Truckeast Limited
Registered name: TRUCKEAST LIMITED
Part of Scania Sales And Services Aktiebolag groupTruckeast Limited made £167m revenue and £5.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Truckeast Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £167m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £5.1m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £145m | £159m | £167m |
| Cost of sales | £114m | £126m | £134m |
| Gross profit | £31.5m | £33.3m | £33.6m |
| Operating profit | £10m | £8m | £6.7m |
| Profit before tax | £10m | £8.2m | £6.8m |
| Profit after tax | £8.2m | £5.8m | £5.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.2m | £5.8m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 386 | 414 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.7% | 3.6% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 21.7% | 20.9% | 20.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £377k | £385k | — |
| Profit per employee | £21.4k | £14k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.7% | ▲4.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.8% | ▼11.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.2% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £5.6m | £3.3m |
| Net assets | £7m | £6.8m | £8.2m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £4.9m | £8.2m |
| Current assets | £42.4m | £52.8m | £50.3m |
| Debtors | £10.8m | £8.9m | £8.6m |
| Deferred income | £10.6m | £10.5m | £9.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £8.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼41%
- Now £3.3m
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼6%
- Now £9.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲70%
- Now £8.2m
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
- Scania Sales And Services Aktiebolag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Scania (Great Britain) Limited75–100%
- Truckeast Holdings Limited75–100%
- Truckeast 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
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £5.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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