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Company No. 02559399 · Incorporated 16 Nov 1990

Panic Transport (Contracts) Limited

Registered name: PANIC TRANSPORT (CONTRACTS) LIMITED

Part of Kinaxia Limited group

Panic Transport (Contracts) Limited made £32.4m revenue and a £59.7k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Panic Transport (Contracts) Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £32.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £59.7k and 224 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Rugby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Rugby, West Midlands
Age
35 yrs · since 1990
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightBoring industry
Revenue
£32.4m
Growth ▲3.1%
Profit
−£59.7k
Growth ▼132.8%
Profit margin
−0.2%
Gross 15%
Employees
224
Change ▲14.3%
Profit / employee
−£267
Revenue/employee £145k
Profitable streak
0yrs
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 to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£21.7m£18.9m£31.4m£32.4m
Cost of sales£15.8m£15.2m£26.2m£27.5m
Gross profit£5.9m£3.6m£5.2m£4.9m
Operating profit£394k£150k£330k£96.1k
Profit before tax£304k£26.8k£140k−£89.1k
Profit after tax£321k−£16.2k£182k−£59.7k
Profit (best available)£321k−£16.2k£182k−£59.7k
Staff costs£6.1m£6.1m£11m£10.3m
Employees (average)179159196224
Ratios
Profit margin1.5%−0.1%0.6%−0.2%
Gross margin27.2%19.3%16.5%15%
Revenue per employee£121k£119k£160k£145k
Profit per employee£1.8k−£102£928−£267
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼13%▲66.5%▲3.1%
Profit growth—▼105.1%—▼132.8%
Headcount growth—▼11.2%▲23.3%▲14.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£480k£569k£247k£697k
Net assets£4.3m£4.3m£4.5m£4.4m
Fixed assets£1.9m£1.5m£1.1m£943k
Current assets£6.5m£9.5m£9.7m£10.7m
Debtors£2.6m£4.5m£3.6m£3.9m
Deferred income£479k£364k£298k£140k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−0.2%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
15%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£145k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£267
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
2.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
12.2%
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
▼1%
Now £4.4m
Cash at bank
▲182%
Now £697k
Headcount
▲14%
Now 224
Deferred income
▼53%
Now £140k
Fixed assets
▼16%
Now £943k

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. Kinaxia Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Kinaxia Logistics Limited75–100%
  3. Kinaxia Transport and Warehousing Limited75–100%
  4. Panic Transport (Contracts) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (11)

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 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£59.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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