Mark Thompson Transport Ltd
Registered name: MARK THOMPSON TRANSPORT LTD
Part of Kinaxia Limited groupMark Thompson Transport Ltd made £40.4m revenue and £358k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Mark Thompson Transport Ltd’s revenue fell 12% to £40.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £358k profit and 212 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Warrington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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) | £37.7m | £36.4m | £45.8m | £40.4m |
| Cost of sales | £33.8m | £31.7m | £42.7m | £36.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £4.7m | £3.1m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £347k | £54k | −£236k | £528k |
| Profit before tax | £44.3k | −£215k | −£402k | £363k |
| Profit after tax | £27.4k | −£3.8k | −£311k | £358k |
| Profit (best available) | £27.4k | −£3.8k | −£311k | £358k |
| Staff costs | £10.2m | £10.5m | £12.4m | £10.7m |
| Employees (average) | 252 | 242 | 283 | 212 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | 0% | −0.7% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 10.3% | 12.9% | 6.9% | 8.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £149k | £151k | £162k | £191k |
| Profit per employee | £109 | −£16 | −£1.1k | £1.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.3% | ▲25.7% | ▼11.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼113.8% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4% | ▲16.9% | ▼25.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £915k | £534k | £674k | £163k |
| Net assets | £8.3m | £8.3m | £8m | £8.4m |
| Fixed assets | £5.2m | £2.8m | £2.1m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £11.9m | £12.6m | £14.3m | £15.6m |
| Debtors | £5.2m | £5m | £5.3m | £5m |
| Deferred income | £624k | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £191k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- 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
- 12.5%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £8.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼76%
- Now £163k
- Headcount
- ▼25%
- Now 212
- Deferred income
- ▼29%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼40%
- Now £1.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kinaxia Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Kinaxia Logistics Limited75–100%
- Kinaxia Transport and Warehousing Limited75–100%
- Mark Thompson Transport Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (11)
- Panic Transport (Contracts) LimitedRev. £32.4m · Profit −£59.7k
- Fresh Freight LimitedRev. £16.2m · Profit −£1.7m
- A.j. Maiden and Son LimitedRev. £14.4m · Profit −£87.7k
- Foulger Transport LimitedRev. £8.7m · Profit −£1m
- David Hathaway Transport LimitedRev. £8.4m · Profit −£2.2m
- William Kirk LimitedRev. £3.1m · Profit −£2.4m
- Akw Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- Cammack LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Flybikefly LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Flybikefly.com LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kinaxia Logistics Training 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 £358k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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