Larkins Transport Limited
Registered name: LARKINS TRANSPORT LIMITED
Larkins Transport Limited made £14.5m revenue and £781k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Larkins Transport Limited’s revenue was £14.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £781k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Kidderminster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kidderminster, West Midlands
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.7m | £26.4m | £14.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.7m | £17.5m | £10.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £4m | £9m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.8m | £5.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.7m | £5.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | £2.1m | £3.8m | £781k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £2.1m | £3.8m | £781k |
| Staff costs | — | £520k | £1.2m | £749k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 13 | 17 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 20.1% | 14.3% | 5.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 37.3% | 33.9% | 29.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £821k | £1.6m | £691k |
| Profit per employee | — | £165k | £222k | £37.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | −19.2% | −126.2% | −144.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.3% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4k | £3.5k | £1.2m | £27.6k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £3.1m | £6m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £2.9m | £5.5m | £5.5m |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £4.6m | £5.2m | £7m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £4.2m | £2.9m | £3.8m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£528k | −£6.7m | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £691k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −144.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 37.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.4%
- 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 £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £27.6k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £5.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £781k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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