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Company No. 05745335 · Incorporated 16 Mar 2006

A & D Transport (NW) Limited

Registered name: A & D TRANSPORT (NW) LIMITED

A & D Transport (NW) Limited made £10.9m revenue and £480k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

A & D Transport (NW) Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £10.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £480k profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Widnes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Widnes, North West
Age
20 yrs · since 2006
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

IndependentOperating leverageDoing more with lessBoring industryCash flow filed
Revenue
£10.9m
Growth ▲4%
Profit
£480k
Growth ▲48%
Profit margin
4.4%
Gross 13.8%
Employees
67
Change ▼2.9%
Profit / employee
£7.2k
Revenue/employee £163k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£11.9m£10.9m£10.5m£10.9m
Cost of sales£10.8m£10.3m£9.3m£9.4m
Gross profit£1.1m£577k£1.2m£1.5m
Operating profit£621k£229k£656k£944k
Profit before tax£491k£68.2k£443k£699k
Profit after tax£404k£245k£325k£480k
Profit (best available)£404k£245k£325k£480k
Staff costs£3m£3.2m£3m£3.2m
Employees (average)73706967
Ratios
Profit margin3.4%2.3%3.1%4.4%
Gross margin9.5%5.3%11.7%13.8%
Revenue per employee£163k£155k£152k£163k
Profit per employee£5.5k£3.5k£4.7k£7.2k
Cash conversion−360.5%−790.4%−427.6%−271%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼8.6%▼3.6%▲4%
Profit growth—▼39.4%▲32.6%▲48%
Headcount growth—▼4.1%▼1.4%▼2.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets£2.8m£3.1m£3.4m£3.8m
Fixed assets£9.4m£9.6m£10m£10.8m
Debtors£752k£1.2m£1.1m£964k
Deferred income£160k£91.7k£233k£139k
Cash from operations−£2.2m−£1.8m−£2.8m−£2.6m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
4.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
13.8%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£163k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£7.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−271%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
99.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
8.8%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲12%
Now £3.8m
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▼3%
Now 67
Deferred income
▼40%
Now £139k
Fixed assets
▲9%
Now £10.8m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £480k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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