Burcombe Haulage Limited
Registered name: BURCOMBE HAULAGE LIMITED
Part of Burcombe Group SW Limited groupBurcombe Haulage Limited made £17.8m revenue and £607k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Burcombe Haulage Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £17.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £607k profit and 115 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Plymouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Plymouth, South 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. From the filing: “The parent company and ultimate holding company preparing consolidated group accounts is Burcombe Group SW Limited. This company operates from the same address as Burcombe Haulage Limited and is the l”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.5m | £17.4m | £19.1m | £17.8m |
| Cost of sales | £15m | £14.6m | £16.2m | £14.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.2m | £829k | £876k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £1.2m | £790k | £820k |
| Profit after tax | £848k | £888k | £656k | £607k |
| Profit (best available) | £848k | £888k | £656k | £607k |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £4.8m | £5.4m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 109 | 116 | 115 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 5.1% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 14.2% | 15.6% | 14.9% | 17.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £170k | £159k | £164k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | £8.2k | £8.1k | £5.7k | £5.3k |
| Cash conversion | −153% | −133.3% | −192.5% | −247.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▲9.9% | ▼6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▼26.2% | ▼7.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▲6.4% | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £833k | £834k | £493k | £781k |
| Net assets | £7.3m | £7.7m | £7.9m | £8.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £4.5m | £4.8m | £5.4m |
| Current assets | £7m | £7.2m | £7.5m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £3m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£1.6m | −£1.6m | −£2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −247.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.6%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £8.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲58%
- Now £781k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 115
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £5.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Burcombe Group SW Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Burcombe Haulage Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Burcombe Concrete LtdFigures not disclosed
- Callycombe Aggregates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tamar Valley Projects 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 Sep 2025 (profit £607k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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