight Transport Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Freight Transport (Holdings) Ltd75–100%
  3. Freight Transport 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

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £652k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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