Bristol & Avon Transport & Recycling Ltd
Registered name: BRISTOL & AVON TRANSPORT & RECYCLING LTD
Part of Heidelberg Materials Ag groupBristol & Avon Transport & Recycling Ltd made £31.4m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Bristol & Avon Transport & Recycling Ltd’s revenue fell 24% to £31.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.5m profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Maidenhead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidenhead
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £29.3m | £41.2m | £31.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£21m | −£25.5m | −£20.9m |
| Gross profit | £8.4m | £15.7m | £10.5m |
| Operating profit | £3.4m | £8.8m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £3.4m | £8.8m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £6.4m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £6.4m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 70 | 67 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.3% | 15.4% | 8.1% |
| Gross margin | 28.5% | 38% | 33.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £381k | £589k | £469k |
| Profit per employee | £39.3k | £91k | £37.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40.5% | ▼23.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲110.3% | ▼60.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.1% | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £469k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Heidelberg Materials Ag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Heidelberg Materials UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Lehigh UK Limited75–100%
- Hanson Limited75–100%
- Hanson Holdings Limited75–100%
- Hanson Holdings (3) Limited75–100%
- Uds (No 10)75–100%
- Hanson Quarry Products Europe Limited75–100%
- Bristol & Avon Group Limited75–100%
- Terrain Plant (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Bristol & Avon Transport & Recycling Ltdthis 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).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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