Road Tankers (Northern) Limited
Registered name: ROAD TANKERS (NORTHERN) LIMITED
Part of NWT Holdings Limited groupRoad Tankers (Northern) Limited made £21.4m revenue and £251k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Road Tankers (Northern) Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £21.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £251k profit and 144 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 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) | £18.6m | £20.4m | £27m | £21.4m |
| Cost of sales | £16.3m | £18.5m | £24.9m | £18.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £614k | £22.9k | −£152k | £442k |
| Profit before tax | £592k | −£60.2k | −£277k | £346k |
| Profit after tax | £485k | −£50.8k | −£213k | £251k |
| Profit (best available) | £485k | −£50.8k | −£213k | £251k |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £5.3m | £5.9m | £6m |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 134 | 151 | 144 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | −0.3% | −0.8% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 12.1% | 9.6% | 7.7% | 12.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £142k | £152k | £179k | £148k |
| Profit per employee | £3.7k | −£379 | −£1.4k | £1.7k |
| Cash conversion | 247.8% | 4933% | — | −726.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10% | ▲32% | ▼20.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼110.5% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▲12.7% | ▼4.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6k | £60.5k | £110 | £101k |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.1m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £11.4m | £15.6m | £12.4m | £11.9m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £5.7m | £4.7m | £3.4m |
| Deferred income | £1m | £3.4m | £1.4m | £688k |
| Cash from operations | £1.5m | £1.1m | −£370k | −£3.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £148k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −726.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.7%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲91720%
- Now £101k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 144
- Deferred income
- ▼50%
- Now £688k
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £1.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- NWT Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Newell and Wright (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Road Tankers (Northern) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Newell and Wright Transport Contractors (Sheffield) LimitedRev. £44.4m · Profit £307k
- Apollo Fuels LimitedRev. £23.6m · Profit £410k
- RTN Clayton Vallely LimitedRev. £16.4m · Profit £783k
- Lakeland Tankers LimitedRev. £11m · Profit £610k
- N.W.T. Freight Forwarding LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RTN Clayton Tankers 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 Aug 2025 (profit £251k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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