A2B Online Transport Limited
Registered name: A2B ONLINE TRANSPORT LIMITED
A2B Online Transport Limited made £11.4m revenue and £1.1k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
A2B Online Transport Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £11.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1k profit and 57 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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) | £8.5m | £9.2m | £9.7m | £11.4m |
| Cost of sales | £8.2m | £8.8m | £9.4m | £11m |
| Gross profit | £324k | £393k | £294k | £396k |
| Operating profit | £11.7k | £97.6k | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £12k | £97.6k | £43k | £2.4k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3k | £74.6k | £28.4k | £1.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3k | £74.6k | £28.4k | £1.1k |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 57 | 61 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 3.8% | 4.3% | 3% | 3.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £174k | £161k | £159k | £199k |
| Profit per employee | £26 | £1.3k | £466 | £19 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▲5.6% | ▲17% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5779% | ▼61.9% | ▼96.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.3% | ▲7% | ▼6.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £327k | £245k | £241k | £95.8k |
| Net assets | £314k | £389k | £417k | £418k |
| Fixed assets | £50.2k | £27.8k | £44k | £19.1k |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £48.8k | £10.1k | £10.3k | £8.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £199k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £418k
- Cash at bank
- ▼60%
- Now £95.8k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼57%
- Now £19.1k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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