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Company No. 06184911 · Incorporated 26 Mar 2007

Bimson Haulage Limited

Registered name: BIMSON HAULAGE LIMITED

Part of Bimson Trustees Limited group

Bimson Haulage Limited made £30.9m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Bimson Haulage Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £30.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.9m profit and 120 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Carlisle; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Carlisle, North West
Age
19 yrs · since 2007
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 company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Galahad Lancelot Limited. Registered office, 4B Brunel Way, Durranhill Industrial Estate, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 3NQ, which is incorporated in England and W”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Operating leverageDoing more with lessBoring industry
Revenue
£30.9m
Growth ▲12.9%
Profit
£1.9m
Growth ▲52.6%
Profit margin
6.1%
Gross 23.7%
Employees
120
Change ▼1.6%
Profit / employee
£15.7k
Revenue/employee £257k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£29.7m£27.3m£30.9m
Cost of sales£22.7m£20.8m£23.5m
Gross profit£7m£6.5m£7.3m
Operating profit£3.2m£1.7m£2.6m
Profit before tax£3.1m£1.5m£2.5m
Profit after tax£2.7m£1.2m£1.9m
Profit (best available)£2.7m£1.2m£1.9m
Staff costs£5.1m£6.1m£6.2m
Employees (average)100122120
Ratios
Profit margin9.1%4.5%6.1%
Gross margin23.6%23.9%23.7%
Revenue per employee£297k£224k£257k
Profit per employee£27k£10.1k£15.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼7.9%▲12.9%
Profit growth—▼54.2%▲52.6%
Headcount growth—▲22%▼1.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.2m£634k£1.2m
Net assets£6.7m£7.9m£4.4m
Fixed assets£8.6m£7.9m£6.3m
Current assets£8.2m£8.6m£8.1m
Debtors£4.7m£4.8m£6.2m
Deferred income£932k£926k£867k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
23.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£257k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£15.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
20.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
20.1%
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
▼44%
Now £4.4m
Cash at bank
▲97%
Now £1.2m
Headcount
▼2%
Now 120
Deferred income
▼6%
Now £867k
Fixed assets
▼20%
Now £6.3m

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

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Bimson Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Galahad Lancelot Limited75–100%
  3. Bimson Haulage 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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