The Haulage (Holdings) Organisation Limited
Registered name: THE HAULAGE (HOLDINGS) ORGANISATION LIMITED
The Haulage (Holdings) Organisation Limited made £27.7m revenue and a £2m loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
The Haulage (Holdings) Organisation Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £27.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £2m and 213 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Halifax; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halifax, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “The company's immediate parent company is Leo Group Holdings Midco Limited, a company registered in Jersey, and the ultimate parent company is Leo Group Family Holdings Limited, also registered in Jer”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.4m | £22.5m | £29.7m | £27.7m |
| Cost of sales | £16.3m | £22.3m | £30.3m | £28.3m |
| Gross profit | £1m | £291k | −£543k | −£517k |
| Operating profit | £17.9k | −£616k | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £15.1k | −£616k | −£1.7m | −£1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £15.1k | −£1.4m | −£1.2m | −£2m |
| Profit (best available) | £15.1k | −£1.4m | −£1.2m | −£2m |
| Staff costs | £7.4m | £9.5m | £12.5m | £12.4m |
| Employees (average) | 139 | 161 | 209 | 213 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | −6% | −4.1% | −7.1% |
| Gross margin | 5.9% | 1.3% | −1.8% | −1.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £125k | £140k | £142k | £130k |
| Profit per employee | £109 | −£8.4k | −£5.8k | −£9.2k |
| Cash conversion | 2005% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29.9% | ▲31.8% | ▼6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9085% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▲29.8% | ▲1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £509k | £589k | £589k | £589k |
| Net assets | −£946k | −£2.3m | −£3.5m | −£5.5m |
| Fixed assets | £59.8k | £6.1m | £6.6m | £4.9m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £2.2m | £5.1m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £9.4k | £3.1k | £20.1k | £5.9k |
| Deferred income | £448k | £951k | £458k | £342k |
| Cash from operations | £358k | −£1.1m | £869k | £217k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −1.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £130k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- —
- Now −£5.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲0%
- Now £589k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 213
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £342k
- Fixed assets
- ▼26%
- Now £4.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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