Belle Car Transporters & Specialised Trailers Limited
Registered name: BELLE CAR TRANSPORTERS & SPECIALISED TRAILERS LIMITED
Belle Car Transporters & Specialised Trailers Limited made £10.7m revenue and £774k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Belle Car Transporters & Specialised Trailers Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £10.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £774k profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other transport equipment” and is based in Dunmow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dunmow, East of England
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.6m | £9m | £9.8m | £10.7m |
| Cost of sales | £8.7m | £8m | £8.6m | £8.9m |
| Gross profit | £981k | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £397k | £440k | £512k | £992k |
| Profit before tax | £370k | £403k | £466k | £961k |
| Profit after tax | £403k | £397k | £454k | £774k |
| Profit (best available) | £403k | £397k | £454k | £774k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2m | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 59 | 57 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.2% | 4.4% | 4.6% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | 10.2% | 12.1% | 13.1% | 17% |
| Revenue per employee | £169k | £153k | £173k | £178k |
| Profit per employee | £7.1k | £6.7k | £8k | £12.9k |
| Cash conversion | −86.4% | −138.2% | −56.1% | −112.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.1% | ▲8.9% | ▲8.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.4% | ▲14.4% | ▲70.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▼3.4% | ▲5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £732k | £731k | £699k | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.5m | £3.9m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £3m | £3.9m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £441k | £441k | £1m | £580k |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £280k | £76.7k |
| Cash from operations | −£343k | −£609k | −£288k | −£1.1m |
| 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
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £178k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −112.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲112%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- ▼73%
- Now £76.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £774k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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