A Hardwick Haulage Limited
Registered name: A HARDWICK HAULAGE LIMITED
A Hardwick Haulage Limited made £11m revenue and £427k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
A Hardwick Haulage Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £11m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £427k profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Newmarket; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newmarket, East of England
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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: “Turners (Soham) Llimited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.9m | £7.5m | £8.9m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | £6m | £6.5m | £7.5m | £9.9m |
| Gross profit | £927k | £995k | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £577k | £549k | £876k | £573k |
| Profit after tax | £432k | £411k | £656k | £427k |
| Profit (best available) | £432k | £411k | £656k | £427k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.9m | £3.5m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 59 | 67 | 80 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.2% | 5.5% | 7.4% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | 13.4% | 13.2% | 15.6% | 10.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £131k | £128k | £133k | £138k |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | £7k | £9.8k | £5.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9% | ▲18.3% | ▲23.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▲59.7% | ▼34.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.3% | ▲13.6% | ▲19.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £690k | £641k | £493k | £280k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £3.5m | £4.2m | £5.2m |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | £2.2m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £138k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 46.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.5%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼43%
- Now £280k
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £5.2m
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Turners (Soham) Limited 25–50%
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 £427k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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