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Company No. 06527755 · Incorporated 7 Mar 2008

London Transport Museum (Trading) Limited

Registered name: LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM (TRADING) LIMITED

Part of Transport For London group

London Transport Museum (Trading) Limited made £7.9m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

London Transport Museum (Trading) Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £7.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.6m profit. The company is classified under “museums activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
London
Age
18 yrs · since 2008
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£7.9m
Growth ▲4.4%
Profit
£1.6m
Growth ▼20.4%
Profit margin
20.6%
Gross 74.2%
Employees
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Change —
Profit / employee
—
 
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data
3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£6.8m£7.5m£7.9m
Cost of sales−£1.6m−£1.9m−£2m
Gross profit£5.2m£5.6m£5.8m
Operating profit£1.9m£2m£1.6m
Profit before tax£1.9m£2m£1.6m
Profit after tax£1.9m£2m£1.6m
Profit (best available)£1.9m£2m£1.6m
Employees (average)———
Ratios
Profit margin28.8%27.1%20.6%
Gross margin76.3%74.7%74.2%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲11.7%▲4.4%
Profit growth—▲5.1%▼20.4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets———
SourceAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
20.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
74.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
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Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
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Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
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Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
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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
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Now —
Cash at bank
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Now —
Headcount
—
Now —
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Transport For London (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Transport Trading Limited75–100%
  3. London Transport Museum Limited75–100%
  4. London Transport Museum (Trading) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Minority corporate shareholders

  • Transport For London (registered outside the UK register)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Sources

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026

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