Causeway Tractors Limited
Registered name: CAUSEWAY TRACTORS LIMITED
Part of Morris Leslie Holdings Limited groupCauseway Tractors Limited made £16.5m revenue and £788k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Causeway Tractors Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £16.5m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £788k profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft” and is based in Bolton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent undertaking is”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.4m | £13.3m | £13.5m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | £15.6m | £11.1m | £11.2m | £13.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £637k | £555k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £637k | £554k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £512k | £411k | £788k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £512k | £411k | £788k |
| Staff costs | £831k | £873k | £913k | £981k |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 3.8% | 3% | 4.8% |
| Gross margin | 15% | 16.4% | 16.7% | 16.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £888k | £843k | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £68.3k | £34.1k | £25.7k | £52.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27.6% | ▲1.3% | ▲21.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼53.2% | ▼19.8% | ▲91.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▲6.7% | ▼6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £600k | £1.3m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £6.2m | £6.2m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £923k | £909k | £866k | £856k |
| Current assets | £6.9m | £8.1m | £7.9m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £231k | £1.9m | £2.4m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £234k | £278k | £386k | £445k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £52.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲63%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £445k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £856k
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
- Morris Leslie Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Morris Leslie Limited75–100%
- Causeway Tractors Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Morris Leslie Plant Hire LtdRev. £48.9m · Profit −£524k
- Morris Leslie (Selby) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Morris Leslie Auctions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Morris Leslie Aviation LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Morris Leslie Plant LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Morris Leslie Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Morris Leslie South East LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Morris Leslie Villages 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £788k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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