Acklam's Coaches Limited
Registered name: ACKLAM'S COACHES LIMITED
Part of Acklams Properties Limited groupAcklam's Coaches Limited made £13.1m revenue and £742k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Acklam's Coaches Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £13.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £742k profit and 177 employees. The company is classified under “other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)” and is based in Beverley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Beverley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10m | £12.4m | £12.5m | £13.1m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £9m | £9.4m | £9.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.4m | £3.1m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £984k | £1.1m | £847k | £742k |
| Profit (best available) | £984k | £1.1m | £847k | £742k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £5m | £5.1m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 136 | 171 | 168 | 177 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.8% | 9% | 6.8% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 29.2% | 27.4% | 24.7% | 25.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £73.7k | £72.8k | £74.7k | £74.2k |
| Profit per employee | £7.2k | £6.5k | £5k | £4.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.2% | ▲0.8% | ▲4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13.3% | ▼24.1% | ▼12.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25.7% | ▼1.8% | ▲5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £224k | £530k | £484k | £662k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.7m | £4.5m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £5.5m | £6.6m | £7.6m | £8m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £3.7m | £3.7m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £74.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 60.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £662k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 177
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Acklams Properties Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Acklam's Coaches Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Acklams Leisure 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £742k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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