Broughton Transport Solutions Ltd
Registered name: BROUGHTON TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LTD
Part of Broughton Group Limited groupBroughton Transport Solutions Ltd made £17.4m revenue and £108k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Broughton Transport Solutions Ltd’s revenue grew 23% to £17.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £108k profit and 106 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Melksham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Melksham, South West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.2m | £17.4m |
| Cost of sales | £12.5m | £15m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £19.7k | £259k |
| Profit before tax | −£142k | £72.5k |
| Profit after tax | −£127k | £108k |
| Profit (best available) | −£127k | £108k |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 95 | 106 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.9% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 12.2% | 14% |
| Revenue per employee | £150k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.3k | £1k |
| Cash conversion | −1114% | 5.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £414k | £390k |
| Net assets | £527k | £590k |
| Fixed assets | £585k | £518k |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £3.2m |
| Deferred income | £18.8k | £99.1k |
| Cash from operations | −£220k | £14.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 5.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.2%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £590k
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £390k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 106
- Deferred income
- ▲428%
- Now £99.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £518k
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
- Broughton Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Broughton Transport Solutions Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Broughton Storage 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 Mar 2025 (profit £108k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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