Traffic Group Signals Limited
Registered name: TRAFFIC GROUP SIGNALS LIMITED
Part of The Traffic Group Limited groupTraffic Group Signals Limited made £12.9m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Traffic Group Signals Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £12.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.1m profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- 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. From the filing: “The Traffic Group Limited”
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 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £12.2m | £12.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £7.5m | £7.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.7m | £5.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £907k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £423k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £423k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 40 | 39 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.5% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 38.2% | 40% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £313k | £270k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £10.8k | £22.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲153.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲42.9% | ▼2.5% | ▲23.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £916k | £1.3m | £957k |
| Net assets | £6.2m | £6.3m | £6.6m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.1m | £2.9m | £4.8m |
| Current assets | £10.2m | £6.7m | £8.2m | £8.3m |
| Debtors | £894k | £2m | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £36.1k | £484k | £425k | £135k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £270k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 36.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £957k
- Headcount
- ▲23%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- ▼68%
- Now £135k
- Fixed assets
- ▲65%
- Now £4.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Traffic Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Traffic Group Signals Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Hollco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- LTM Design Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Pike Signals LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Agd Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mav Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Walker Henfield LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures 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 Apr 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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