Roy Braidwood & Sons Transport Limited
Registered name: ROY BRAIDWOOD & SONS TRANSPORT LIMITED
Part of Braidwood Group Ltd groupRoy Braidwood & Sons Transport Limited made £13.1m revenue and £585k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Roy Braidwood & Sons Transport Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £13.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £585k profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Little Hulton, Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Little Hulton, Manchester, North West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £11.8m | £13.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £9.5m | £10.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.1m | £817k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1m | £778k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £760k | £585k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £760k | £585k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 55 | 55 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 6.4% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 19.9% | 16.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £215k | £226k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £13.8k | £10.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 114.7% | 262.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲10.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼23% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲5.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £596k | £1m | £1.3m | £937k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £2.4m | £1.8m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £2.9m | £4.5m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £1.8m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £232k | £58.3k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £1.2m | £2.1m |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £226k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 262.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £937k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- ▼75%
- Now £58.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▲80%
- Now £3.2m
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
- Braidwood Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Roy Braidwood & Sons Transport Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- XC Electrical 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 Jun 2025 (profit £585k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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