A-Field Transport Limited
Registered name: A-FIELD TRANSPORT LIMITED
A-Field Transport Limited made £12.5m revenue and £153k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
A-Field Transport Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £12.5m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £153k profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Hailfax; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hailfax, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.5m | £12.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.1m | £8.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.4m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £894k | £491k |
| Profit before tax | — | £768k | £252k |
| Profit after tax | — | £570k | £153k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £570k | £153k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.6m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 57 | 75 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 5.4% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 32.6% | 33.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £185k | £167k |
| Profit per employee | — | £10k | £2k |
| Cash conversion | — | −94% | −233.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲18.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼73.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.3% | ▲31.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £876k | £737k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £2.5m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.6m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£840k | −£1.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £167k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −233.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.3%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲70%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲32%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲30%
- Now £3.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £153k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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