A.d.d. Express Ltd
Registered name: A.D.D. EXPRESS LTD
Part of Fez Investments Limited groupA.d.d. Express Ltd made £15.3m revenue and £205k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
A.d.d. Express Ltd’s revenue grew 8% to £15.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £205k profit and 87 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Rochdale; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rochdale, North West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.3m | £12.6m | £14.2m | £15.3m |
| Cost of sales | £9.1m | £9.2m | £10.7m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £854k | £1m | £617k | £482k |
| Profit before tax | £789k | £969k | £529k | £312k |
| Profit after tax | £514k | £745k | £299k | £205k |
| Profit (best available) | £514k | £745k | £299k | £205k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £2.8m | £3m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 89 | 83 | 83 | 87 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.2% | 5.9% | 2.1% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 26% | 27.2% | 25% | 22% |
| Revenue per employee | £138k | £152k | £171k | £176k |
| Profit per employee | £5.8k | £9k | £3.6k | £2.4k |
| Cash conversion | −247% | −149.3% | −286.1% | −365.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲12.4% | ▲7.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲44.9% | ▼59.9% | ▼31.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.7% | 0% | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £16.7k | £101k | £2.6k | £1.1k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.9m | £3m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £3m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £5.6m | £5.9m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.1m | −£1.6m | −£1.8m | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £176k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −365.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.9%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £1.1k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £3.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Fez Investments Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- A.d.d. Express Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- A.d.d. Northern Hub 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £205k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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