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Company No. 03187836 · Incorporated 18 Apr 1996

Staplehurst Transits Limited

Registered name: STAPLEHURST TRANSITS LIMITED

Part of Goldup Holdings Limited group

Staplehurst Transits Limited made £13.3m revenue and a £54k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Staplehurst Transits Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £13.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £54k and 120 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Maidstone; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Maidstone, South East
Age
30 yrs · since 1996
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 company's immediate and ultimate parent company is Goldup Holdings Limited (company number 14298789), a company incorporated and registered in England and Wales. Its registered office is The Grana”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Boring industryCash flow filed
Revenue
£13.3m
Growth ▲14.5%
Profit
−£54k
Growth ▼134.9%
Profit margin
−0.4%
Gross 12.3%
Employees
120
Change ▲10.1%
Profit / employee
−£450
Revenue/employee £111k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£10.3m£10.5m£11.6m£13.3m
Cost of sales£7.7m£8.4m£9.8m£11.7m
Gross profit£2.6m£2.1m£1.9m£1.6m
Operating profit£1.3m£711k£322k£19.3k
Profit before tax£1.3m£655k£267k−£67.6k
Profit after tax£972k£327k£155k−£54k
Profit (best available)£972k£327k£155k−£54k
Staff costs£3.2m£3.7m£4.4m£5.3m
Employees (average)7988109120
Ratios
Profit margin9.4%3.1%1.3%−0.4%
Gross margin25.1%19.7%16%12.3%
Revenue per employee£130k£119k£107k£111k
Profit per employee£12.3k£3.7k£1.4k−£450
Cash conversion−199.3%−238.9%−388.4%−2489%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲1.5%▲11.3%▲14.5%
Profit growth—▼66.4%▼52.7%▼134.9%
Headcount growth—▲11.4%▲23.9%▲10.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.7m£2m£2m£1.1m
Net assets£7.8m£7.9m£7.9m£7.8m
Fixed assets£6.3m£8.9m£10m£10.6m
Current assets£4.1m£3.4m£3.6m£3.3m
Debtors£1.2m£1.2m£1.4m£1.9m
Deferred income£183k£257k£199k£228k
Cash from operations−£2.6m−£1.7m−£1.3m−£481k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−0.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
12.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£111k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£450
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−2489%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
79.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
14.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼1%
Now £7.8m
Cash at bank
▼46%
Now £1.1m
Headcount
▲10%
Now 120
Deferred income
▲15%
Now £228k
Fixed assets
▲6%
Now £10.6m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Goldup Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Staplehurst Transits 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 2025 (profit −£54k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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