E.w.t. (Dartford) Limited
Registered name: E.W.T. (DARTFORD) LIMITED
Part of Porter Group Holdings Limited groupE.w.t. (Dartford) Limited made £10.2m revenue and £99.7k profit in the year to 30 Mar 2024.
E.w.t. (Dartford) Limited’s revenue was £10.2m in the year to 30 Mar 2024, with £99.7k profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Dartford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dartford, South East
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 26 Nov 2022 | 30 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.4m | £10.2m |
| Cost of sales | £7.5m | £9.2m |
| Gross profit | £873k | £976k |
| Operating profit | £225k | £232k |
| Profit before tax | £208k | £167k |
| Profit after tax | £172k | £99.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £172k | £99.7k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 10.4% | 9.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £155k | £170k |
| Profit per employee | £3.2k | £1.7k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £930k | £61.8k |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £4.7m |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £321k | £364k |
| Deferred income | £337k | £111k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £170k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 46.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- 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 £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £61.8k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £111k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £4.7m
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
- Porter Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- E.w.t. (Dartford) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Fresh Service LimitedRev. £19.2m · Profit £363k
- Porter Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £112k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Mar 2024 (profit £99.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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