Newton Trailers Limited
Registered name: NEWTON TRAILERS LIMITED
Part of Beachampton Group Limited groupNewton Trailers Limited made £39m revenue and £710k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2024.
Newton Trailers Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £39m in the year to 30 Apr 2024, with £710k profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “sale of other motor vehicles” and is based in Ridgmont; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ridgmont, South East
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £45m | £51.5m | £39m |
| Cost of sales | £40.5m | £46.9m | £35.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £4.7m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £3m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £3m | £939k |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £2.4m | £710k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £2.4m | £710k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 34 | 35 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 4.6% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 10% | 9.1% | 8.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £81.4k | £70.3k | £20.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.6% | ▼24.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2.3% | ▼70.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.3% | ▲2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £1.3m | £95.6k |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £4.9m | £5m |
| Current assets | £10.7m | £14.4m | £12.8m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £5.1m | £3.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼92%
- Now £95.6k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Beachampton Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Newton Trailers 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 30 Apr 2024 (profit £710k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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