George Walker Transport Manchester Limited
Registered name: GEORGE WALKER TRANSPORT MANCHESTER LIMITED
Part of Framtid Bidco 4 Limited groupGeorge Walker Transport Manchester Limited made £14.9m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 28 Dec 2025.
George Walker Transport Manchester Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £14.9m in the year to 28 Dec 2025, with £1.2m profit and 91 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Leeds; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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. From the filing: “TCP Bidco (California) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.2m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | £9.7m | £10.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 91 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 10.2% | 7.8% |
| Gross margin | 31.7% | 28.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £158k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | £16k | £12.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £140k | £210k |
| Net assets | £8.9m | £10m |
| Fixed assets | £606k | £1m |
| Current assets | £11.2m | £12.8m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £265k | £536k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.3%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £10m
- Cash at bank
- ▲50%
- Now £210k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 91
- Deferred income
- ▲102%
- Now £536k
- Fixed assets
- ▲72%
- Now £1m
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
- Framtid Bidco 4 Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Framtid Midco 4 Limited75–100%
- Walkers Transport Holdings Limited75–100%
- TCP Topco (California) Limited75–100%
- TCP Bidco (California) Limited75–100%
- George Walker Transport Manchester Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Madex Logistics LtdFigures not disclosed
- Northern Hub LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Walkers Holdings One LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Walkers Transport South LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WS Walkers Wyboston 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 28 Dec 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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