J. Suttle Transport Limited
Registered name: J. SUTTLE TRANSPORT LIMITED
J. Suttle Transport Limited made £6m revenue and £87.2k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
J. Suttle Transport Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £87.2k profit and 41 employees. The company is classified under “quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate” and is based in Swanage; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swanage, South West
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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) | £6.9m | £6.2m | £5.4m | £6m |
| Cost of sales | £4.5m | £4.3m | £3.9m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £1.9m | £1.5m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £573k | £118k | −£135k | £144k |
| Profit after tax | £404k | £81.1k | −£134k | £87.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £404k | £81.1k | −£134k | £87.2k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 44 | 40 | 41 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 1.3% | −2.5% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 34.2% | 31% | 28.2% | 32.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £134k | £141k | £134k | £147k |
| Profit per employee | £7.9k | £1.8k | −£3.3k | £2.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.7% | ▼13.4% | ▲12.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼80% | ▼265.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13.7% | ▼9.1% | ▲2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.2m | £971k | £248k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £2.8m | £8.8m | £8.8m |
| Fixed assets | £4.2m | £4.3m | £12.5m | £14.6m |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £2.5m | £2.1m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £699k | £693k | £660k | £652k |
| Cash from operations | £1.1m | £644k | £387k | £646k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £147k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 242.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £8.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼74%
- Now £248k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £14.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £87.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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